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Re: Could someone please explain?

Posted by Elliott on Tue Jan 01, 2002 08:38:35 PM

In reply top Could someone please explain? posted by Karen on Tue Jan 01, 2002 12:12:40 PM

Hi Karen, a friend of a friend is rebuilding a Mustang. If you can get hold of any useable parts he doesn't ahve I'm sure it would be possioble to use something. I'll speak with my friend soon and post a reply for you.

: Hi All,
:
: Please allow me to begin by stating, I have always su
: pported the preservation of all things military. My intere
: st began, with Civil War Battlefield preservation. I have
: been a student of Civil War History for as long as I can r
: emember.
:
: The level of passion and dedication I have read on t
: hese pages is what first attracted me to this board. I hav
: e found what I have read about the destruction of vintage
: aircraft very distressing!
:
: O.K., that being said, allow me to also state that I
: in no way begrudge Jay Wisler the pieces of my uncle's P-5
: 1, he received. He was, after all, kind enough to positive
: ly identify it, first.
:
: However, I have been bothered by something about this
: , for some time now.
:
: I have read, several posts, discussing recovered airc
: raft being given to a museum, or to someone who would do s
: omething positive with it. It has been, both my, and my Da
: d's wish that some part of the plane be placed in a museum
: . We have not been aware of any way that this could be don
: e. Are there any museum's that would be interested in the
: pieces? If it is feasable, my Dad and I would be willing t
: o purchase some of the pieces from Mr. Wisler.
:
: We have been told that it is possible, if a very weal
: thy investor could be found, that Dean's serial # could fl
: y again. Granted, only a piece of it would actually be Dea
: n's plane, but at least it is something. After all, the di
: e cast P-51 models I have on my desk are not real, but the
: y still give me great pleasure, and they serve as a remind
: er of something that once was.
:
: So, after all that, my question is this: Is there any
: one out there who would want the pieces of my Uncle's plan
: e? Or am I terribly naive? Please be totally honest, I nee
: d to know. If the pitiful amount of remains that were reco
: vered is of sentimental value only, then so be it. But it
: bothers me that the remains of a plane, with so much histo
: ry, will lie in a warehouse for an untold amount of time.
: As I am sure is quite obvious, my feelings for this
: plane, are mostly, sentimental! I first viewed the wreckag
: e on the back of a flatbed truck, at the Citrus Tower, in
: Florida. I can not adequately describe, the powerful emoti
: ons seeing that twisted metal evoked. As I stated before,
: Dean died before I was born, but to see what was the very
: last thing he saw in this life, was intense. To hold one o
: f the rudder pedals that I know his foot once touched,left
: me speechless.
:
: My desire, is to see not only each and every plane pr
: eserved, but the story of her pilot's, when possible, pres
: erved as well. I value each and every opinion on this, and
: I thank you for allowing me to voice my concerns! Thank y
: ou.
: Karen

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