Citadelgrad Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) https://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-allen-flying-heritage-collection-232207439.html I've been wanting to see the collection, but it was closed very early in 2020 and has not reopened nor given any clue as to when they will reopen. Now it appears they will never reopen in Seattle. Scratch one missed opportunity. Edited August 9, 2022 by Citadelgrad coogrfan, GreyGhost and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 A man's vision is rarely transferable to relatives. Hope the collection survives intact. Disclosure: I have two items in that collection, so it's of concern. Cheers, Damian John1, Martinnfb, Paul in Napier and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Two of your nukes Damian? GreyGhost and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 I didn't even know that he died. GreyGhost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 A similar thing happened with the Paul Littlefield Armor collection, and selfishly, the same thing happened to me there, before I could see it, he passed away and his family immediately sold everything. GreyGhost and JeepsGunsTanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 43 minutes ago, LSP_Ron said: Two of your nukes Damian? Yes, the last Fat Man and the next to last Little Boy. Hate to see them end up in a dump, so here's hoping for the best! Cheers, Damian GreyGhost, LSP_Kevin, John1 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, D.B. Andrus said: Yes, the last Fat Man and the next to last Little Boy. Hate to see them end up in a dump, so here's hoping for the best! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/1015/P4XRHm.jpg Cheers, Damian My dad flew B 47s. One thing he always drilled into me, never loan anyone your nukes. They never return them. Or maybe it was favorite book? easixpedro, Alain Gadbois, Rockie Yarwood and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 I remember you building these. They won't end up in the dump. Ron Martinnfb, GreyGhost and D.B. Andrus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 2 hours ago, D.B. Andrus said: A man's vision is rarely transferable to relatives. Hope the collection survives intact. Disclosure: I have two items in that collection, so it's of concern. Cheers, Damian Did you donate them, or loan them? GreyGhost and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: Did you donate them, or loan them? Sold 'em. Still, you want your kids to have a happy home. Martinnfb, Alain Gadbois, Kagemusha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 I like the fact that the entire collection was sold intact. I sincerely hope that the next awesome museum is in the middle of the country. I really want to see that Jumo Stuka and Me 262 fly someday. Hopefully not over some urban highway structure or local highrise buildings. Fingers crossed. D.B. Andrus, MikeMaben and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Citadelgrad said: A similar thing happened with the Paul Littlefield Armor collection, and selfishly, the same thing happened to me there, before I could see it, he passed away and his family immediately sold everything. Against his last wishes too, he wanted a the collection preserved and kept on site, but his god digging San Francisco socialite "wife" whom married him right as he was dying didn't like the noise... Most of the collection was bought up by the Collings Foundations, and who knows what their status is now, after their negligence caused their B-17 crash. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Jared Isaacman bought his MiG-29UB. Bio P D.B. Andrus, cmayer, Martinnfb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 2:04 PM, Citadelgrad said: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-allen-flying-heritage-collection-232207439.html I've been wanting to see the collection, but it was closed very early in 2020 and has not reopened nor given any clue as to when they will reopen. Now it appears they will never reopen in Seattle. Scratch one missed opportunity. I'm right there with you. I never got up there to see that collection either. Allen's collection was so good too. There were all kept in pristine and flyable condition. Citadelgrad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Do we know the intentions of the new owner? Do we even know if they'll be moving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now