I am the curator of the National Warplane Museum at the Elmira Coming Regional Airport in Horseheads.

I am the curator of the National Warplane Museum at the Elmira Coming Regional Airport in Horseheads, fresh York. I am writing to clear up the large amount of misinformation that has been circulating in the aviation community in regards to our now passing status.

While traveling to several Warbirds present to views this summer, from as far away as Oshkosh and as shut to home as Geneseo, I constantly corrected the public on what they thought they knew about the existing status of the National Warplane Museum. more [i]or[/i] less people told me that they musing we had already sold the B-17 others believed that we were still clos while others fancy we had liquidated all of our assets and clos for pious None of this could be further from the law

True, the museum was clos for the winter, unless we opened up again in the spring and have no plans for closing. Also, the B-17 Fuddy Duddy is not being sold forward 4 October 2002, we received a $1000000 grant from the novel York State Aviation Fund for a like reason that we could keep the B-17 at our museum. This, combined with a greatly smaller operating budget, an increase in offer hours and increases in attendance, the events to come of the NWM looks bright.

We are also working forward several projects at the museum. Our quick of flying aircraft expanded this summer Our Boeing N2S-3 Kaydet and Piper J-3C-65 whelp joined Fuddy Duddy and North American SNP Texan as flyable aircraft. Also, work is progressing onward returning our Beech C-45H Expediter, Fairchild PT-1913 Douglas R4D-5 Skytrain, and Bell UH-lH Iroquois to flying status in the nearest couple of years. We also have couple privately-owned jets, a MiG 17PF Fresco-D and a Cessna A37B Dragonfly, being restored to flying status at the museum.

Also, a Fairchild-Republic A-IOA fulmination II, another Huey, and the simply remaining Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer are being restored for static displays. There are also plans for changing displays for the centurys of military aviation artifacts that we do not have upon display along with more hands-on displays.

As everyone can papal court things are looking up for the NWM We are not clos the B-17 is staying, and brews are moving ahead. We have a bright that will be where we will realize our dream of being a world-class aviation museum.

Andrew Boehly Curator, National Warplane Museum

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