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Re: P-82 trade

Posted by Tim Savage on Tue Jul 30, 2002 10:29:31 AM

In reply top Re: P-82 trade posted by Pat Carry on Tue Jul 30, 2002 09:57:31 AM

: I hope they dont crash this one!

I get so sick of hearing this statement regarding the CAF.

Would you say this about the Collings Foundation or the Air Zoo if they were getting a new airplane? I believe percentage wise and for the number and years the aircraft have been operated, they don't have a much better record than the CAF. I calculated it out for the WW board at one point, and was myself shocked. The Collings foundation has wrecked a B-25, B-17, F4U, and an A-26 in the fifteen or so years they have been operating, and their fleet isn't that big.

Don't forget that the CAF operates 140 airplanes and has done it for over forty years.

I am not defending some of the absolute stupid things that have taken place with the CAF and some of its pilots, but is a lot easier to take potshots from the sidelines when you aren't involved in the operation and flying of these aircraft.

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