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Re: Guess what may fly at the Edwards Open House?
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 01:21:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mary Shafer
Subject: Re: Guess what may fly at the Edwards Open House?
On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 betnal@ns.net wrote:
> My understanding is that the two birds from USAF (971 and 967) will go into
> long term storage. They won't be retained in near-airworthy status as they were
> until May, but will be kept up, much as 971 was before it went back to USAF. It
> looks like there will be about five year's worth of work, and it's quite possible
> that at least one of the USAF As could be restored to flight status later on.
Fast Eddie told me one would go into "flyable storage" just like 831 and
844, mostly on account of we figure that people are more likely to want
a straight A instead of the B (831) or the A (844) with its mods to
carry LASRE. In fact, 844 is the best candidate for long-term storage
along with the other A.
Being the Acting Chief Test Pilot as well as the LASRE project pilot,
Ed's a fairly reliable source.
Mary Shafer DoD #0362 KotFR shafer@ursa-major.spdcc.com
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Some days it don't come at all/And these are the days that never end...."
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Created: Wed Sep 22 02:18:21 EDT 1999