Good job at preserving aviation history for the future. That's OK,
THIS generation got to see it fly and that's the only generation that matters. Go ahead, find the data plate and rebuild it. See how many care.
Soulless my ass. can you spot the soul in the picture?
Just to be clear, I am posting opinion in an attempt to try to get the aviation community to reconsider it's stewardship policy of America's and in fact, the world's aviation artifacts. I am
NOT arguing in favor of any kind of legislation, or regulation. I understand private property rights. I understand that the CAF are well within their rights to take the whole fleet out to the desert, shoot them full of bullet holes and then set fire to them if they want to. Like I said before, this is not about rights, but doing what is right. Doing the right thing doesn't have to mandated and in fact it shouldn't be. One should want to do the right thing without mandates.