[simpits-tech] F-15 site update...

[Gene Buckle]

> Ever see the XC-99, Gene? Cargo transport based on the B-36. Same deal - 
> one ever even MADE, let alone surviving, sat outside to rust away. Thank 
> goodness the Air Force Museum finally got their hands on it. It's in 
> peices now, awaiting restoration. I never saw it all together, but just 
> looking at the chunks of it, you can tell it was a MASSIVE plane. Gonna 
> be a massive restoration project, too...
>
I think I've seen that one too.

> But as for plane abuse, nothing tops the Memphis Belle... they got their 
> hands on that, now, too, and they're doing a fine job with it. But the 
> fine citizens of Memphis gave them quite a job. They said if it were any 
> other B-17 they would have just written it off as scrap... :( It's only 
> because of it's history that they're even bothering to restore it.

It's good to see it saved.

g.

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