Subject: Which aircraft will live in history forever?
From: (Rob van Riel)
Date: 11/27/03 1:29 AM Pacific Standard Time
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(ArtKramr) wrote in message
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Which ones?

Wright Flyer
Fokker Dr1
Spitfire
P-51

The Wright Flyer will be preserved by the academics, if any plane ever
is. The Fokker and the Spit were legends in their own days, and those
legends have endured. I assume the P-51 has the same sort of standing
on the US side of the Atlantic as the Spit has in Western Europe. We
might want to add the Messerschmidt name to the list, but not
associated with any particular type.

There are some modern contenders, but they're too new to guess whether
or not they'll last.

This is all based on 'living in history' interpreted as being somewhat
known to the public. This disqualifies many very worthy planes with a
less glamourous image. With the amount of recording going on this past
century, I don't think many airplanes will be truly forgotton, barring
a total collapse of society as we know it.

Rob


Rob,

Thanks for adding reasons for your choices

Regards,

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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