Never look at your beer can the same way again...

[Stephen]

 

[DaV8or]

It's too bad somebody didn't have the foresight to cut the skins with the art work and mission count off for future generations. A huge undertaking and storage problem for sure, but what a museum that would make today!! 

[MB65E]

Somebody did! They had over 30 pieces of the collection on temporary loan to the EAA in the Eagle hangar around the convention last year. Entire sides of aircraft displayed on steel structures. Bone chilling seeing them all together!! A buddy's grandpa was on one of the b-24's.

He was able to take a shot of it!!

I'll find the article!! I saw them all in person. Really neat!!

EAA was  really hush hush to the public on who owned the collection. 

-Matt

[Andy95W]

Wife and I were at the EAA museum today.  Here are a few examples:

[MB65E]

Story has it as they belong to the guy that was actually working during the scraping. He saved them personally before they were cut up. 

-Matt

[DaV8or]

2 hours ago, MB65E said:

Story has it as they belong to the guy that was actually working during the scraping. He saved them personally before they were cut up. 

-Matt

I salute this man! Somebody who was aware of what was really going on at that time, in that place in history and acted on it.

[dlthig]

The Aviator bar in Montgomery, AL has a lot of nose art photos and models hanging from the ceiling. It's a cool place to have a beer.

[Stephen]

Thanks for the tip on the EAA museum and Aviator bar in Montgomery; I'll have to put those on the trip list (if my plane every makes it out of post purchase squawk/upgrade maintenance)! 

[Stephen]

It would be interesting to know if any of that aluminum found its way into our mooney's