"John A. Weeks III" wrote in message ...
In article , Keith Willshaw
wrote:

The alternative to that aircraft going to Intrepid was more likely
the scrapyard, thats where most went after all.

Bull. Not one single Blackbird has been scrapped since the
program was shut down and the Blackbirds sent to museums. This
are historically significant aircarft, and they deserve to be
treated as the museum pieces that they are.

I sympathise with your concerns but frankly Intrepid loses
money as it is, the only admission charges dont cover maintenance
costs and without the money from those banquets the museum
would go bust.

Well, if the Intrepid cannot take care of this historic aircraft,
then they should give it up to someone who can. There are dozens
of musuems that would love to have a Blackbird.

-john-

Intrepid's corporate atmosphere and it's CEO/PR/ finanical/ officers
are ALL making from 90,000 to 6 figure salaries. Everyone of them.
They spend virtually NOTHING on exhibits, rely on former crewmembers
and vocational schools and volunteers to support the museum staff, and
they spend nothing on the flight deck and hanger deck exhibit aircraft
excerpt for the occasional house pain that they use to paint the A-12.
there is NOT ONE curator or historial on the staff. However, there are
plenty of PR people. John is right. There are lots of museums that
would LOVE to have that aircraft! However, due to "politics" they will
never have the chance.

Jeannette