[ARC5] A Letter from the pCAF

[Paul H. Anderson]

I rode in the Yankee Air Museum B-17 "Yankee Lady".

I think that the pilot and co-pilot positions have been updated with some
modern radio gear to accomodate safe flying around the country for their
exhibitions.

In every other part of the aircraft, notably the radio room, the equipment
was appropriate.

What I noticed was that the HF gear wasn't operational - a lot of the
electrical cabling that would be needed was not there.

I never talked with them about it, but I assume that if someone wanted to
donate the time to restore to operational, that they'd probably be ok with
that.  However, that is pretty specialized knowledge, and also since the
plane is a flying museum, which all visitors are encouraged to touch, I
suspect they don't want to go to the effort for that reason.

At any rate, I would encourage anyone with interest in riding in a B-17 to
give the Yankee Lady a shot.  They need all the help they can get after
the fire that leveled their museum.

Paul

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, J. Forster wrote:

> D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
>
> > My interest in the CAF went to ZERO when I
> > heard that they had changed their name to
> > kiss the butts of some jackasses.  They WERE
> > the only reason I went to airshows.
> >
> > Mac, K2GKK/5
> > USAF - Retired
>
> I wanted to go to an air show and tour or ride in a B-17 or B-25 very
> badly, and had put aside the money to do so. When I found out they'd
> gutted the avionics for rice boxes, I decided to go to a couple of flea
> markets instead.
>
> FWIW,
> -John
>