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Re: types
Posted by Rob Mears on Sat Jul 19, 2003 11:12:32 PM
In reply top Re: types posted by Dick Phillips on Sat Jul 19, 2003 10:10:18 PM
Thanks for the insight into the operations around that area Dick. I've always wondered what the scene was like back then, and the some of particulars of how the the Navy operated those carriers for training sorties. Hopefully time will see a change of heart and perspective on part of the Navy and there will be a rush to recover the lot. ;)
As it is the USN still has hald a dozen or so of the airframes still in storage from the original recoveries back in the late-80s due to lack of sponsorship by willing "legitimate" museums (and restrictions from flying). Logically the only way the recovery of ALL the airframes could be supported is if the Navy bought into the logic of historic preservation through private ownership. I still have have it could happen :)