Five Planes Vandalized At Oklahoma City Airport | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-04.01.24

Airborne-Unlimited-04.16.24

Airborne-FlightTraining-04.17.24 Airborne-Unlimited-04.11.24

Airborne-Unlimited-04.12.24

Join Us At 0900ET, Friday, 4/10, for the LIVE Morning Brief.
Watch It LIVE at
www.airborne-live.net

Sat, Aug 26, 2006

Five Planes Vandalized At Oklahoma City Airport

Vintage CAF A-26 Among Planes Tagged

Some people... When the person or persons who vandalized five aircraft Thursday night at Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City are apprehended, we'll happily stand in line to, um... explain to them why you really, really shouldn't do that.

To add insult to injury, a post-WWII vintage Douglas A-26 Invader (similar to the "C"-model is shown above) belonging to the Oklahoma Wing of the Commemorative Air Force was among the planes that were "tagged" with graffiti some time around 10:20 Thursday night.

The Associated Press reports the plane was being stored outside a hangar at Wiley Post. Group member Kathi Elder said CAF members had spent several years restoring the twin-engine plane.

There's no word on how much it will cost to remove the graffiti... and police haven't made any arrests.

But when they do...

FMI: www.contrails.us/~oklahoma_wing/44.00_CAF_Oklahoma_Wing/index.htm

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.16.24)

Aero Linx: International Business Aviation Council Ltd IBAC promotes the growth of business aviation, benefiting all sectors of the industry and all regions of the world. As a non->[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.16.24)

"During the annual inspection of the B-24 “Diamond Lil” this off-season, we made the determination that 'Lil' needs some new feathers. Due to weathering, the cloth-cove>[...]

Airborne 04.10.24: SnF24!, A50 Heritage Reveal, HeliCycle!, Montaer MC-01

Also: Bushcat Woes, Hummingbird 300 SL 4-Seat Heli Kit, Carbon Cub UL The newest Junkers is a faithful recreation that mates a 7-cylinder Verner radial engine to the airframe offer>[...]

Airborne 04.12.24: SnF24!, G100UL Is Here, Holy Micro, Plane Tags

Also: Seaplane Pilots Association, Rotax 916’s First Year, Gene Conrad After a decade and a half of struggling with the FAA and other aero-politics, G100UL is in production a>[...]

Airborne-Flight Training 04.17.24: Feds Need Controllers, Spirit Delay, Redbird

Also: Martha King Scholarship, Montaer Grows, Textron Updates Pistons, FlySto The FAA is hiring thousands of air traffic controllers, but the window to apply will only be open for >[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC