k-d-williams

plus i don't know how much $ they are going to charge to fix my radio. they probably should just throw it in.

Randman

LOL..isn't that backwards???

Randman

OK, so you buy it for me, haul it to your place, fix it, then I'll come pick it up..LMAO...

Randman

sounds like it could be a good project bike..dunno..

k-d-williams

I'll take a picture of it when i go back for ya if i decide not to get it.

Randman

That'd be great...

Been poking around looking for something to get on the cheap for the oldest to ride..

Randman

wouldn't mind a cheap small cruiser 250, 500, 650 etc....for him...something we can work on together...course, it'd be nice not to have to work on it at all...LOL

k-d-williams

When it rains, it pours! Was getting ready to fly today...

k-d-williams

did all my preflight checks...

k-d-williams

ran my engine up and checked my mag's...

k-d-williams

then started taxiing down the runway...

k-d-williams

the engine sputtered a few times and died!

k-d-williams

and would not restart

k-d-williams

turned on my electric fuel pump

k-d-williams

and she runs like a dream

k-d-williams

Mechanical fuel pump went out

k-d-williams

so i had to scrub todays flight.

k-d-williams

$326.00 for a new fuel pump, should be here tomorrow.

k-d-williams

I believe they are only like $30.00 for your car! Same pump, just no faa/pma stamp on them to be legal!

RK1

I understand that in the early 1950s you could buy a surplus P-51 for about $50k. Makes me wish I had a time machine.

k-d-williams

Actually, I have a cousin that bought one for $25,000 in the early 80's. It was in decent shape and he still flys it today. Now it's worth about 2 million. What a return on your investment!

k-d-williams

In the late 70's and early 80's they were hard to get rid of and nobody wanted one.

k-d-williams

If I ever get rich, that will be the first airplane I buy!

RK1

Just damn. At $25k each, I'd mortgage the house and buy 8 or 10 of them. I'd even be willing to pay 1200 per plane to register the 6 .50 cal Brownings. I'd keep a couple for myself, sell the rest and live high for the rest of my life.

RK1

Col. Bud Anderson, aka Chuck Yeager's wing man, along with a **** load of guys who've flown everything from F-86s to F-15s think the Mustang is the greatest fighter of all time.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmavI2dxKs4

k-d-williams

Forgot to mention, I got to ride with him once. About 30 minutes into the ride I was pleading with him to stop and let me out. He is a retired Colonel from the Air Force who was a fighter jock his whole career. Needless to say, he put the aircraft through some extreme maneuver's that took me two days to quit feeling dizzy and sick to my stomach. Looking back now, it was all good!

k-d-williams

Hopefully he will be at this years family reunion and I can set up another ride.

k-d-williams

He is getting pretty old, so maybe he has slowed down some and let me take the controls for awhile.

k-d-williams

I have no taildragger time but once your in the air, they all fly the same.

Randman

I like to keep my feet on the ground for the most part...LOL