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Re: Who owns them anyway??
Posted by andy saunders on Sun Jul 07, 2002 12:49:19 PM
In reply top Re: Who owns them anyway?? posted by david J burke on Sun Jul 07, 2002 11:25:18 AM
: If we go through the arguement once a month it's obviously
: important ! The facts are like the case of 'Easy Elsie'-
: ownership is everything and I would hate to see Richard go
:
: to all the effort of recovering her only for her to be tak
: en away- and it has happened in the past witness some of t
: he very early recoveries from Lake Michigan and the attitu
: de of the U.S Navy.
: If the is a problem with the value's of data plate'
: s in particular in the U.K - the is a very simple answer -
: the CAA could insist that they inspect any rebuild in it's
: raw state before allowing it to go ahead thus ensuring th
: at we don't put a massive value on them .
David. Very good points, and thanks for your sensible and balanced views. If it is such a regular topic then obviously it has some significance to a number of people! In fact, I know it is exercising a lot of minds at present and we are not just talking about concerns over piles of junk from excavations. Its a much wider issue than that. I hope people can come back with views and experiences from overseas, too, as well as the States and UK. Later, I'll look up the details from the USAF Policy Document and post it on the site. I think that will interest some of our friends the other side of the water who have come back in amazement that such a policy document exists as they had been told the opposite by the US authorities. Certainly, US Navy aircraft seem to be a whole different ball game to USAAF/USAF aeroplanes. Andy Saunders.