mustangdriver wrote:
The planes looked great and the Yorktown itself looked good although the flight deck was messed up. I hope it works out for them
The flight deck was being resurfaced.
RMAllnutt wrote:
Did you notice that the article title located immediately below this one says "Sink the Yorktown, and bring in another ship". That kind of defeats the purpose, I woud think.... someone clearly doesn't get it. However, that being said, where on earth are they going to get the sort of money needed to fix the boat?
Richard
Richard,
The cat that wrote the article you are refering to is a well known trouble maker. By that, I mean he stirs up the pot to get people to read his columns. He wrote that particular story on Memorial day to get a bigger response. When the airport runway was to be extended a few years ago, the city wanted the USAF to pay for 80% because we shared the runway and used it the most. Trouble was that we didn't need a longer runway so we didn't want to pay for building one just so the city of Charleston could get more airliners in. This guy wrote several columns about getting the AFB closed down since we didn't want to contribute to the city.
I don't think he means most of what he says. He's just creating a story.
All that being said, I personally don't think the city or the Patriot's Point museum can afford to dry dock or sink the Yorktown. In fact, I'm not sure Patriot's Point was ever doing real well cash wise. That being said, I love the place and went often during the five years I lived in Charleson. Like so many historical things in that city, it's worth whatever money they can put into it.
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