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Re: Naturally, I'm all for it.. But...
Posted by Ryan Keough on Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:03:58 PM
In reply top Naturally, I'm all for it.. But... posted by bdk on Tue Jan 06, 2004 09:41:39 PM
Being the devils advocate only here...
Additionally to all of this there is the risk to the museum or static display owner of the liability that the replaced part carries. In the litigation-happy world, I am sure that any sory of crash or failure involving the "good" part that was swapped off could lead back to the museum and could render them responsible.
I only say this as I was witness to a guy donating a brand new Lancair homebuilt to a small museum and cut the spars and basically made all other workable/flyable components unrepairable, but complete and normal-looking for static display. His fear was that he would have tremendous risk exposure if a part from the plane was sold or taken to be put on another and that caused some sort of problem...
Jim Bates esq.... do you have any insight on the validity of this argument? The prosecution rests.
Ryan Keough
: What is the incentive to the museum?
:
: You take their already restored airplane, take good parts
: off and replace them with corroded or bent pieces of junk.
: Knowing NASM's restoration standards, would they do this?
:
:
: Why not just offer to swap two fiberglass replicas for one
: good airplane? You might just stand a better chance. At l
: east that way it looks like the museum would have more dis
: play aircraft. Maybe swap a TBD Devastator replica and a B
: rewster Buffalo relica to the Navy in trade for a Lake Mic
: higan Wildcat? :-)
:
: Also, how long would their airplane be off display while s
: wapping spars? What guarantee would the museum have that t
: he airplane would look the same when you were done? What r
: eputation do you have for them to rely on?
:
: I think you would stand a better chance of swapping a rest
: ored static with the museum's static plus cash- at least t
: hen they would know what they were getting, and they would
: swap right then, not at some time in the future all the w
: hile HOPING that you actually come through with what you p
: romised.
:
: All the risk with this proposition falls on the museum, no
: ne with you. Until the museum sees some major benefit to t
: hem, I don't think that they would want to mess around wit
: h your offer.
:
: I'm not trying to discourage you, it's just that you have
: to offer the museum something. Most museums don't care whe
: ther or not YOUR airplane flies, only that they have somet
: hing to display. They need paying visitors and donors. A l
: ittle bit of money combined with lots of risk and hassle f
: or them won't have them jumping up and down when they hear
: about your deal.
:
: : Mainly what I was thinking is that taking the spars from
: m
: : useum planes and switching them with projects that have
: no
: : n-airworthy one.
: :
: : I can think of at least five Corsair that will never fly
: b
: : ut still have airworthy or close to airworthy spars.
: :
: : Along with this thought Scott, Tulio and I were talking
: ab
: : out this Sat. how some Museum could take airworthy parts
: a
: : nd sell or trade them. I would like to know what the res
: t
: : of you think especially restorers and museum owners.