[Milsurplus] Possibility of loosing a B-25J

[J Forster]

>From another list,
-John


Subject:             Re: [MRCA] Possibility of loosing a B-25J
       Date:           Wed, 23 May 2007 16:21:51 -0700
      From:           Douglas <douglas at b25.net>
   Reply-To:        Military Radio Collectors Association
<mrca at mailman.qth.net>


The petition site:  http://www.petitiononline.com/N8195H/petition.html

Our B-25J site:  http://b25.net/

It is very much appreciated from all of us.

73,

Douglas Aiken

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Douglas wrote:
>> I became involved with a flying WWII B-25J Mitchell Bomber, the
>> "Heavenly Body", some of you might haven even seen her at Van
>> Nuys, CA or at an air show. For those of you that don't know, the
>> aircraft itself is basically a flying museum and has been restored
>> to nearly 95% of its original WWII military configuration. I took
>> to restoring the old communications gear inside as I have a deep
>> interest in military radio gear and aircraft. As of today I've
>> managed to restore the BC-348 receiver and we're moving to get the
>> BC-375 up and running with the trailing antenna. It's really
>> something to see and hear the receiver operating just as it did
>> over 60 years ago and see WWII radio vets that actually flew in
>> them get to work the controls again. I believe it's the only one
>> like it in the world, really.
>>
>> Unfortunately this piece of history risks being pushed aside at a
>> minimum and at the extreme, might be lost to future generations to
>> experience.
>>
>> I probably would risk being banned from the list for doing this,
>> but I'd like to put a link to a petition for people interested to
>> sign. Are there objections to this? You can also contact me
>> directly for the links which might be better.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Douglas