>You'd absolutely love the
>Military Aviation Museum down
>here in Virginia Beach, as their philosophy is every aircraft in their
>collection be kept in or close to flight-worthy status.

I mean don't get me wrong, display-only museums have their place too. If nothing else, it can be ravenously expensive keeping vintage aircraft flying, and I've known museums to put themselves out of business trying to go that extra mile, which ultimately does no one any favors. But if they have the wherewithal and the curatorial vision for it, I'm always up for that.

>About the only plane in their collection that I
>personally know is not flight-worthy is their P-63 King Cobra.

Fair enough; not everyone believed the P-63 or its predecessor were airworthy at the time. :)

--G.
don't give me a P-39
with an engine that's mounted behind
it will tumble and roll
and dig a big hole
don't give me a P-39
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