The pilots and the men that fly these craft are more valuble than the machine...all the time and every time.
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These airplanes need to be preserved. All I want to know, and have tried to determine in this thread, was if flying them was the best way to preserve them?
Some of the best discussions I have seen on this board in over a year has happened in this thread. Typically, some of the worst too, but that happens in any thread over 3 replys long........
The men who lose their lives flying Warbirds dedicate themselves to a noble purpose, for that I am deeply greatfull and pay may constant respects. I want these airplanes to last as long as possible. The longer the better. I suspect there is someplace in the middle of this discussion where the best answer lies.....has this thread found a prospectful solution?
Almost.....