Duxford is Europe's premier aviation museum - as well as having
one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and naval
exhibits in the country. This famous heritage site began as an
airfield in the First World War and also played a vital role in the
Second World War, firstly as an RAF fighter station and later as an
American fighter base.
"I guess the lesson we learned is buyer beware. The
good news is we have a bunch of infrastructure out there ready to
go when the economy turns around."
Source: Albuquerque, NM city councilman Michael
Cadigan, commenting on the looming sale of Eclipse Aviation to a
European investment concern. As that sale comes closer to becoming
a reality, some are wondering if the new owners will keep the plant
in Albuquerque... or if all their efforts, and taxpayers' dollars,
were in vain.
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