jeb@eisx.UUCP (Jim Beckman) (08/29/84)
There seems to be some confusion over aircraft museums and displays. Wright-Patterson AFB may have the best collection of US military aircraft, but the National Air and Space Museum is part of the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Also, I believe the Enola Gay B-29 is in the Smithsonian's collection. When I toured their aircraft restoration facility in Silver Hill, Maryland, in 1976, I seem to remember being told that the Enola Gay was in storage at Silver Hill, disassembled. There seemed to be some concern over how to display the aircraft, and whether or not such a display would seem to glorify the first use of nuclear weapons against civilians. Also, I suppose there is the question of space - a B-29 isn't small. Jim Beckman ATTISL, South Plainfield, NJ eisx!jeb