[ARC5] B-17 Crash Near Hartford CT

[Mike Morrow]

> Aircraft are made [tautology omitted] to be flown.

Such simple assertions are always incorrect.

Are submarines made to submerge?

I'm very happy that historical WWII boats never do that (even though I was a submarine officer more than 45 years ago). We don't have old former submariners or their wannabes taking 75 year old fleet boats out with a bunch of high-paying passengers for a day cruise and a dive.

Perhaps it's time for owners to exercise similar prudence with old military aircraft. There is much more value to the continued existence of a historic aircraft as a display than as a vehicle for in-flight jollies, giggles, and grins.  A non-flying display could show the historical original without accommodations to 21st Century airworthiness and paying customers.

Mike / KK5F