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Originally Posted by Raymond Rowe
VH-AES should be kept here in Melbourne to do what it was restored to do.It has no history to Qantas at all.The volunteers who restored it did so it could keep flying to airshows.There will be a lot of ****ed off volunteers.
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Ray, having now got my hands on a copy of the April edition of Qantas News, you'll be pleased to know that the article referred to by Karl M at the start of the thread actually says
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"We felt it very important to preserve the aircraft as a flying historical artifact..."
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The article then goes on to say
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"With this support from Qantas, the museum will now be able to tour the aircraft as an exhibition piece...
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So all is not lost to the desert sands of the sunny state, and you'll hopefully get to see and hear this bird once more.
Cheers
Nigel