[MRCA] Possibility of loosing a B-25J

[Douglas]

Thank you.

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



On May 23, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Al Klase wrote:

> Douglas,
>
> Go right ahead.
>
> Trhatds,
> Al
>
> 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
>>
>> Ps. As a side note we also have Half-track with a quad mount  
>> that's something else, but no radio yet.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> MRCA Reflector Administrator
> Flemington, NJ
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