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From: bunge@wam.umd.edu (Robert David Bunge)
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Subject: Re: Endeavor [sic]
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Date: 30 Apr 91 15:52:03 GMT
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>A sight has not been chosen yet.  The FAA (and the colorado congressional
>delegation) wants to put it at the old Stapleton Airport after our new one
>is completed in 1992.  Dulles doesn't have enough room on hand to meet the
>needs of the project (as anyone who's been caught in the traffic there can
>attest to), but Stapleton has everything in place...and it'll all be empty
>when the museum would open.  In any case, no construction has started, as
>no decision has been made.
>>
>Later,
>   Doug

I had the chance to visit the Smithsonian's Paul E. Garber Facility this
past weekend.  This is were A&S keeps lots of the planes either waiting
to be displayed or in storage awaiting restoration.  It is also were they
restore them.  There was hanger after hanger of incrediable stuff.  

The thought (and cost) of moving all that stuff to Denver sends a shiver
down my spine.  One of the volunteers from A&S who was there said current
cost estimates for moving JUST the Enterprise are running in the $2 million
range.

Bob Bunge
bunge@wam.umd.edu