Now that it's all here, the situation begins to reveal itself as patently absurd

Making like a SeaBee I hastily begin laying the foundation of a temporary shelter which will be dubbed
Vintage Air Restorations Hangar One

The first thing that has to go is all of the blue paint

I haven't figured out yet how I'm gonna get back there

Oh oh...it looks like it might be spreading - and I haven't even gotten my first shipment of Nuvite yet!

Fingers worn nearly to the bone, with blistered hands and weary muscles I suck down a cold one as I watch the sun set
August 14 1946, I had just noticed, is the manufacture date on the dataplate
Today is N72004's birthday - she's now exactly 57 years old