Buy your own Su-27

• Nov 17, 2009

• #21

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Butters

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Gimme one, and I'll fly it!

After all, who wants to have the diapers changed when THEY decide...

JL

 

• Nov 17, 2009

• #22

Aaron Brooks Wolters

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Do you really think the FAA would release it to a private owner? Just asking.

 

• Nov 17, 2009

• #23

ccheese

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They just recenty had a show on The History Channel about what pilots and aircraft have to go through to get them
on the airshow circuit. Qualifications up the ying-yang; inspections from city. state, feds, not to mention all the
money it takes for upkeep, maintanance, hangering, fuel and good mechanics/technicians are not cheap, either.

Joe knows all about it, and he will tell you it takes big bucks to own a warbird and lots more to keep it flying. Just think,
for starters, it will cost you upwards of fifty grand to have a recip engine overhauled. You can probably double that for a Merlin.

Charles

 

• Nov 18, 2009

• #24

Lucky13

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In my castle....

I think that I'll stick to my Me 262, Arado 234 and Ho 229....

 

• Nov 18, 2009

• Thread starter
• #25

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beaupower32

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Lucky13 said:

I think that I'll stick to my Me 262, Arado 234 and Ho 229....

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well, if you have those, can I have the girls in your Avatar

 

• Apr 25, 2010

• #26

The Basket

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Crazy to think you could buy such a high performance warplane which is only outperformed by the Raptor.

I wonder if they have sold it yet? I have seen videos of one of them flying and it looks superb. Pride must be a first class outfit to even attempt it.

Good luck to them.

I wonder if they could restore a Concorde....