Re: crash of a World War II-era plane in Coweta County on Saturday afternoon

James Wrote:
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> If there's an unfortunate side of seeing
> historically insignificant aircraft like this
> crash, it's that when they're gone, they're gone.
> Nobody cares enough to build replicas like we see
> with Fokkers and Sopwiths and like we'll no doubt
> see with Mustangs and Spitfires once the supply of
> those dries up.

Good point...along with the rarety of airframes nowadays is
is low availablility of propellers. Some are going for as much
as $30,000.00 a blade. A nose-over in your P-51 could set you
back six figures and that's if you could even locate a set.

A few people who had the foresight years back to acquire large
sets of blades when they were still sitting in storage have done
very well for themselves and also helped the aviation fraternity.