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That's a darn shame. Shouldn't be surprising, though, since this is a company that spent a large some of money on a rebranding effort that, well, could have been done in-house for far less money.

According to this source, there may have been a misunderstanding:

Lufthansa Technik announced Thursday that it will be removing the wings from the historic aircraft, packing it up and taking it to Germany later this year to finish the decade-long restoration.

http://www.sunjournal.com/lufthansa-to- ... o-germany/

No mention of calling it quits.

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This was brought up at FLAP 25 last night.

captoveur wrote:I don't think there will be any shortage of most common types in derelict condition when it comes time for someone to want to preserve them.

There are 707s rotting all over the world.. There are 727s still flying freight every night, 737-200s are still running around, or derelict.

I am sure there are BAC-111s sitting somewhere rotting, same with HS tridents, not sure if any examples of a Comet exist.

I know of an old Airborne Express SUD Caravelle rotting at CMH, I think the Dassault Mercure has pretty well been wiped off the earth.

I am kind of curious what happened to the thing Dornier was building to compete with the 737 but never flew. My girlfriend got a tour of the factory and saw at least 2 of them complete enough to be identifiable shortly before they went bankrupt. That would be an interesting restoration project if they weren't broken up.

Re the DH Comet, this a list of survivors as of 2013.May need updating.

XK699 / 7971M - RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire
G-AMXA / XK655 - Al Mahatta Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
G-AMXH / XK695 - DeHavilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, London Colney
G-ANAV / CF-CUM - Science Museum, Wroughton, Wiltshire
G-AOJT / F-BGNX - DeHavilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, London Colney
G-APAS / XM823 - RAF Museum, Cosford
G-APDB - Imperial War Museum, Duxford
G-APDF / XV814 - Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
G-APYD - Science Museum, Wroughton, Wiltshire
G-BDIW / XR398 - Hermeskeil, Germany
G-BDIX / XR399 - National Museum of Flight, East Fortune
G-BEEX - North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland
G-CPDA / XS235 - Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire
N777WA - Parque Zoológico Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
N888WA - Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington, USA
5301 - Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Canada
Simulator - DeHavilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, London Colney