Sylvain wrote:
Margy Natalie wrote:

Putting in all the stuff to make it accessible is EXPENSIVE and most
museums don't have much $$ (if any).


they could easily save the money by removing and stop maintaining all
these female bathrooms; do you actually imagine how EXPENSIVE it is
to accommodate women in public places like museums (with limited funds
and all)? I mean, I'd understand if it were a museum about cooking
or child rearing and the likes, it's not as if they'd be interested
in stuff like aviation or other technical stuff like that.

(do I actually need to specify that the above is sarcasm? do you
actually get the point?)

--Sylvain
Yes, but you seem to be missing the point, it is perfectly legal to deny
access to all rather than to some. So when the dollars are slim, they
close up the planes. I've been to public parks where there are no
bathrooms and I'm sure it's for the same reason, cost. I've taken
handicapped kids to places that were not required to be accessible, but
I'll be damned we went everywhere and I didn't tip that wheelchair once
(came real close a few times).

At NASM downtown there is a plane downtown they put up on a platform and
built a lift to it, etc. When I got one to put in at Hazy we decided if
we kept it on the floor we would have to put pipe insulation on the
trailing edge. I think anyone in a chair could manage to get into it
with a bit of assistance.

I've always wondered if it would be acceptable to provide a stair-chair
rather than install a lift. Having a stair-chair available would make
access to multiple aircraft affordable.

Margy