Totally Cool! Can I Have It?

• Nov 24, 2022

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FLYBOYJ

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I helped put together a MiG-15 UTI and a couple of L29s. It always seems like you'll find something along the way. Rule of thumb - if you come up with a restoration budget, double it and keep your fingers crossed.

 

• Nov 24, 2022

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MIflyer

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Look at this guy. The description of how the aileron got damaged is hilarious. Two guys were trying to tow a cart on the airfield without using a vehicle with a tow hook. They just tied it to the bumper or something. It broke lose and rolled into the hangar where it damaged the Mig's aileron. They decided to just not tell anyone in the hope no one would notice. But Jimmy bought it anyway. Among Jimmy's recent exploits is buying a Cessna 310 that was intact but had not flown in decades and putting about $100K into it before giving up.

 

• Nov 24, 2022

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FLYBOYJ

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He gives a great perspective on getting into these things, same can be said for an L29 or L29.

 

• Nov 24, 2022

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special ed

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A couple of my shots taken March 1999.



Totally cool to see a hangar full of P-51s and another with a MiG-17.

 

• Nov 25, 2022

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MIflyer

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The Canadians are not the only ones that leave their stuff out laying around. The difference is, unlike these Russian space boosters, the CF-5 did not crash there.

 

• Nov 25, 2022

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MIflyer

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Okay, found another one, an A-7D in NM. And we have an A-7E in a nearby park, one that still has its engine.