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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 15, 2013 - 12:02pm PT
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Nice to see you back in the air Ammon! Congrats on your recovery, stay out of those leg-snapping bushes. Hope you and Kait can make it down to Vegas soon, or we can make it up to Reno, either way.
Hank, for some reason every time I see you and the Wifey posting now, I think of that packing pic you shared on FB...haha. You lucky barstard.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Mar 16, 2013 - 01:53pm PT
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Great find TGT.
Flying B-17s was remarkably dangerous duty . I am just reading the Manchester and Reid bio of Churchill and they tally the cost to the allied air forces of the bombing campaign over Germany:
Britain: 55,000 killed and 11,000 planes lost
US: 26,000 killed and 8,000 planes lost
Hard to imagine.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Mar 20, 2013 - 12:06am PT
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TGT-
Very cool video! The P 51 Mustang is one of the quintessential Warbirds of all time. I'd really love the opportunity to fly one. It's one of my top 5 that I lust to be at the controls. The others are, in no particular order: Me262, Ar234, B25 Mitchell, and MiG21UM. Of course 2 of them are an impossible wet dream since there are no airworthy Ar234s or Me262s around.
I'll be getting my multiengine rating later this spring at the end of April in a Beech P58 Baron (Turbocharged and pressurized).
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 25, 2013 - 01:40pm PT
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The Confederate, er, I mean the Commemorative Air Force came to Burbank
yesterday.
The Original Big Can o' Whoopazz - Fifi...
Not good light but, oh, what a symphony!
600 clams got you a ride in the back. 1100 got you into the right seat!
The Battle of Britain Can o' Whoopazz. (Actually, a later model)...
The Baddest Little Can o' Whoopazz of them all (and designed mere yards away!)...
1500 clams got you a 20 minute ride... you, not me. ;-(
Only $65 for a ride in the back of The Bucket (C-45), $135 for the right seat...
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Mar 25, 2013 - 08:22pm PT
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How much for the LEFT seat? <grin>
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 25, 2013 - 08:26pm PT
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HaHaHaHa! Like Sir Thomas Lipton said about yachts,
"If you have to ask how much you can't afford it." ;-)
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 25, 2013 - 09:45pm PT
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Nice shots Reilly!
They will be here in Vegas starting Wednesday. Looking forward to finally getting to see Fifi.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Mar 26, 2013 - 01:04am PT
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Reilly-
I'll be doing my multiengine rating towards the end of April with a friend who's then retiring from UAL as a Captain. He made me the offer of free instruction (he still has his MEI Rating) and the use of his P58 Beech Baron, if I pay for the fuel. What a can of whupass that is--twin TSIO 520s. I can get some turbocharger hours as well as the ME rating. All for about $210 an hour for the fuel.
I looked into buying one of those older Beech G18s, but the maintenance costs are horrendous. They are pretty cool, though, and BIG!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 26, 2013 - 01:17am PT
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Broke, yeah you mentioned you were gonna go multi and I was wondering why,
other than for the fun of it. And a Turbo Baron definitely spells F-U-N!
At least that thing has enough power to actually fly with one turning and
one burning. ;-)
Next time we meet I'll tell you about my friend who was, pardon the term,
deadheading in a B-18 when the PIC fell asleep (about 0100) and drove them
into the top of Mt Tehachapi! Another 100' and they would have made it.
Well, happily, they both did make it, if only just.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 1, 2013 - 08:52pm PT
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Well, we had a great time this week with Fifi in town.
Went out right after they got in Wednesday afternoon, and got to spend a good hour poking around and in the bird without the crowds around. We went back out Saturday morning to watch her fly and then again in the afternoon as the better half wanted to see inside.
The warbird community being what it is, I ran into a couple of the crew who had mutual friends, so ended up having some great BS sessions about warbirds. Been a while since that happened for me.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Looking at the pic of the radio stack,
I have a working BC-348 Q receiver (Lower rt corner) in the garage that needs a good home.
No ARC-5's for years,(the three in the middle) but I do have some 807's if someone is looking for replacement final amp tubes.
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