Chantry Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 If you've got the cash, you can go fast! Link: https://www.platinumfighters.com/warbirds While the desire for a fighter is there, a nice, docile, easy to fly Swordfish would probably be a better choice for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Huh... Four and a half million for the P-51. But it come with TWENTY spare engines?? Would that be a lifetime supply...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I would love to have that Lysander. Duffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 If I'm spending 4.5 million, I want a B52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I'll take the FG-1D Corsair. No way I could fly it even if I owned it, but it'd sure beat the 1/32 scale model I currently have on my shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Eye Jim Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Huh... Four and a half million for the P-51. But it come with TWENTY spare engines?? Would that be a lifetime supply...? Depends on how hard you are on your engines when racing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Huh... Four and a half million for the P-51. But it come with TWENTY spare engines?? Would that be a lifetime supply...? Kinda like having Win. '97. One to shoot, another in the shop and 2 for spare parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I just want an F-86. Doesn’t even need to run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I’d settle for a shotup A10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Surprised to see the F-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I'll take em all Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I would love to get an F-14 Tomcat. There is just something about that plane that screams "Pick Me! Pick Me!!" For piston powered it would have to be the F-7F Tiger Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I'll take the Birddog and the DC-3 and never have to worry about wearing either out. I would pay a little extra if the DC-3 had a minigun installed in the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Spooky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I was thinking about the 20 spare engines. It probably better to change engines than to, say, swap a piston. Breaking in a semi worn piston to a semi worn cylinder could be difficult. Modern manufacturing tolerances are much more accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Not a problem. "Block" is not solid; cylinders are replaceable, likely done as a set at rebuild time. Depending on use, MTBMO (Mean Time Between Major Overhaul) for the Merlin can range between 100 hours to 1200+ hours. That "+" can be a lot of hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 You'll feel sick when I relate this story: Around 1947/48 the RCAF was transitioning into Vampire jets, and turning the Spits over to Crown Assets. Aircraft would be flying on Friday and turned over to Crown Assets on Monday, stripped of guns and radio, if I recall. Crown Assets put a price of $50.00 each on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I worked with a fella whose dad flew P-39's in the Pacific (he even dropped a Zero!). When he came home after the war he set out to follow his life's ambition and became a dairyman. For the remainder of his life he lamented not buying a surplus Airacobra... "But I could buy two heifers for what one airplane sold for!" He had his dairy and continued as a reservist, finally retiring as a Lt Colonel with a two-seater - don't recall if it was a Cessna or Piper... but it warn't no fighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 When we would go to the Air Races outside of Lancaster, CA in the 60's, several of the pilots were going to Canada and buying WWII surplus fighters cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Sailors like to tell landlubbers that there is a test for determining whether you should buy a boat: Go to the bank and withdraw all of your hard-earned cash; go home and change into your best suit; turn on your shower, as cold as possible, and step into the tub; with the cold water pouring over your head, start tearing your cash up into small pieces, and watch it go down the drain. If you are having fun, go ahead and buy that boat! I've got to imagine that plane enthusiasts have a parallel tale..... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 7:58 PM, Utah Bob #35998 said: I just want an F-86. Doesn’t even need to run. My Dad worked on both airplanes....P51 & F86. IMHO the 2 most beautiful planes of their era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 12 hours ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: Sailors like to tell landlubbers that there is a test for determining whether you should buy a boat: Go to the bank and withdraw all of your hard-earned cash; go home and change into your best suit; turn on your shower, as cold as possible, and step into the tub; with the cold water pouring over your head, start tearing your cash up into small pieces, and watch it go down the drain. If you are having fun, go ahead and buy that boat! I've got to imagine that plane enthusiasts have a parallel tale..... LL I know that for a fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Love those old planes but.. A They're a bit out of my price range B I'm not a pilot so I couldn't fly it anyway, and C I've heard what fuel and aircraft inspection and maintenance cost to fly one So I guess I'll pass. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 On 4/19/2019 at 5:19 PM, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: I worked with a fella whose dad flew P-39's in the Pacific (he even dropped a Zero!). When he came home after the war he set out to follow his life's ambition and became a dairyman. For the remainder of his life he lamented not buying a surplus Airacobra... "But I could buy two heifers for what one airplane sold for!" He had his dairy and continued as a reservist, finally retiring as a Lt Colonel with a two-seater - don't recall if it was a Cessna or Piper... but it warn't no fighter. My dad’s favorite airplane. The reason he joined the AAF. Never got to fly one though. He thought it was the most hot rod looikng plane they had. ( of course that was before the P51 took to the air) My mom thought the P38 was the coolest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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