From: J Travis (dagobert@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Fri Nov 21 2003 - 06:44:10 PST
The one in the museum is not the problem. The couple of thousand we sat
back and watched them send to the smelter in the fifties and sixties
(and the other rare and historic aircraft they are doing the same thing
with today) are the problem. If we don't attempt to get that changed
now, then the next generation is going to wonder what an F-86 Sabre or
even an F-4 Phantom must have looked like in the air.
Jay Travis
Stephen & Jeanne Keith wrote:
>If my memory serves me correctly, the following illustrates a point:
>
>The real Memphis Bell vs the flying Memphis Bell.
>
>The real one was restored to flying condition with original and some hard to
>come by parts. It was then flown to Memphis and was put on display. It will
>be
>seen by hundreds of people every year.
>
>The flying one tours the country and is seen by 100's of thousands of people
>each year and is kept in flying condition with great difficulty and expense
>while
>some of the parts that could keep it flying longer and let it be seen by
>more
>people, are sitting in a plane that is in a museum and will never fly
>again....
>
>Fire away...!
>
>Steve AKA Dr Deuce
>
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