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[Troy24]

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On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:22:30 -0500, "Bruce R" >
wrote:

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>"Troy24" > wrote in message
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>And now it sits quietly rusting away in a fenced in high security lot
>somewhere behind a lot of fences with barbed wire and guys with guns......
>
>Bruce

According to Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YF-23_Black_Widow_II), both prototypes
have been transferred to museums (if you count El Segundo production
as a museum).

Is this not correct?

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[Ron Monroe]

Well, I wouldn't count El Segundo as a museum, however there are 3 aircraft
on loan because the museum at Torrance doesn't have room for them. And then,
there is the recently added T-38. You can see the F-14, YF-17, and T-38 from
the road, as they are in our parking lot. The YF-23 (No. 2) is a little
harder for an outsider to see. It is protected, like the production lines,
but not with barbed wire.

And, it's rusting away as many other aircraft in a museum. There is still a
lot of pride with that aircraft within the company.
Ron

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> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:22:30 -0500, "Bruce R" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Troy24" > wrote in message
3...
>>
>>And now it sits quietly rusting away in a fenced in high security lot
>>somewhere behind a lot of fences with barbed wire and guys with guns......
>>
>>Bruce
>
> According to Wikipedia
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YF-23_Black_Widow_II), both prototypes
> have been transferred to museums (if you count El Segundo production
> as a museum).
>
> Is this not correct?
>
> ------------------------------------------
> NO, use John Mee3 at comcast dot net (remove the spaces and do the
> obvious with the "dot" and the "at"