A picture to make you cry

Growler · 01-31-11, 05:17 PM

I think of all the warbirds lost to scrapheaps of history, and it makes me sad.

So many aircraft that have served nobly, carried crews through weather thick and thin, survived damage in the air and on the ground, with so many stories to tell... to wind up drying out in the desert sun before being turned into exported scrap.

It's why I will always support the preservation of historic vessels and aircraft, and urge everyone to do the same. These artifacts are our collective stories, and will be all we have of them once those who crewed them are gone.

01-31-11, 05:17 PM	#7
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I think of all the warbirds lost to scrapheaps of history, and it makes me sad. So many aircraft that have served nobly, carried crews through weather thick and thin, survived damage in the air and on the ground, with so many stories to tell... to wind up drying out in the desert sun before being turned into exported scrap. It's why I will always support the preservation of historic vessels and aircraft, and urge everyone to do the same. These artifacts are our collective stories, and will be all we have of them once those who crewed them are gone. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

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