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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2020, 07:18:02 AM »
Quote from: Nick on April 12, 2020, 07:05:04 AM
Can I be in charge of bombs?  angel1

Holy god no!  eeek:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2020, 07:31:01 AM »
Quote from: Nick on April 12, 2020, 07:05:04 AM
Can I be in charge of bombs?  angel1

No....................No way.............Absolutely bloody well not!!! You do enough damage with kitchen appliances and dead wildlife, there is no way in hell we are letting you anywhere near things that are designed to go boom!!!  eeek:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2020, 07:35:44 AM »
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2020, 11:38:53 AM »
Quote from: Nick on April 12, 2020, 07:05:04 AM
Can I be in charge of bombs?  angel1
No, no no  noooo: but an F18 equipped with your pies and the gun loaded with Mr Stew would scare the life out of a lot of countries




The F18 is an awesome beast, it also (in its Recce version) funded a huge chunk of my retirement and for that I will always love it  cloud9:

Shame I didn't have the opportunity, money or licences to buy one to stick outside my house.  That'd get the neighbours tut tutting
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2020, 01:31:45 PM »
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2021, 02:51:44 PM »
How about a B-17

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a37284473/buy-extremely-rare-world-war-ii-era-b-17-bomber/

And Nick, before you ask again no you can't be in charge of bombs..  noooo:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2021, 05:05:12 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on October 23, 2021, 02:51:44 PM
How about a B-17

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a37284473/buy-extremely-rare-world-war-ii-era-b-17-bomber/

And Nick, before you ask again no you can't be in charge of bombs..  noooo:

OMG! Drool:

Same bomb load as a Mosquito....  rubschin:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2021, 05:20:04 PM »
'After V-E Day, the bomber was donated to the University of Minnesota'
 
Now i know things get a bit tetchy between the Universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin but I never thought they'd take things that far. eeek:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2021, 02:56:08 AM »
Well apparently the original sales fell through, some were only around $11000 and you do seem to enjoy rebuilding old bangers..  rubschin:

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/in-hidden-mountain-air-base-albania-stores-migs-for-sale-2015727
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2021, 08:34:01 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on October 27, 2021, 02:56:08 AM
Well apparently the original sales fell through, some were only around $11000 and you do seem to enjoy rebuilding old bangers..  rubschin:

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/in-hidden-mountain-air-base-albania-stores-migs-for-sale-2015727

When I was flying in the UK a few of us considered buying a Soviet era jet...  rubschin:

They were actually quite cheap and affordable by a small consortium. However, it would have been 'gambling money' as getting them fixed if they went wrong would have been impossibly expensive. We decided against it in the end!  ;D
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2021, 08:39:30 AM »
Probably a bit like owning a Lambo.  Great fun for a day and loads of people would want to see it once but then likely just an expensive white elephant.

But tempting
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2021, 08:58:57 AM »
Quote from: Steve on October 27, 2021, 08:39:30 AM
Probably a bit like owning a Lambo.  Great fun for a day and loads of people would want to see it once but then likely just an expensive white elephant.

But tempting

Precisely!
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2021, 09:26:51 AM »
On the other hand paying to fly one for a day

https://migflug.com/

' from € 12’500'     rubschin:


 rubschin:


 rubschin:


Still  noooo:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2021, 09:49:01 AM »
Quote from: Steve on October 27, 2021, 09:26:51 AM
On the other hand paying to fly one for a day

https://migflug.com/

' from € 12’500'     rubschin:


 rubschin:


 rubschin:


Still  noooo:

I don't think we were looking at a MIG-29!  lol:
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Re: Hey BM, fancy starting a VP air force?
« Reply #29 on: October 27, 2021, 10:25:41 AM »
Awesome looking beast though isn't it
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