Disney Analyst
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Walts Plane moving on.
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Where is Walt's plane? UPDATE - Coming to D23 2022
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erstwo
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The Palm Springs Air Museum seems to be a non-profit. So Disney gets a potential tax write off to cover the restoration costs and Palm Springs Air Museum gets something for all those Disney loving folks buying up the homes in the new Storyliving Palm Springs community to go visit at their museum.
It's smart. I don't like it, but I have to admit, it's smart.
It's smart. I don't like it, but I have to admit, it's smart.
Smiley/OCD
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Yup, it was here at HS on the Backlot Tour…I agree, it SHOULD return to Orlando since that was such an important part in the “Florida Project”…an air museum 3k miles away is not the right place. If they had the room, a permanent display inside Orlando Intl. would be a great place also considering how many guests come through that airport.
GimpYancIent
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B.C. needs to step away from the plane. Excellent photos / video of an iconic aircraft except B.C. is the one blemish.
JoeCamel
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Disney no longer has to look at it rot and any ongoing maintenance is the museum's responsibility from here on out. I still hope to find out if they actually have engines in the nacelles or if they built a mount for the props to show it.
GimpYancIent
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Sadly, it has become nothing more than a husk reduced to being a mockup. I am sure the museum will preserve the mummified remains well.
DznyRktekt
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That's because the real plane is missing..
No--even if stripped on the inside, it's still the airframe Walt used to survey the Florida Project site. It'll never be a "mockup."
Smiley/OCD
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They could’ve put it in one of the empty buildings in Epcot…indoors out of the elements
JoeCamel
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I'm so glad the truck didn't fly and it got there safely
The interior of Walt's plane to be restored and recreated -
"Today the Palm Springs Air Museum celebrated Walt Disney’s birthday with a VIP party and the opening of a new exhibit to accompany Walt Disney’s Grumman Gulfstream I airplane. Rarely exhibited items from the interior of the aircraft—also known affectionately as “The Mouse”—are now on display for visitors to the Palm Springs Air Museum. Items include a customized instrument panel originally located near Walt’s favorite onboard seat that allowed him to monitor flight conditions; a telephone handset that gave Walt a direct line of communication to the pilot in the cockpit; a flight bag featuring an image of Mickey Mouse sitting on the tail of the iconic plane; and more. These items are on long-term loan from the Walt Disney Archives to the museum.
During the event, Rebeca Cline, director of the Walt Disney Archives, announced that the Palm Springs Air Museum, in conjunction with Phoenix Air, will restore and recreate the interior of the Gulfstream I to resemble what it looked like when Walt flew it in the 1960s. Museum Vice Chairman Fred Bell said, “We are so thrilled to partner with the Walt Disney Archives on this amazing restoration project. The Palm Springs Air Museum has restored over 60 aircraft in its 26-year history. Phoenix Air Group out of Cartersville, Georgia, has offered to donate any parts we need. Phoenix Air Group is a worldwide provider of aviation services, and at one point, owned and operated 20% of the world fleet of Gulfstream I’s flying at the time. We know that we have a special responsibility to Walt Disney, to the Archives, and to the millions of Disney fans around the world to do this work as accurately as possible so that the airplane can be enjoyed for decades to come.”
The restoration and recreation are anticipated to take approximately two years."
d23.com
"Today the Palm Springs Air Museum celebrated Walt Disney’s birthday with a VIP party and the opening of a new exhibit to accompany Walt Disney’s Grumman Gulfstream I airplane. Rarely exhibited items from the interior of the aircraft—also known affectionately as “The Mouse”—are now on display for visitors to the Palm Springs Air Museum. Items include a customized instrument panel originally located near Walt’s favorite onboard seat that allowed him to monitor flight conditions; a telephone handset that gave Walt a direct line of communication to the pilot in the cockpit; a flight bag featuring an image of Mickey Mouse sitting on the tail of the iconic plane; and more. These items are on long-term loan from the Walt Disney Archives to the museum.
During the event, Rebeca Cline, director of the Walt Disney Archives, announced that the Palm Springs Air Museum, in conjunction with Phoenix Air, will restore and recreate the interior of the Gulfstream I to resemble what it looked like when Walt flew it in the 1960s. Museum Vice Chairman Fred Bell said, “We are so thrilled to partner with the Walt Disney Archives on this amazing restoration project. The Palm Springs Air Museum has restored over 60 aircraft in its 26-year history. Phoenix Air Group out of Cartersville, Georgia, has offered to donate any parts we need. Phoenix Air Group is a worldwide provider of aviation services, and at one point, owned and operated 20% of the world fleet of Gulfstream I’s flying at the time. We know that we have a special responsibility to Walt Disney, to the Archives, and to the millions of Disney fans around the world to do this work as accurately as possible so that the airplane can be enjoyed for decades to come.”
The restoration and recreation are anticipated to take approximately two years."
Disney Announces Restoration and Recreation of the Interior of Walt Disney’s Plane to Its 1960s Design - D23
Today the Palm Springs Air Museum celebrated Walt Disney’s birthday with a VIP party and the opening of a new exhibit to accompany Walt Disney’s Grumman Gulfstream I airplane.
d23.com
Goofyernmost
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Not likely, the only thing that were 100% functional and of value on the plane were the engines. They also were in great demand at the time when TWDC decided to put the plane on display in DHS. Those engines were sold and gone before it ever took its place in the park.
joshwill
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they can replace the engines
No no, they're gone and NEVER coming back, didn't you read the expert's statement? I'm sure he had hard data and verifiable sources to back up his assertion that the engines were sold after the plane made it final flight.
