OSH Go Arounds

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:36:33 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

... Perhaps it's because aviation is still so new, but in 500 years people will
be surely be cursing us for so casually discarding much of the early legacy
of flight.

I belong to The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR)
http://www.tighar.org.

For the last 16 years, TIGHAR's work has been dominated by trying to
find evidence to back their theory of where Amelia Earhart and Fred
Noonan ended up. But the organization is dedicated to the larger
task of making sure that historic aircraft "escape the teeth of time and
the hands of mistaken zeal" http://tighar.org/Projects/Histpres/HistPres.html.

In 2004, TIGHAR did a survey of five WW II wrecks in the Jaluit lagoon:
http://tighar.org/Projects/Devastator/devdescrip.htm.

There are links from TIGHAR's website to other preservation groups.

Marty

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Another example: There is apparently no "Airmail Museum" in America.
Anyone who knows the amazing history of the airmail pilots and planes must
surely be astounded by this gaping hole in our aviation history, and I've
often wondered at how this travesty has been allowed to happen.

Perhaps it's because aviation is still so new, but in 500 years people
will
be surely be cursing us for so casually discarding much of the early
legacy
of flight.
--
Jay Honeck

I recall going through someplace that had to do with making stamps, (I
think) and they had several aircraft and displays about early airmail. I'll
be damned if I remember where, but I think it was in Washington.
--
Jim in NC

I recall going through someplace that had to do with making stamps, (I
think) and they had several aircraft and displays about early airmail.
I'll
be damned if I remember where, but I think it was in Washington

Dang, Jim, if you can remember where it is, please post it. I've searched,
and found nada.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Dang, Jim, if you can remember where it is, please post it. I've
searched, and found nada.


A couple of old Mail Planes were on the 2003 National Air Tour - you have a
photo of one on your site.

There. A flying museum :-)

http://www.nationalairtour.org/pilot...aircraft_id=15

http://tinyurl.com/563av
(same link as above)


Montblack