Museum Canon

Instructions

I decided to set this up as more aircraft are introduced into the LSAM canon. May be a little selfish, but we'll see how it goes. All loosely based off real life. This also sets guidelines for what I add to the LSAM collection from now on. 1. Any pre-existing known aircraft to the canon are alright. SAM aircraft are also fine, including new additions, given the SAM is a constantly expanding organization that I do not have the right to restrict. Final verdict on SAM aircraft status goes to @Skygirl1929 obviously. 2. All extremely rare aircraft IRL should remain extremely rare in canon unless there's a good reason why additional airframes allowed to exist. Examples include: - Confirmed wrecks IRL that can be recovered and used as a backstory for an aircraft - Optional: For realism, find a wreck with a usable airframe so the restoration wouldn't be regarded as a replica. (Kinda hard to follow this, and it can create issues, so it's optional) - Saved from scrapping - This backstory will only work for a new organization. Has to be a reasonable aircraft so it isn't regarded as a replica. Examples include rare aircraft that were mass produced, like the F4U-1D (2 out of 1675 remain irl), B-26 Marauder (7 of 5266 remain), and P-36 (around 5 of around 1500). 3. Extinct aircraft IRL can only exist in this canon through a wreck recovery, replica reproduction. or the saved from scrapping reason, as long as it was a mass-produced aircraft. Summary of 2 and 3: If an aircraft isn't reasonably able to be added to canon (example that has occurred was the Hindenburg), it will be regarded as a replica in THIS canon only. I obviously don't make the decisions for other people's canons. 4. Aircraft crashes and other incidents should not happen involving the LSAM. This includes the operations of LSAM aircraft by anyone, and the operations of all aircraft during flight demos or the air show. Engine failures are allowed, as long as they're rare and do not result in substantial airframe damage. It also cannot happen to LSAM aircraft unless I am the one who makes the decision. Obviously the world isn't perfect, but incidents are VERY rare, and I want to focus on aircraft flying unharmed, not repairing a plane from a major incident. (most LSAM/WAM events prior to the ec-121 restoration are regarded as uncanon to clear up confusion for those who know) 5. You cannot own an aircraft owned by a person or organization in real life. Exceptions include scrapyards, like the Walter Soplata Collection (might eventually get a restoration from here), and aircraft with an unknown status/fate, like the B-29 and C-97 in the LSAM (It’s owned by a future museum in China Lake, but I have no clue where it’s kept, or if it was scrapped). Even if the aircraft is derelict, if it’s actually owned by someone (example being the XC-99, owned by the NMUSAF), you cannot own it. Hopefully these rules don’t affect yall that much.