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Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:00 pm
gregv wrote:Looking at the cool thread on the Pima Air Museum updates, it got me thinking that it seems that a lot of the F-14s going on display are being given fresh paint jobs. While I can understand this, to a degree, if the aircraft are being displayed outdoors, does it not seem odd for instance that the NASM would have had the Navy give theirs a fresh paint job before going on display? You'd think that they would have wanted to preserve the original livery, considering the similar treatments on the P-38 and P-61.
I guess what I'm getting at is that one would think that a certain premium would be put on keeping an aircraft preserved wearing its last service uniform, so to speak.
Don't get me wrong, I am happy just to see them be preserved at all, especially considering the drama surrounding this aircraft type.
cheers
gv
Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:18 pm
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gregv wrote:... While I can understand this, to a degree, if the aircraft are being displayed outdoors, does it not seem odd for instance that the NASM would have had the Navy give theirs a fresh paint job before going on display? You'd think that they would have wanted to preserve the original livery, considering the similar treatments on the P-38 and P-61.
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:06 am
Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:43 am
Garth wrote:
The P-38 is a fully-restored aircraft that has been artifically weathered to look as a typical P-38 would have looked after time spent in the South Pacific. At least that's what I was told by a docent/volunteer at the museum - the aircraft had finished its career doing test work out at Wright-Pat (where it was flown by Bong), probably in natural metal. When the aircraft was being restored one of the P-38 pilots' associations apparently asked for the aircraft to be made to look as if it were operational ... and NASM complied with their request.
Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:59 am
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