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By: J Boyle - 31st December 2013 at 17:25
It would be interesting to know which entity owns which aircraft. Until then, all we can do is guess, so don’t panic.
Is the Hughes flying boat going anywhere, I doubt it. Someone would have to want it very badly to buy it and more to the point, to move it somewhere.
And, as seen in California and to an extent Oregon, it’s not a huge tourism magnet.
Several years back, the Museum (or Smith, or Evergreen?) bought a collection of antique helicopters from a restorer/collector in Hubbard, Oregon.
If any of those come on the market, I’d be interested.
By: David Burke - 31st December 2013 at 16:38
I hope this gets resolved soon .
By: ZRX61 - 31st December 2013 at 05:29
Update…
By: Newforest - 26th December 2013 at 20:33
Saw her a couple of years ago in the ‘little’ museum! Second best exhibit was a Starship at the rear of the hangar looking rather uncared for.
By: G-ASEA - 26th December 2013 at 13:31
I saw her in the little Museum at Evergreen in September this year. It would be a difficult to move her again. I hope she will stay safe.
Dave
By: j_jza80 - 26th December 2013 at 12:37
I can’t imagine for a second that the airframe is under any threat. Worse case scenario would be a move.
By: Arabella-Cox - 26th December 2013 at 11:40
I hope she will be ok, I saw her a few times when she was in Long Beach and it is truely a behemoth to behold and obviously totally unique.
The funny thing is up until Hughes death in 1976 she was kept completely live in case he wanted to take her out again or so the story goes.
Curlyboy
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December 26, 2013 at 5:49 am