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Re: I couldn't agree more....
Posted by Steve T on Tue Aug 19, 2003 07:04:52 PM
In reply top I couldn't agree more.... posted by Tony C on Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:04:43 AM
: .... but whilst talking PC (should this be renamed to talk
: ing cr*p) discussing PC, is there any truth that the 'Drag
: on' while be repainted during the close season, due to con
: tinuing complaints about a painted but naked (gasp, shock,
: horror) lady.
:
: I sincerely hope that this is not the case!
Could be, but perhaps not for PC reasons; the Collings B-24 has had that livery on her starboard side (the port side is still "All American" as always) for several seasons now and a change may be due for change's sake (BBMF-style).
Up here in Ontario, our local B-25J recently lost its handpainted Varga girl and name "Hot Gen" in favour of a decal rendition of Disney's "Grumpy" (ie. the same nose art as the TFC bird carried...but on the wrong variant of Mitchell in our case!) Not sure whether the motivation for that change was PC or not; "Hot Gen" had been on the aircraft over a decade after all. Rumour has this Mitchell getting the glassnose treatment in future, so maybe that has more to do with it...I do recall seeing a glassnose frame in the hangar at the Hope quite a long while ago.
(And really, one would more expect "Disney's Grumpy" to be the name of the next Ed Russell warbird...!) :-)
Cheers
S.