[ARC5] Whidbey Island Air Museum

[David Stinson]

I'm also "shy" about so-called museums and
restoration groups.   Years ago, I contacted
an officer of the "politically-Correct Air Force" about
helping their restoration efforts.  The man laughed in
my face, talked to me like a I was an errant and amusing
three-year-old, and said "We get warehouses full of
that old crap.  We toss it straight in the trash."

This was during the era when "restoration groups"
routinely stripped and gutted the insides of these
historic aircraft, installing seats so they could sell
more rides, discarded all the period avionics etc.-
They turned historic aircraft into a nothing-
a "Cessna with an overcoat."   The technology
that made that aircraft function is just as important
as the flashy bits one can see on the tarmac.

Well, fast-forward a few years and "the worm turned"
as it always does.  The restoration culture changed and
now, the community values accuracy and completeness
(sometimes to a fault) and suddenly, their "Cessnas with
an overcoat" weren't winning awards any more.
  I start getting emails from these people, hat in hand,
asking for my help cleaning-up their despicable,
destructive mess.
I told them, as politely as I could, to go POUND SAND.
Karma.

Today, I grant that most of the arrogant "You can't buy a
P-51 and fly it?  Sit down, bush! Haw Haw Haw!"
a**holes have either died drilling an irreplaceable piece
of history into the ground while showing everyone what
a hot-shot pilot they are (were),
or earned their six-feet of dirt in other ways.
Today, there are sincere and well-intentioned
restoration groups, such as most of those working on
beautiful ship preservations.  I don't know what the
difference is, but I have never, ever had a ship group
talk to me like I was a red-headed, retarded step child.
I am glad to do what I can for restoration groups
and "museums," but only after I've had a long, hard
look at them.
Life and resources are too short to waste them on jerks.
There are lots of good, decent and sincere people
who need those assets.

GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S

On 12/14/2020 2:25 AM, Hubert Miller wrote:
> ...A principal of
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> this museum offended me a few years back, and I decided that while I'm 
> still on the planet,
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> they will never get an ATB from me. -Hue Miller
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