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Re: B-52 Preservation List
Posted by Scott Rose on Wed Jan 09, 2002 06:32:26 PM
In reply top Re: B-52 Preservation List posted by Mike Henniger on Wed Jan 09, 2002 08:56:59 AM
Good example. By my definition I would consider those P-3's used as firebombers would be technically warbirds as well.
Scott
: Thanks for the note Roger. Hmmm.... actually I tend to ag
: ree with Scott that anything ex military is a warbird. It
: helps make the definition black and white. For example w
: hat if a P-3 is retired from military service then taken o
: n by a museum that flies it at airshows. Being such a lar
: ge aircraft it becomes a financial burden and is no longer
: maintained in flying condition but rather for static disp
: lay. Essentially it is a grounded military aircraft, but
: I would still call it a warbird as it is ex military.
:
: Just my 2 cents.
:
: Mike