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Warbirds Underground

Posted by Joe Scheil on Thu Sep 05, 2002 10:40:56 PM

In reply top Why the petty sarcasm? posted by Tony on Thu Sep 05, 2002 07:14:54 PM

Tony,

Great post and great points, however the road that all of these historians and scholars are embarking on will lead to the end of the Warbird resurgence as we know it. The extreme health of the new projects in the offing is taking place in spite of and not as a result of National decrees and efforts to secure "heritage" or some other epherma. The warbird collectors, bringing pieces together fromn the ends of the earth are the only chance we will have to see them in the air. Since it was impossible for the American government to ground them for security reasons, or the reason the they were weapons in the hands of unruly citizens, perhaps they will be grounded for their priceless connection with history, and their cultural worth as artifacts.

Will this drive the excavated warbird back underground? Rebuttal?

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