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F3V wrote:European Union is a big problem for the warbirds.......
Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:29 pm
Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:21 pm
Nathan wrote:What happened?
Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:00 am
chico wrote:I hate to see a flying B-17 grounded, even if she will be well cared for.
Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:21 am
chico wrote:Nathan wrote:What happened?
Pink Lady will cease flight operations, and be put on display at La Ferté Allais, which seems sorta like the Oshkosh of France. Insurance costs brought about by sorta-recent changes in EU regulations concerning air carriers (She's treated the same for insurance purposes as a Southwest Airlines 737 would be treated here) have made the aircraft prohibitively expensive to fly, apparently for good. Sounds like the folks that were keeping her in the air have fought the good fight and lost.
I wonder, who owns Pink Lady? Is she privately held e.g. could she be sold, if the current owners wanted to? Not that we need another flying B-17 here stateside, but perhaps the Aussie warbird community would like some flying big iron? I hate to see a flying B-17 grounded, even if she will be well cared for.
Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:29 am
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Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:47 am
airnutz wrote:I was wondering...if the owner could sell her/or incorporate her(on paper) and register and insure her
in the U.S., but base her at La Ferte Allais with her French owner with an N-number??