The wrong signals to send to young visitors.

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Legislators Protest Beer Logos on Museum Exhibit

By Jacqueline Trescott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 19, 2003; Page C01


Just weeks before the opening of the Smithsonian's new aviation
museum, 20 House members have asked the Smithsonian to remove beer
logos from a historic aerobatics plane.

In a letter sent this week to Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small,
the congressmen said the Loudenslager Stephens Akro Laser 200, which
won several U.S. aerobatics titles as well as the 1980 World Aerobatic
Championship, deserved to be in the museum. However, they said the Bud
Light emblems were an advertisement and an inducement to drink -- the
wrong signals to send to young visitors.

"The display of the plane with the Bud Light logos would needlessly
commercialize the plane's exhibition while marginalizing its true
historical significance. The logos are nothing more than an
advertisement that would constitute an implicit endorsement of Bud
Light by the Smithsonian Institution," wrote the members of Congress.

"Having a historic plane covered in gratuitous beer advertising sends
misleading and dangerous messages to the millions of annual museum
visitors who will be under the legal drinking age. As you may know,
alcohol is the leading drug problem among American youth. . . .

In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
"Having a historic plane covered in gratuitous beer advertising sends
misleading and dangerous messages to the millions of annual museum

So, do all those World War II German planes with swastikas on them tell
kids that Nazism is cool?




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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:06:12 +0000 (UTC), (Paul
Tomblin) wrote in Message-Id: :

In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
"Having a historic plane covered in gratuitous beer advertising sends
misleading and dangerous messages to the millions of annual museum

So, do all those World War II German planes with swastikas on them tell
kids that Nazism is cool?

History is appropriate for a museum; marketing messages are not.


--

The true Axis Of Evil in America is our genious at marketing
coupled with the stupidity of our people. -- Bill Maher

In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:06:12 +0000 (UTC), (Paul
Tomblin) wrote in Message-Id: :
In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
"Having a historic plane covered in gratuitous beer advertising sends
misleading and dangerous messages to the millions of annual museum

So, do all those World War II German planes with swastikas on them tell
kids that Nazism is cool?

History is appropriate for a museum; marketing messages are not.

The history of that plane is that it was painted with Bud Lite logos when
it was making history. Remove them, and you're removing history. Might
as well remove the name "Vin Fiz" from the plane that flew across the
country.


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(Paul Tomblin) writes:

In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:06:12 +0000 (UTC), (Paul
Tomblin) wrote in Message-Id: :
In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
"Having a historic plane covered in gratuitous beer advertising sends
misleading and dangerous messages to the millions of annual museum

So, do all those World War II German planes with swastikas on them tell
kids that Nazism is cool?

History is appropriate for a museum; marketing messages are not.

The history of that plane is that it was painted with Bud Lite logos when
it was making history. Remove them, and you're removing history. Might
as well remove the name "Vin Fiz" from the plane that flew across the
country.

Wonder what they would say if Pushy Galore ended up in a museum?

Bob Fry wrote:

Pushy Galore

Hmmm... that's not the name I remember from James Bond...

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When we did the engine instrumentation warning circuits for Voyager, we
nicknamed it "Voyager Instrumentation Official Little Engine Thingey". (Read
"VIOLET"). When the red light came on and the fit hit the shan, That was OUR
light.


We put VIOLET on the instrument. It is VIOLET in the Smithsonian and in the
mockup at EAA.


HOWEVER...

Dick asked us to do a tank timer based on a West Bend kitchen egg timer. We did
that and called it Tank Interval Timer To Insure Engine Success (TITTIES)

The Smithsonian has our original TITTIES timer hanging with the airplane.

The EAA's mockup didn't have the cojnones to put "titties";' they blurred the
word on the display.

Talk about no guts at all...

Jim


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

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Larry Dighera wrote:

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:06:12 +0000 (UTC), (Paul
Tomblin) wrote in Message-Id: :

In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
"Having a historic plane covered in gratuitous beer advertising sends
misleading and dangerous messages to the millions of annual museum

So, do all those World War II German planes with swastikas on them tell
kids that Nazism is cool?

History is appropriate for a museum; marketing messages are not.

By your reasoning, should the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American
History remove its copious displays of marketing messages? History
includes marketing messages.

Wrong Larry.
Those logos are authentic and accurate historical markings. If your kid cant
handle the concept, keep him the hell out of the museum.


"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:06:12 +0000 (UTC), (Paul
Tomblin) wrote in Message-Id: :

In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
"Having a historic plane covered in gratuitous beer advertising sends
misleading and dangerous messages to the millions of annual museum

So, do all those World War II German planes with swastikas on them tell
kids that Nazism is cool?

History is appropriate for a museum; marketing messages are not.


--

The true Axis Of Evil in America is our genious at marketing
coupled with the stupidity of our people. -- Bill Maher

In a previous article, "H.J." said:
Wrong Larry.
Those logos are authentic and accurate historical markings. If your kid cant
handle the concept, keep him the hell out of the museum.

And restaurants, sports venues, etc. Don't let him watch TV or read
magazines, either. Oh, and the newspapers are full of accurate depictions
of reality, some of which might involve beer.


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