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From: dschuetz@umd5.umd.edu (David John Schuetz)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Enterprise (was Re: New Space Shuttle)
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Date: 17 Aug 89 20:38:32 GMT
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Reply-To: dschuetz@umd5.umd.edu (David John Schuetz)
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In article <277.24E8EA7F@mamab.FIDONET.ORG> Mac.Druaidh@f69.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mac Druaidh) writes:
>"> out of Dulles and didn't see it anywhere.  Has it been
>"> stowed in a hangar,
>"> finally?
>
>Personally, I would like to see it enshrined in the Air and Space Museum, 
>and would REALLY like tours of the orbiter or a mockup. 

Well, that was the plan.  They had planned on building an annex to Air and
Space out at Dulles, and they were going to house there the Enterprise, the
Enola Gay (which I've seen--still being restored at their facility in Md.),
a Concorde, and other "big" planes and such.  However, the project has never
been funded right (or something like that).  And I think there's some 
political jockeying between Dulles and Balt./Wash. Int'l. airports over who
gets to have the annex.  I wish they'd stop all the sh** and get to work. It
would be a fabulous place.....(maybe they could get an SR-71, too?)

I don't recognize net 363 (is that Texas way?), so I don't know where you are,
but if you ever get to the Washington area for a time, try and visit the
Paul Gerber Facility of Air and Space in Silver Hill, Maryland.  It's a 
restoration facility, more like a warehouse, but it's fantastic.  You need to
make an appointment for a tour, and there's a lot of walking involved, but 
you'll never forget it....


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