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Well but BDK n/t
Posted by Rob Rohr on Tue Feb 03, 2004 06:30:49 PM
In reply top So then, what is your recommendation? posted by bdk on Tue Feb 03, 2004 03:33:07 PM
: Don't just whine and not tell us the solution to the situa
: tion you have identified! How would you have it preserved?
: Let it rot until nothing is left? Let all the parts be pi
: lfered until only a shell remains- not even suitable for s
: tatic display?
:
: Apparently there is a minority of aircraft enthusiast that
: are ardent socialists, finding the possibility that anyon
: e in the process might make a profit absolutely horrifying
: .
:
: And what about the skins? What should one in your opinion
: do with them if they are too corroded for static display o
: r use on an airworthy aircraft? Who would travel to see a
: museum full of old wrinkled and corroded airplane skins?
:
: The point that was made if you were to read carefully is t
: hat the end user (the rich guy you despise so much) almost
: never makes a profit on a project like this.
:
: If you see ANY rare warbird in the air, with the exception
: of very few (BoB Memorial Flight, etc.), it is due to the
: dedication of a select few very wealthy people. They have
: provided you the opportunity.
:
: Don't be a dunce young man. Even I realize that unless Nor
: th American Aviation made a profit, and unless the parts v
: endors make a profit, I would never have the opportunity t
: o own or fly the T-6 I am restoring.
:
: Oh, and I will throw away the old skins unless you plan to
: come by and pick them up!
:
: : Yep use the skins for paterns,take some of the fittings
: an
: : d foreings,And the rest is for the Dumpmaster.
: : That's how you preserve them.Oh yes then there is the fe
: e.
: :
: : $100 to shift it $30 to ship it,A couple of Mil to rebui
: ld
: : it.Who's not making money.