Speedy wrote:
As I recall it has to do with some nonsense about treaty ratification with the Soviets. It flew in there, but it can't fly out, and the only way they could get it down to Boeing Field is to (as you point out) disassemble it and move it down by truck. So for the forseable future it's going to sit in the grass at Paine Field.
That treaty stuff would be a thread in itself, but it's an unholy nightmare to move something like that out of the designated area it's bene noted as.
Knowing the government as I do, I sadly don't see that BUFF moving off the field (either being trucked, flown as cargo or restored and flown off under its own power)
ever.
But yeah, she sure looks good on the inside from those shots, huh?
Such a shame you can't even go check her out on the outside where she's sitting now. That really defeats the purpose of the 'longterm loan' to start with.
Anyone know why they didn't just fly her directly to Boeing Field for her final flight? I assume the museum didn't have the space for her at the time?
Any shots of her final flight?
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) for open skies/satellite verification, then move her to the MOF.
