French H-75A-4 aircraft

[Modeldad]

Please do not misunderstand me. I love seeing the aircraft restored as an A-1. Truely a beautiful sight.

But like some some old dinosaur fossils that had been on public display, which had bones mix up (the head of one species was put on the body of another species) our understanding of the history of an aircraft can be most incorrect.

Getting the facts straight does not deminish the efforts of the restorers, it just makes us aware of the liberties they took. After all the Smithsonian national Air and spece Museum restored the Ar 234 to a "what if " scheme, because they wanted it to be more representitive of a late war aircraft. But the aircraft itself is beautiful, none the less.