Col. Rohr wrote:
Well they first have to remove the seats and de-arm them before they can go back in then they strip the Instr. and replace with Red Tag stuff, then they weld the tail hook in place remove the engines if they are need still in the fleet and replaced with shells. Next they replace the canopy with a non-armed one remove the radar unit and gun.
If I remember correctly (and I have been in the sun all day
), the cockpit is being pretty much stripped, panels - seats and all, and then they are going to paint the canopy. Supposedly a certain *other* museum acquired an F-14 from our beloved Navy, and sometime later when the Navy dropped in to check on
their F-14, they found a few items missing! Such as the instrument panel (and of course all the gauges), and some other stuff. It seems that the museum sold these items to raise some funds, and you can imagine how the Navy felt! Of course, that's just what I hear
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