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WARBIRDS IN DANGER... ONCE AGAIN !
Posted by Jacques on Tue Sep 18, 2001 09:22:48 AM
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See http://www.aero-news.net for further details. Date Sept.18, 2001.
No Time To Grieve: S.1155 Targets Warbirds
There isn't time to stop, to get our breath: the budget is rolling to completion, and, in the rewriting that is sure to happen in the wake of Terror Tuesday, a terrible bill may be included, unless we all act, and act now.
"S.1155" doesn't ring any bells, probably; but it's just this year's version of HR 4205, the hated piece of legislation we -- you, me, and our friends -- were able to excise from last year's budget.
What it would do is allow the DoD to order the destruction ("demilitarization") of anything the DoD ever owned, like a P-51 or a P-38, or a Corsair, for instance; or the B-17 manual in your town's library; or the antique field radio your VFW post trots out every July 4th. The only difference we can see between this year's S.1155 and last year's HR 4205, is that, this year, there is one tiny exception -- the DoD won't mandate the destruction of your M-1, provided you got it through the DCM. If your Grandpa brought it home from Guadalcanal, though, you're out of luck -- it will need to be destroyed. If your Aunt Millie has one of Patton's ivory-handled revolvers, she'll have to render it useless.
We did exhaustive coverage last year on HR 4205. There's no need to re-invent the wheel; just substitute "S.1155" every time you see, "HR 4205," and you're on track: ANN Special Report: HR 4205 Is Real, and A Danger to Aviation!
Phone calls and E-Mails specifically mentioning S.1155, Section 921 and your opposition are urgently needed! With everyone in Congress looking for new ways to fund anti-terrorism measures, we could also consider that the money and time devoted to S.1155 could certainly be better used protecting our citizens, rather than harassing them! While it's set up so that we'll need to spend our own money to destroy our own equipment, the administration of this bill could get really expensive!