Oh, Chris! I'm watching you now. Two errors in a single day.
"That brings back memories of a more modern single-seater flying from
*their* in the late 80s...".
Of course, it's not as egregious as singular/plural disagreement between
noun and verb. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/25/2011 4:59 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Martin
>
> About 40 years ago my father had a little dream: there was a Mosquito
> going for £3k and he wondered if he might buy it. I found the advert
> for it after he died, around 10 years later.
>
> $2k for a flight? I didn't think a Spitfire would cost that much for
> a back-seat trip over here. I'll see if I can ask one of the P-51
> owners on Sunday for a notional cost.
>
> I see that Stallion 51 will be at MacDill in November. That brings
> back memories of a more modern single-seater flying from their in the
> late 80s; halcyon days . . .
>
> Chris
>
> On 25 Aug 2011, at 18:20, Walters, Martin wrote:
>
>> There are a number of two-seat P51s, including some that are dual
>> stick. Some are in the US - Stallion 51
>> (http://www.stallion51.com/index.shtml), for example. So, you could
>> do more than dream! Probably need to sell lots of big prints as I
>> believe flights run in the $2K and upwards range.
>>
>> As Chris noted, there are no airworthy Mosquitos, though there are
>> a couple of full restoration projects underway (slowly). The Kermit
>> Weeks Mossie in Florida is no longer flyable due to delamination of
>> parts of the wood structure, I've read.
>>
>> I remember seeing them fly in the 1960s in the UK. At the time, the
>> RAF had a squadron of target tugs based in the Bristol area (can't
>> remember the airport). Also remember vaguely a display at a Biggin
>> Hill BoB show, again mid-60s, which was probably the BAE one that
>> crashed a few years ago.
>
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