Comments on: Restoring and Preserving Aircraft http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/restoring-and-preserving-aircraft-3/ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ricardo Reis http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/restoring-and-preserving-aircraft-3/comment-page-1/#comment-11296 Ricardo Reis Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:11:00 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=2217#comment-11296 I wonder, if “Mikesh, Robert C. Restoring Museum Aircraft, (Shrewsbury, England: Airlife, 1997). Outdated in a few respects but basically excellent.” is outdated, are there any other more updated references?

]]> By: Link Love: 11/5/2010 « The Bigger Picture http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/restoring-and-preserving-aircraft-3/comment-page-1/#comment-10656 Link Love: 11/5/2010 « The Bigger Picture Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:18:45 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=2217#comment-10656 [...] usually dealing with paper, photos, and whiteboards over here at SIA, but the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum gives a nice overview of the hard work that goes into preserving their [...]

]]> By: Stormcastle http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/restoring-and-preserving-aircraft-3/comment-page-1/#comment-10363 Stormcastle Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:31:31 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=2217#comment-10363 I wonder how much effort goes into the restoration/preservation of aircraft interiors that the public will never see e.g. the Enola Gay or Enterprise (or whichever orbited shuttle replaces it).

For purists, that would seem paramount – but on a cost-recovery basis, the cost to do so wouldn’t seem fitting.

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