XPost: or.politics   
      
   On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:44:10 -0700, "Gatt"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Bill Shatzer"  wrote in message   
   >news:CKidnfQdTbeD1ObbnZ2dnUVZ_ruknZ2d@comcast.com...   
   >   
   >> Please, Hughes H-4 Hercules. Not Spruce Goose - it has no spruce, ya'   
   >> know.   
   >   
   >LOL!  A purist.  Rumor is they can't open the flight deck because they don't   
   >want to alter the airplane to allow handicap access. So rather than risk   
   >being sued, access to the flight deck is by invitation only.   
      
   When my old friend from Viet Nam and I were invited to the flight deck   
   several years back, the guide said that the reason they didn't do it   
   was mostly because the Tursts, and especially the kids, got into   
   flipping switches and trying to manipulate controls, etc.  NTM that   
   some several folks tried to steal stuff as souvenirs as well.   
      
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