David J Burke wrote:
The Firefly remains were scrapped after the investigation. Within the Mod the feelings about using parts from fatal crash aircraft is that they shouldn't be used. Many years ago I needed to salvage a part from a non fatal wreck for a servicable aircraft - the decision went all the way up to virtually the top at Strike Command to authorise it's use.
I don't think leaving the parts for a number of years would lessen the impact of the accident on anyone.
I've having trouble deciding how I feel about that.
On the one hand, I have to admit that projects like the rebuild of Red Tail strike me as a touch macabre, maybe even creepy.
Then again, that's probably an irrational feeling and it sure seems wasteful to do what the RN did. Maybe grown-ups should be able to get over the "aura of death" thing.
They say that when a buyer knows someone has died in a house, it drives the price down. That doesn't mean you should burn the house though.
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