Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:33 pm
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
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!
Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:02 pm
Jack Cook wrote:
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....
Mudge the already packed
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:12 pm
Hey a cheeseburger isn't cheap ya know!
Usually it's just the humiliation thing
Jack who's had more 51 rides than he probably deserves!
Usually it's just the humiliation thing
Jack who's had more 51 rides than he probably deserves!
Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:04 pm
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.
Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:30 pm
Holy Mak'l there Mustang (I can call you by your first name, can't I?)
just how large are you?
Mudge the large too
(That should probably be TOO large )
(I can call you by your first name, can't I?)
just how large are you?
Mudge the large too
(That should probably be TOO large
)
Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:49 pm
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.
Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:28 pm
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?
Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:26 pm
OK...you've got a couple of pounds on me. By the way...that's a VERY pretty lady you're with. 
Mudge the judge
Mudge the judge
Re: ???
Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:10 am
Jack Cook wrote:Hey a cheeseburger isn't cheap ya know!
Usually it's just the humiliation thing
Jack who's had more 51 rides than he probably deserves!
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
R-2600
R-1820
T-53
Mustang...............I was 297 and I am now down to 193...............Whats the weight limit bill???
Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:20 am
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.