>From Propliner magzine #88: "Sadly, none of these famous aircraft (Boeing 314 and Martin 130) have been preserved. However, in Decmeber 2003, we will at least be able to visit a full scale replica, which is being built for the new gallery of commercial aircraft at Seattle's Museum of Flight." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan Carlos Gideon" <JCAirStuff@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:11 Subject: [AIRLINE] 307 Nostalgia > Hello Folks, > > This is upsetting... Every once in a while, people get together and put old > aircraft back together again or refurbish old ones... Sometimes its as simple > as giving an old display aircraft a fresh coat of paint. But this whole deal > with the 307 going down; it just kills a little bit of the nostalgia. The > one very good thing is, that all aboard survived! > > I still long for the day that a Boeing 314 is placed on flying status. Are > there any actual 314 displays?? Besides models at various museums of course. > > I am sure that some day, long after we have passed, people will look at the > likes of a 737-300 and say that we were crazy flying around in those things. > > Cant wait to see the Wright Flyer take to the skies again. > > Take Care... > > Juan Carlos Gideon > BUR & VNY