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and e-gay.
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#2
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Enola Gay is not likely to be ever airworthy AFAIK
Although there was an April Fool's hoax at one stage claiming it was doing a flight across America. |
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Why do they need to be airworthy at all?
They are ok an display in a "potential airworthy" status. Since they are rare, why put them at risk of frequent flying? Ok, it's probably just me. |
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Because museums full of static displays of gutted aircraft that just look good from a distance is equivalent to replacing all the live animals in a zoo with stuffed ones |
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When was the last time you've seen an elephant ditch? [we don't have to discuss having running engines, I'd love to see/hear them] |
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Ok I must admit I just clicked the vid the first time.
Yes - this is indeed hard to believe, fcuking amateurs, they shouldn't have touched the plane in the first place; obviously done only half the job, what they have done was dilettantish. If don't have the resources for project(mental and/or financial) - just leave it. At least now we have 4 pristine B29 engines, and maybe a box of other hard-to-get spares. lol. No - in fact no lol at all. It's a damn shame. Those morons should be exposed and publicly humiliated. I guess YT done this already. |
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I think they left the engines sink with the plane. I don't think they bothered to salvage anything.
Absolutely disastrous. I hope he doesn't take on any more "restoration" projects as he said he would. |
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Not a chance in the world. It's on display in the D.C. area.
One could only imagine the protests that would happen if they even thought about flying it again. |
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Nothing like monday morning quarterbacking from the armchair
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