Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:32 pm
Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:36 am
Wolverine wrote:(I named it this for lack of a better term)
What happened to the USAM's other B-29?
Here's Hopin was never legaly obtained from the Navy in the first place. "Sombody" in the Doc organization didn't quite tell the truth to the volunteers that went in to get 44-70102. Doc was legit, the other B-29 wasn't. When Doc left Inyokern the "museum" there folded like a house of cards in a monsoon. That's when it was discovered that no real legal paperwork existed for all the other aircraft on the property. The Navy wasn't happy and took it all back. "Sombody" got his airplane, but he didn't get his parts bird. He might have IF he had followed channels and done everything above board. The museum in Inyokern might still be there IF the right folks had signed the right papers and made it all legal.
Fault lays on both side of the fence. Things are much tighter now regarding "donations" because of this.
44-70102 is safely tucked away in the airfeild boneyard...where she will STAY until such a time as funds are generated for her restoration for display on base.
I certainly wish the Doc bunch well getting their bird back in the air...but plenty of bridges got burned out here where she came from.
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Rob