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Russ Matthews
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Here's the latest according to today's issue of the PNG "National" newspaper.

http://www.thenational.com.pg/091008/nation8.php


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awesome! nTHey better christen her Swamp Ghost!

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Thats great news!

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To the folks who made the decision to let her come home...

And to the folks who busted knuckles to get her out of the swamp onto the dock...

I salute you!!!

Thank you for letting a historically significant artifact have its best shot at being perserved!

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Yay! 8)
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Great 8) Now, what will be the intended destination for rebuild here in da US. And, I wonder if the you know who/what in ohio will try an snatch this one.

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it is about time she comes home. Only thing better will be if she is going to be restored to fly.
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Thats great news :D
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Three cheers for the national whatever! Guess they studied all the implications of the bottom line. hmmm. The Council can all get new Caddies or Benzes out of this.
With this precedent, is anything else left in Ooga Booga Land that's salvageable?

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I know all kinds of shady deals and wranglings have probably went on here, but well done to the team who have rescued this now famous aircraft. I really did fear the worst for a while. I hope that she gets the very best of treatment when she returns home.

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Awesome. Glad to hear that she is coming home.

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OOGA BOOGA land! hahahah how wonderfully politicaly insensitive!! and kinda funny too! great news!! i truly did fear the worst. :lol:
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What a great piece of news. Fantastic. Even better is the fact that they acknowledge if it had been up to them it would have rotted in the swamp since they didn't have the resources to save/recover/restore it.

Absolute over the top proof that the people who rescued it did the right thing.

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Wow that is fantastic news! Is she on the boat, if not lets keep our fingers crossed until she is actually out of PNG. Congrats to all who worked so hard to get her to this point!
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Awsome News ! So do we might know who will be the owners ? Or was I sleeping when that was posted ?

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