Obviously humour's a very individual thing...
n5151ts wrote:
...look closely --- the stars and bars are visible on the upper wing. Thats pretty good...
You know, you
are right - in fact, that'll also be a saving on paint. We know it landed with the gear up, so the tyres are probably still inflated, and don't even need kicking and first reports said the tanks are full.
In fact, with that insight, I
now see why we need to be pilots to appreciate the potential. It's good to go, according to some drivers' criteria. The queue forms on the high tide line.
But seriously, as the Kerryman said when asked for directions "You can't get there from here."
First, the organisations involved don't fly vintage aircraft - and it's not for sale or trade. (That's just the way it is...) Yes, you could sneak in and steal it.
Second, yet again:
JDK wrote:
but if you really want to do that (and aren't just blowing smoke) there's projects out there more likely to fly and certainly a lot cheaper to rebuild.
No one else has advocated as a religious position that every P-38
must fly. I admire your dedication, but I think you might be short on funds to realise the dream.
It might be difficult to grip as a concept, but not everything will fly again. In fact, most people agree that some historic aircraft are too valuable to fly -
Wright Flyer, Spirit of St Louis, etc. They have a greater value to the world than being treated as expensive fun toys; want to fly one - get a replica - easy.
However, we are all agreed, I'm sure, that it's great that
Glacier Girl's up there; that the historic warbird
White Lightnin is getting another era of airworthy life. That's great. I was looking at a coupe of P-38s recently that are currently crushed metal. One day, they'll be in the air, and no one loses from that restoration. But not all P-38s will, or should, fly. The example in the NASM for instance had had plaudits for its originality, and is another not to put into the air.
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and thanks for the SIG IDEA...it works well.
That would be "EVERYTHING that CAN fly should be ALLOWED to FLY!"?
Are you funding this crusade? Presumably the sky's always blue, too, on your planet.
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I wouldn't know about that, but you're sure it's lovely in fantasy warbird land, where they all fly. By the way, you finger seems to have got stuck in the caps lock.
<-- Look - free beer.
