Nifty plane...

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Netpackrat
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Termite wrote:Start saving. And maybe in a couple of years you can sell me your Citabria...... ;)
Dream on. Tom resurrected her from a pile of twisted wreckage, with a lot of help from a man who has been a mentor to both of us. One does not sell one's family.
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Netpackrat wrote:
Termite wrote:Start saving. And maybe in a couple of years you can sell me your Citabria...... ;)
Dream on. Tom resurrected her from a pile of twisted wreckage, with a lot of help from a man who has been a mentor to both of us. One does not sell one's family.
I knew that. Hence the "winking smiley". 8-)
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Multibank radials....finger slicing bastards to work on. All of those damn sheet metal air guides between the cyclinders.
You'd think that with the constant improvement in manufacturing methods and materials that turbine engines would come down in price???
"Where did you get the turboprop?" " Import from Thailand."
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toad wrote:You'd think that with the constant improvement in manufacturing methods and materials that turbine engines would come down in price???
"Where did you get the turboprop?" " Import from Thailand."
That would be nice. Having a 4-6 seat plane, with an engine TBO of 3500 hrs would be sweet. Unfortunately, Allison 250C20 are $$$$$$........
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