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In article , "J.McEachen"
wrote:

I drove down the West Side highway in Manhattan Tuesday Oct. 31, 2006,
and Intrepid was still at her regular pier. I think I heard something on
the radio about winds or some required dredging was the delay.

Today's Washington Post says that she will be moved on Monday. She'll be
towed five miles and be under refurbishment for two years.

I read in a British aviation magazine that several things are happening.
The pier where she is moored is suffering structural problems. So the plan
is to rebuild the pier and also build internal display space for the
aircraft. This includes the Concorde, which is owned by British Airways and
loaned to the museum. Apparently one condition of the loan requires that
the internal cabin of the Concorde be climate controlled, and this is hard
to do when the plane itself is not under cover.

So they're going to do all of that, clean and paint the Intrepid, and then
reopen everything in 2008. Also, they may open more internal spaces on the
ship if they can.

I'm glad I found all this out, as I was planning on doing a trip up to NYC
this winter to see the ship.




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