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  • French Kiss-off (more on the French plane on the Intrepid)

    06/05/2003 10:21:05 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 8 replies · 273+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | June 06 2003 | NY Post
    New York City's USS Intrepid Sea-Air- Space Museum, the world's largest naval museum, is being stiffed by the French donors of a warplane on its flight deck. The French-American Chamber of Commerce has failed to pay a promised $10,000 for the Etendard naval fighter-bomber's upkeep, and the Intrepid Foundation is threatening to sell it for scrap. During the entire six years the French plane has sat on the celebrated World War II aircraft carrier, the Intrepid foundation hasn't received a dime for its maintenance. This is in stark contrast to the way the Polish government contributed a MiG-21 fighter jet...