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Re: Oh, and the Mustangs . . .

Posted by Tulio on Tue Oct 23, 2001 06:25:14 PM

In reply top Oh posted by Tony on Tue Oct 23, 2001 06:10:50 AM

Close, but no cigar! :)

Language would not be a problem for you! (wink, wink, wink!)

You know, the region you understand I know well, I could have had a TMB in 1973, for US$500! I didn't have that much money, my poor old dad did not have it either, and some months later, the TBM was used for fire practice . . . end of TBM!

A few months back, I could have bought 3 T-28s (well, what was left of them) and this time, I had the money! But cooler heads prevailed, called a friend who is an expert restorer of T-28s, and he indicated that corrosion was severe in main spars, that fuselages were sitting on the ground with no protection whatsoever, meaning that someone had already decided that the airframes were non-recoverable, and if I still wanted to go, should be ready to spend a ton of money to get them back flying. Since my uncle Bill Gates said no when I asked for a loan, I had to go back to square one and began planning and plotting, once again . . . :)

Saludos!

Tulio

Tulio

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