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It now in Germany, should be flying to Austria this week.
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Heard that from my uncle, he said that they shipped it intact!!! Just wondering how they did it in one piece. If anyone has info, let me know.

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Jeff give the search a go as there are numerous pictures of the move to get her on the ship...

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N3Njeff wrote:
Heard that from my uncle, he said that they shipped it intact!!! Just wondering how they did it in one piece. If anyone has info, let me know.


Here ya go :!: http://www.ezellaviation.com/page43.html
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N3Njeff wrote:
Heard that from my uncle, he said that they shipped it intact!!! Just wondering how they did it in one piece. If anyone has info, let me know.


They did not ship it intact..................they took the wing tips off

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They did not ship it intact..................they took the wing tips off


Nit picker :P :roll:
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The ship arrived on march 5. at the Airbus Plant Finkenwerder. The Lightning left Finkenwerder on 7. but did not reach Salzburg due to bad weather. Some pictures at Finkenwerder:
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steve dickey wrote:
They did not ship it intact..................they took the wing tips off


Nit picker :P :roll:


at reno, we had to remove a piece of sage brush from it...back in the good ole days of air racing! I have a picture somewhere in my slides if I could just get that old slide scanner to work with XP...

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jet1 wrote:
steve dickey wrote:
They did not ship it intact..................they took the wing tips off


Nit picker :P :roll:


at reno, we had to remove a piece of sage brush from it...back in the good ole days of air racing! I have a picture somewhere in my slides if I could just get that old slide scanner to work with XP...

:D :D



I seem to recall Lefty picking up a chunk of fencepost as well one Reno long ago.

Good times. :D

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M.P. wrote:
The ship arrived on march 5. at the Airbus Plant Finkenwerder. The Lightning left Finkenwerder on 7. but did not reach Salzburg due to bad weather. Some pictures at Finkenwerder:
http://www.spotterforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=712

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That is way cool :D , thanks for sharing. Were they just taxiying from the dock or has it actually flown yet?
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Dan K wrote:
jet1 wrote:
steve dickey wrote:
They did not ship it intact..................they took the wing tips off


Nit picker :P :roll:


at reno, we had to remove a piece of sage brush from it...back in the good ole days of air racing! I have a picture somewhere in my slides if I could just get that old slide scanner to work with XP...

:D :D



I seem to recall Lefty picking up a chunk of fencepost as well one Reno long ago.

Good times. :D


the sage brush has been variously incorrectly identified.....we did take 21 ft of barbed wire fencing off of it one other time at reno ... I miss the old wild west Reno, but then its a lot safer now, which is why I now volunteer on the ramp rather than being directly involved in racing. After working with john Paul one year I found out the real purpose of the races....to fly fast and do things the FAA would not like ordinarily, but even more importantly to HAVE FUN and not break anything!
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...slightly related...

What is the software program that allows the thumbnail pix (on Nelson's web site) to expand and shrink by clicking on the pix?

It's...NEAT! 8)
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ww2John wrote:
...slightly related...

What is the software program that allows the thumbnail pix (on Nelson's web site) to expand and shrink by clicking on the pix?

It's...NEAT! 8)

It depends of the website.

On the Ezzel site, it's made in flash directly coded in the design of the website.

But there is other way more easier to have similar stuff on a website, (like Javascript)

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jet1 wrote:
steve dickey wrote:
They did not ship it intact..................they took the wing tips off


Nit picker :P :roll:


at reno, we had to remove a piece of sage brush from it...back in the good ole days of air racing! I have a picture somewhere in my slides if I could just get that old slide scanner to work with XP...

:D :D


I sure would love to have a copy of that picture. My buddy Rick Ebert, & I changed out that wingtip in Harlingen. I still have it. :shock:
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Nice to see it make it ok to Germany and luckily under much friendlier conditions!
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