I am a little confused when looking at the Register Reflections section in the latest Classic Wings magazine. This has all the ZK and VH additions, deletions and changes of ownership.
It lists the Commemorative Air Force NZ Wing’s Beech ZK-TEX and their Harvard ZK-USM as having changed ownership. But the new addresses are listed as the Commemorative Air Force Trust Board. So, who used to own these aircraft? I always thought they belonged to the CAF. Is this an internal change for paperwork reasons or something? Or did they used to be in other hands?
I’ve always wondered why the magazines print the name and address of new aircraft owners. Is this a CAA requirement? Are they not entitled to some privacy? What is the reason? NZ Wings Magazine does it too.
I also wonder why the Confederate Air Force has changed its name. Have the PC idiots gotten to it? Or is there another reason to change it? I guess it is odd to have an air force named after a country that hasn’t existed for 150 years though.
By: crazymainer - 11th June 2004 at 13:01
Dave,
As a lmemeber of the CAF, the name change came along because we got alot of PC type people that are at headquaters. So they decide to change the name by letting us all vote on it, but heres the Kicker the old name wasn’t one of the chooses. It seems certain groups didn’t get it(IE Jessie Jackson) but hell the Tuskege Airman Assc. had NO problem with it.
And for the record I did a write in, only 10% of the CAF memebership turn in votes.
By: DazDaMan - 11th June 2004 at 12:37
I think it’s because they felt “Commemorative” was more appropriate.
Also, I think some of the CAF aircraft are loaned to them by their owners, so I would think that they would appear under the collective CAF banner so as not to complicate or confuse? (Pretty easy done for me! ;))
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June 11, 2004 at 12:27 pm