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As for the Waco question, we have a UPF-7 and are restoring the the only existing ULA. I own an L-4J that that Ernest Kowalik (Alone and Umarmed) flew in Italy with the 88th Inf Batt in 1944/45, and we own the original 1932 Benny Howard DGA-4 air racers Mike and Ike.
As for my Cutlass comment, we too think it is awsome and should be saved for static. The financial and logistical reality of moving the thing would be staggering though. And that assumes Walter would ever part with it, which I doubt. As for pix, I swore on my life not to release any photos of what we saw... After combing through the collection, we left Walters with a sense of overwelming sadness. Back in the day, the collection would have been priceless, and it may still be to some, but a majority of the relics are so far gone it would hardly make sense to try and save them.
The biggest misconception about the man and his collection is that Walter truly does care about his airplanes. I stood at the spot where the recently sold Corsair once sat and watched tears stream down his face. The airplane was not sold because he wanted it sold, it was because it had to be sold. I was left with the impression that it will be many many moons before anything else leaves his farm. What he does deserve is a lot of respect for trying to save some amazing aircraft.
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