That's GREAT news Rick!!! I've been wondering what the outcome of the Doobie
Liner saga had come down to & didn't know who to ask, or actually, was afraid
what the answer would be. Thanks for the info!!!
Scooter
Rick Santangelo wrote:
> Many of you know that the home of the Doobie Liner, The Caribbean Zone
> Restaurant in San Francisco has closed its doors leaving the fate of
> this historic aircraft to the owner of the building. Amy Bloomberg, (a
> new Fan Club member who contacted us when she heard about the sale of
> the airplane) has been in touch with the owner to see what could be done
> to save our favorite meeting spot from the scrap heap. All along the
> owner has wanted to sell it as scrap metal just to get rid of it.
>
> Well I have some great news! The company that is moving into the
> building has decided they want to keep the Doobie Liner and use it as
> their conference room! I think they are going to renovate the interior
> and unfortunately it's going to lose its historic charm, but at least
> it's still there.
>
> Maybe we can book their "conference room" for a meeting sometime! ;)
> I'll pop in there someday soon to see what's happening with the Doobie Liner.
>
> BTW, I did find an aviation museum here in the Bay Area that was very
> interested in the fate of this aircraft. They were looking into
> purchasing it. If there's a chance for the Doobie Liner to come up for
> sale again, I will work with the Hiller Aviation Museum to make sure
> this great piece of Doobie history stays right here in the Bay Area and
> doesn't get turned into a toaster...
>
> Rick
>
> http://www.GearJammin.com/doobie/liner.html
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