Warbird Information Exchange

No the NMUSAF has said nothing about repainting the aircraft. The issue with that whole thing was with another group, not D.T.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

Wait a minute. MustangDriver has said that NMUSAF was copywriting the Memphis Belle name and image so that they could control its use. That came from him after someone he knows that is high up in the museum told him. Huh ? Anyway that's where all this discussion started, it's actually a rehash of an older thread.

Mustangdriver.

RwdFresno

No Rick, remember we found out that the person I know was wrong. That was just a rumor, so I am told.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

Never saw the recant.

That means that we have 78 posts that all fall under the heading of "Oh, nevermind ".

Ha Ha, yeah the recant was near the end of that other thread. I was wrong for believing a rumor, although it is true that the museum did buy the rights for the Belle nose art.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

Let me clear this up a little further. Is the museum happy about the confusion of Tallichet's B-17 with the real Memphis Belle? No. they have a disclaimer on their website about it. However they have not told D.T. that he has to paint his aircraft. I agree that a museum should not h ave that kind of power to tell one what to do with their stuff. But on the other side of this, I think that out of good taste that if a real combat veteran B-17 is around, then another should not be painted in it's markings. However if the aircraft is not around, then do it. Example is the B-17G "Chow Hound" It was lost on a mission during the war. Go ahead and use it's markings on a restored B-17 to honor it. Why restore a B-29 and paint it as the Enola Gay, when the real one is on display in NASM? That is all I meant by this whole thing.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

To Fly for the movie?

Steve

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"Any excuse is good enough if you're willing to use it!"

Yeah but when it was like 15 years ago, I think it is time to let it go.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

can you say
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Steve

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"Any excuse is good enough if you're willing to use it!"

Yeah I know Steve, but that was to simulate a whole force of planes, and how many flying kates and Vals are around? The zero was done at a time when very few if any real ones were airworthy. Even now there are only a few real ones around. Here we are talking about one plane. It;s cool that we are not all in agreement, I don't take any of this personel, but as a lesson of what others think. I do think it is an interesting subject.

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director