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- NAVY TO FLY LC-130'S AGAIN!
- (From the OAEA Gazette)
- by Dwight D. Fisher, Captain USN (Ret)
- (Editor' s note: Dwight is Deputy Head, Polar Research Support Section
National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs)
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- In the summer of 2001, the OAEA initiated a letter writing campaign to
the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Dr. Rita Colwell,
- requesting one of the agency?s LC-130 aircraft for a museum display. On
August 27, 2001, Dr. Colwell responded with a letter that was subsequently
- published in the Explorer's Gazette, Vol.1, Issue 3, Fall 2001. In the
letter, Dr. Colwell explained that the Navy had requested the use of three of the
- four LC-130 aircraft that were being stored in the desert of Arizona at
Davis-Monthan Air Fore Base. She stated that keeping the aircraft flying and
- allowing the Navy to fill a need of theirs was in the best interest of
everyone.
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