A most unexpected warbird

[gumbyk]

Last weekend we had a gathering of Pitts Specials at the local airfield, and among them was this example:

It's an ex-Royal Jordanian Air Force 'Falcons' aircraft, one of three that are somewhere in the world (they did have five, but the story that I heard form an ex-owner of this one was that they lost two in a mid-air).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Falcons

 

[bobbysocks]

nice....wish I had the cash to have one.....

 

[gumbyk]

There's a two-seater for sale here that you could pick up fairly cheap (probably around $60k, NZD).

The other option is to buy a damaged one, and as they were originally home-built, repair it yourself. A 1:1 scale model!

 

[Gnomey]

Cool! Nice shot too Merv!

 

[bobbysocks]

I can find some S-1s over here for 18K - 24 K with higher engine time. and while that is tempting I am at the point in my life I don't want to have to get a medical....more to the point I don't want to FAIL a medical. with light sport, a driver's license is all that is needed to satisfy that ( as long as I do know knowingly have something seriously wrong physically ). so its going to be low, slow, and flat as it goes for me. if I want a flight on the wild side I have a good friend who has a stearman...