CrewDawg wrote:
On behalf of the Vintage Flying Museum, we are THRILLED to be able to host these aircraft in what was originally designed to be a B-29 maintenance hangar! We can not thank the B-29/B-24 Squadron enough for giving us this opportunity. I guess we didn't scare them too bad a couple of years ago when we hosted FIFI while the runway at Addison was being worked on.
This is not a negative thing. This is a terrific example of different groups within the Warbird Community working together to benefit EVERYONE involved! CFM gets more hangar space, CAF gets a new home for a couple of their aircraft and VFM gets to house 2 of the most unique aircraft in the world! The increased publicity and visitors is obviously a huge benefit as well.
I think this could be an example of what other struggling museum's could do to survive and preserve historic aircraft in these tough economic times. Partner with other like-minded groups, pool resources and work with each other and not against.
Amazingly I only had to move the F-86 out of the main hangar into our storage hangar and re-arrange 3 or 4 other planes to make room for a B-24 in the hangar. Now fitting the B-29 in will take some more imagination, but we'll fit her in and I don't think we'll have to put anything out in the weather.
Bill, your enthusiasm and the help of your volunteers is very much appreciated. I am anxious to visit you sometime during the next week or so.
I do have to agree with what Brad said in an earlier post about our gratitude toward the Cavanaugh folks. They are good friends to us and we look forward to a long and very friendly relationship with them.
And I do like what you say, Bill, about like organizations helping one another. That is exactly the attitude it is going to take to keep these old airplanes flying and delivering the stories of the Greatest Generation to future generations.
I love that.
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