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Re: Lake Mead B-29 Full Story
Posted by Jim on Fri Aug 16, 2002 12:31:38 PM
In reply top Re: Lake Mead B-29 Full Story posted by Cees Broere on Fri Aug 16, 2002 05:31:16 AM
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: Question to you all:
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: Not considering the financial and logistic difficulties ge
: tting it out, but is a B-29 historically important enough
: to get this one out as well, as compared to a B-17/B-24/La
: nc/Stirling/Halifax etc.?
Comparatively, wouldn't this be an easier recovery than say a B-17 on a mountaintop? This B-29 is basically in the restoration community's back yard.
Historically important enough? I would think so, maybe. Basically, it would seem like a waste not to recover it--it's an antique just like anything else, but with a bigger price tag.