To all of you who have volunteered to help rescue and restore the Connie: Stay with us! We are holding meetings this week with WASCO and steps have been taken toward ownership of the C-121. Could each of you reach out to others who may have an interest in this effort? And to those who have offered financial help, there will soon be a proper funding channel for those and other new donations.

This is how she  [read more →]

Ramey Air Force Base Historical Association President, Chris Talkington posted the following in “Save The Connie”

RAFBH’s Board made the big move, approving up to $5,000 toward static restoration of Ramey’s well-known ”Connie.” The motion is contingent on receiving full title, long-term lease or title to permanent display area for it and other aircraft, no liens on the bird and donations of $50,000 to restore the legendary bird. The full business plan is being formulated, and will require substantial  [read more →]

This will be a short post.  Tomorrow evening the RAFBHA Board will be holding their monthly meeting.  One of the topics on the agenda is the C-121 Constellation pictured above.  Due primarily to the efforts of Ken Coombs, Gerry Giles and Ricardo Busquets, there is an opportunity for RAFBHA to acquire this aircraft.

The purpose of this post is simply to allow anyone a chance to give feedback about this possible acquisition.  Having serious input will give the Board some direction  [read more →]