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Hmmmm... Methinks they probably heard it here first!!! (ntx)

Posted by bdk on Mon Feb 11, 2002 05:06:52 PM

In reply top From AvWeb posted by Paul McMillan on Mon Feb 11, 2002 04:13:01 AM

: Brandon has already told us this, but this was on AvWeb to
: day!
:
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: CHINO YEILDS FOSSILIZED WARBIRDS: A taxiway construction p
: roject at Chino Airport has turned up a warbird graveyard
: -- it seems that Chino was one of the nation's main facili
: ties used for the disassembly of aircraft following World
: War II, and now pieces of WWII aircraft are being found in
: earth excavated for the taxiway project. Keenly aware th
: at there may be gold in them thar piles of dirt, San Berna
: rdino County has sealed off the piles until an assessment
: of their contents reveals their value. Nearly 1,400 warbir
: ds were dismantled on the field and volunteers with the Ai
: r Museum Planes of Fame have so far collected about a doze
: n parts ranging from gear doors to bolts.

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