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Jack Cook
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how the heck did you get into the back of that P-51? ... did they cut holes on either side of the fusalage for your legs to stick out? How does a 6'6 guy get into the back of a Mustang. heck I'm too tall for a mustang.

TF-51s don't count has the canopy rolls all the way back :idea:
Try a D where the seat doesn't fold forward. That's tight!
Our 51 guy here has a sense of humor. He made me get in back with the canopy 1/3 the way closed. Try that! Then he made me buy him lunch!

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Our 51 guy here has a sense of humor. He made me get in back with the canopy 1/3 the way closed. Try that! Then he made me buy him lunch!


A little cheese with that? AWWW...you got a ride in a P-51 and it cost you a lunch?

I can be there on Monday.... :wink:

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Hey a cheeseburger isn't cheap ya know!
Usually it's just the humiliation thing :shock:
Jack who's had more 51 rides than he probably deserves!

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TF-51's count in my book man. What a ride. Even at my lightest, I would never fit in the back of a stock D.

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Holy Mak'l there Mustang :shock: (I can call you by your first name, can't I?)
just how large are you?

Mudge the large too :oops:

(That should probably be TOO large :wink: )

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I am a big guy man. I am working on it, but it sucks. it goes on easier while I was chilling on the couch or going through the nasty divorce, but that's no excuse. Here is a pic of Jenny and I at the NMUSAF.

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Getting back to the SB2C, what was the Navy history of this plane? I see in the Registry reference to it having been in NAS Glenview markings before the CAF got it, but I've only seen photos of it in the tri-color scheme, never in overall dark blue like it would have been if it were with the reserves at Glenview postwar - Anyone know?

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OK...you've got a couple of pounds on me. By the way...that's a VERY pretty lady you're with. :drink3:

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Jack Cook wrote:
Hey a cheeseburger isn't cheap ya know!
Usually it's just the humiliation thing :shock:
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Hmmm and I have only been once and thats enough for me! Now when bill gets his spit back in the air!!! I would consider that but I have had my V-12 time, its just the other engines I need to ride behind!!!
R-4360
R-3350
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R-1820
T-53

Mustang...............I was 297 and I am now down to 193...............Whats the weight limit bill??? :D

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Thanks Jeff, I am working on it. It sucks, but the schedule I keep, the wife, and everything else just added up over the lst two years. My goal is to drop the pounds, get healthy, and go for a really cool warbird ride that I can't now. I know that sounds dorky, but it is what motivates me. Plus Jenny is beating my butt. Ha Ha Anyway, sorry I don't mean to take up the Helldiver stuff with my issue.

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