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Re: How do you do it????
Posted by Richard Allnutt on Mon Feb 02, 2004 05:58:46 PM
In reply top How do you do it???? posted by Tulio on Fri Jan 30, 2004 09:14:35 PM
Some people just do it one piece at a time. Bob Odegaard put his first mustang together that way. I think there are some twenty or thirty different aircraft in that Mustang. Other people are doing the same thing. You can buy a piece here and there, often discarded from other restorations, and with a lot of work, and time, and patience, and sacrifice, and yes, help from friends and family, it is possible. I know several people who are doing just this, and on very small incomes.
Just go for it Tulio. Half the battle, as with everything, is actually believing enough that you can do it in the first place.
: Okay, I already know the answer (I think) but I would like
: to get input from others, like myself, regarding this sit
: uation:
:
: I LOVE airplanes. It is not just a hobby, it is a passion.
: It has been like this since I have had the earliest memor
: ies. I grew up in a country with limited resources, and my
: family was not wealthy by any definition.
:
: So, I work hard, and honestly, but the dream of ever ownin
: g any airplane -much less a true warbird- is just that, a
: dream. Economic realities dictate that it would be a very
: expensive and prohibitive proposition, to even attempt to
: own one.
:
: So... how do the people who own warbirds manage to do it?
: How do you manage to make such an incredible amount of mon
: ey, that it allows you to invest so much in airplanes, the
: ir upkeep, your flight training and so on (discounting mil
: itary training, of course)? What is the secret? Is there a
: secret? Do I need to learn a secret password and hand-sha
: ke in order to join the fraternity of the owners?
:
: Please note that I am writing tongue-in-cheek, but with da
: shes of reality and despair thrown in to flavor the mix.
:
: Saludos,
:
: Tulio