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Re: Kermit Weeks Lancaster (Rob Mears)

Posted by Dave on Tue Feb 18, 2003 07:12:58 PM

In reply top Re: Kermit Weeks Lancaster (Rob Mears) posted by Rob Mears on Tue Feb 18, 2003 04:03:32 PM

: I only had a chance to talk with his assistant Carl about
: the Lancaster. He mentioned that there were no immediate
: plans to pull the airframe out of storage, though when it
: does happen it will of course be restored to flying condit
: ion. We'll have to wait to see how much flight time it ac
: tually accumulates though :) The museum still has a numbe
: r of damaged planes on site suffering from the effects of
: Hurricane Andrew over ten years ago. They quite a back lo
: g of restoration work to be done, and Mr. Weeks mentioned
: that a little boost from the stock market would really hel
: p initiate the construction of the museum's next hangar as
: well.
:
: The Hellcat looks to be a prime candidate for near future
: restoration since it was in the process of being restored
: when the hurricane hit in 1992. Also, they said the P-38
: will most likely be flying during the next ten or fifteen
: years. Looking at the condition of the plane, I'd guess t
: hey'd better get started on it pretty quick :)


Rob,

Mentioning the new hangar I thought I read something was being built now? Did you see any construction? I was there last year and loved taking the behind the scenes tour of the other hangars and storage. This was before some of the aircraft came in from Miami.

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