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FEAR
 Post subject: Re: Breitling plane
PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:51 pm 
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yeah but i got to FLY in the breitling supper connie :)

i have a killer breitling plane, the jet team one :)
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FEAR wrote:
yeah but i got to FLY in the breitling supper connie :)

i have a killer breitling plane, the jet team one :)


At the rate they used to drop out of the sky in their prime, I think I'd pass on getting on another one. :wink:

http://www.zoggavia.com/Constellation_mishap.html


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Probably showing my age here but flew on Connie's twice as a kid across the Atlantic. 1st one was a Flying Tigers and this TWA from which I got a nice certificate. Boy those were the days when flying was a real treat.

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that is really cool. One of those things that are hard to not lose over time!

and it makes me feel young!
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FEAR wrote:
i have a killer breitling plane, the jet team one :)


No prop problems with that one, eh Geoff? :wink: :lol:

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At the rate they used to drop out of the sky in their prime, I think I'd pass on getting on another one. :wink:]


Maybe so but this one is exceptionally well preserved. It just came out of a 9-month overhaul.

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Man I want one of those planes! I got a hat and "The Book" for my B01 but those planes are so cool!

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Man I want one of those planes! I got a hat and "The Book" for my B01 but those planes are so cool!


I might be able to get you one of these planes. PM me if your intrested!
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vintage wrote:
FEAR wrote:
yeah but i got to FLY in the breitling supper connie :)

i have a killer breitling plane, the jet team one :)


At the rate they used to drop out of the sky in their prime, I think I'd pass on getting on another one. :wink:

http://www.zoggavia.com/Constellation_mishap.html


Thats completely insane. 20%!?!?!?!?!?

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When it comes to sounds, I'm a sucker for the Merlin in the P-51.


There is nothing quite like that sound.

Flying one is at the top of my bucket list. :drool: I just need to fly down to Stallion 51 and drop enough money for the ride. :shock:

My late father-in-law was a P-51 flight instructor in WWII. He could talk about it for hours.

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RJRJRJ wrote:
vintage wrote:
FEAR wrote:
yeah but i got to FLY in the breitling supper connie :)

i have a killer breitling plane, the jet team one :)


At the rate they used to drop out of the sky in their prime, I think I'd pass on getting on another one. :wink:

http://www.zoggavia.com/Constellation_mishap.html


Thats completely insane. 20%!?!?!?!?!?


totally insane, 22% "write-offs", more than 1 in 5 destroyed in an accident ?

Maybe it is time for a Connie B01 LE ?
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wrangler wrote:
When it comes to sounds, I'm a sucker for the Merlin in the P-51.


There is nothing quite like that sound.

Flying one is at the top of my bucket list. :drool: I just need to fly down to Stallion 51 and drop enough money for the ride. :shock:

My late father-in-law was a P-51 flight instructor in WWII. He could talk about it for hours.

Do it. Flying a P-51 is special.

It was always kind of neat at Airventure. Warbirds would come and go all day, but when the P-51's fired up for a group flight, and started to taxi, you could see all the heads turn toward the sound.
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There is nothing quite like that sound.
Agreed! The Merlin has a sound all of its own. Only thing to better it imho is the sound of the 4 Olympus engines in the Vulcan when it produces that unique howl. Sends a shiver down my spine every time I hear it!

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Simply AWESOME vintage! What an amazing way to remember those experiences.

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There is nothing quite like that sound.
Agreed! The Merlin has a sound all of its own. Only thing to better it imho is the sound of the 4 Olympus engines in the Vulcan when it produces that unique howl. Sends a shiver down my spine every time I hear it!


Does the fact that I totally agree with you Sharkie means we don't get any younger? :whiner:

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wrangler wrote:
When it comes to sounds, I'm a sucker for the Merlin in the P-51.


I have to say that if I hear that gorgeous sound - I expect and want to see it accompanied by a Spitfire :brit . It makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck :superman:
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