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Would there be community interest in saving WACO, à lá Spirit Air? (lemmy.ca)
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Context: https://wwmt.com/news/local/waco-aircrafts-closing-cease-manufacturing-maintenance-services-drimor-centennial-junker-airplane-production-battle-creek-western-michigan-economy-infrastructure

A bit more context: this was the direct result of mismanagement and misaligned goals, allegedly, in my opinion.

If there’s interest, are there groups I should talk to about resurrecting this?

e: I’m picturing a sort of open-source effort to save this history. And, weirdly, this all overlaps with my skillset.

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