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This airframe was flown up there, with initial hopes of becoming part of an aerial firefighting museum. I was approached about the aircraft years ago and it's status - if any. After playing phone tag with the FBO, the Chamber of Commerce and Cal Fire, here is what I was able to find out.
The State of California still owns the plane. The Museum and memorial's funding has all but died, fizzling out early on in the venture. While someone up there is in fact soliciting donations, none are really coming in. I don't think it will take much to get her airworthy again and ferry it out of there, as the current airport foks want it gone. Cal Fire is worried about the plane being so close to the Rest Area for fear of vandals and taggers. There is a fence there but I don't think that will stop the vandals if they wanted to do something to it. They could not give me any kind of a time line on what will happen.
Now, this info was good as of July 2009, things may have changed since then.
Anyway, there's my 2 cents.
Tom
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