[ARC5] B-17 Crash Near Hartford CT

[Mark K3MSB]

>> Are submarines made to submerge?

Only if built right!

Have you ever flown, or flown in, a WW II era aircraft?   My plane was
built in 1947 and was basically WW II technology in a civilian light
plane.    I learned to fly in 1980s aircraft.   It was a totally different
experience when I stepped into my 1947 plane.   If you haven't experience
it,  you don't understand it, and you won't understand it by just looking
inside with it sitting on the ground.

I appreciate your perspective and thoughts Mike, but I have to disagree.
If someone invests their legally earned money into making a B-17 fly,  they
have the right to do with their property what they desire (as long as its
legal).

73 Mark K3MSB



On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 11:27 AM Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > 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
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