Boo on EAA for taking the H10 out of its place in the Wittman Hangar and tying it down outside in the face of a severe thunderstorm. Unsure about this year, but in the past, extremely rare airplanes such as the H10 that are normally housed in the Wittman hangar are moved outside so children’s activities can be held during the day. EAA has been warned in the past of their duty to protect these airplanes. This is proof of incompetence.
EAA should not be trusted with this or any other aviation artifacts such as the H10. EAA doesn’t care for anything except attracting as many paying attendees to their annual fund raiser venture as possible. Gotta have someplace to dump the kids while parents are off buying stuff. Why not the Wittman Hangar with those crappy old airplanes we don’t want to maintain? Nobody we know cares about them anymore anyway.
I don’t know who to blame for this travesty. I guess you can blame President Pelton and the EAA palace guard as the buck stops at his feet. Took your eye off the ball there Jack. Who needs you if you can’t be trusted with a primary responsibility like caring for aviation history? The Smithsonian should revoke EAA’s partnership credentials for dereliction of duty.