And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Every time I see a photo such as this one, I think (usually to myself): I could have had so much fun working on and flying it -- and it's abandoned. Realistically, maintaining, insuring, and paying for the fuel and other costs associated with flight hours in a high performance jet, a P-51, Bearcat or other high performance prop is way beyond my means. But a guy can dream.
yeah, I have always had the same thoughts. I remember fueling super connies with 115/145 avgas-a facts which dates me-back in the day. I knew that things were changing when the refueling agencies thought you were asking for pounds of fuel instead of gallons and they would show up with a small fuel truck. OOPS! SAC bases Transient Alert people were all about jets and pounds. Taxpayers would have a heart attack if they really knew the cost of doing business in the air. if a guy thinks a pound of fuel at the local pump costs a lot today, a guy should price a pound of fuel passed during air refueling.
well rick, we had a smartassed boomer flash us a price tag over the south china sea right at breakaway, and it was six figures. E3A could haul a lot of petroleum product. the Aircraft Commander got a chuckle and a small amount of PIO
looks like a poorly maintained outdoor display with heavy gourse growing thru it. I'm saying northern Italy. that Gina would look great in a guy's front yard.
Every time I see a photo such as this one, I think (usually to myself): I could have had so much fun working on and flying it -- and it's abandoned. Realistically, maintaining, insuring, and paying for the fuel and other costs associated with flight hours in a high performance jet, a P-51, Bearcat or other high performance prop is way beyond my means. But a guy can dream.
ReplyDeleteyeah, I have always had the same thoughts. I remember fueling super connies with 115/145 avgas-a facts which dates me-back in the day. I knew that things were changing when the refueling agencies thought you were asking for pounds of fuel instead of gallons and they would show up with a small fuel truck. OOPS! SAC bases Transient Alert people were all about jets and pounds. Taxpayers would have a heart attack if they really knew the cost of doing business in the air.
Deleteif a guy thinks a pound of fuel at the local pump costs a lot today, a guy should price a pound of fuel passed during air refueling.
capt fast, It isn't so much the cost of the gas in the sky as the cost of keeping that fuel hose in the sky.
Deletewell rick, we had a smartassed boomer flash us a price tag over the south china sea right at breakaway, and it was six figures. E3A could haul a lot of petroleum product. the Aircraft Commander got a chuckle and a small amount of PIO
DeleteAll I see is a Bonneville car in waiting...
ReplyDeleteOOOooo... a gina in the treetops.
ReplyDeleteAny idea where this is?
ReplyDeletelooks like a poorly maintained outdoor display with heavy gourse growing thru it. I'm saying northern Italy. that Gina would look great in a guy's front yard.
DeleteThis is NATO.
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