Enola Gay Damaged at Air & Space Museum Opening

I couldn't find the dent when I went looking on that day, but I'm not sure I
looking anywhere near where the bottle hit. From what I hear the skin is
dented. The aluminum bent before the bottle could break and the Enola Gay is up
on lifts so the paint went all over a P-47 instead. The crew had the whole mess
cleaned up way before I got over there (of course I didn't manage to get over
there for an hour or more).

Rumor mill says they are going for felony destruction of property which could be
life for a 73 year old depending on his genetics.

Margy

Gene Kearns wrote:

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:30:46 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I'm surprised no one has brought up this travesty.

For those who don't know, the Enola Gay -- beautifully refurbished and now
on display at the new Udvar-Hazy facility of the National Air & Space
Museum -- was damaged by some nut case from Ohio who threw something at the
plane and dented it during a protest against the atomic bombing of Japan.

If it were up to me, a life sentence without hope of parole would be too
good for this jerk. To damage an irreplaceable aircraft, and a piece of
history, is absolutely unconscionable.

Margy, how bad is it?

Life might be a bit too severe. I'd go for 20 years in the electric
chair.