Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:42 pm
Much as I'd love to see a Mossie fly again, or RAFM's Halifax returned to new condition...I have to go with a personal favourite:
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11, WG567, NX878M. One of two RCN Furies still flying (the other is N232MB). After acquisition by me, she regains her rightful powerplant and the correct number of prop blades; then it's off to Sky Harbour for an every-stencil-in-place refinish in her 1952-period RCN double-grey as NAVY:133. Then, since I've run out of cash, she goes to the Shearwater museum on loan until I can afford to put her on the circuit...
Somebody else already mentioned an F2G. May I nominate the ex-Walt Soplata bird? Would looove to see that flying in formation (or competition!) with Bob Odegaard's...
Cheers
S.
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11, WG567, NX878M. One of two RCN Furies still flying (the other is N232MB). After acquisition by me, she regains her rightful powerplant and the correct number of prop blades; then it's off to Sky Harbour for an every-stencil-in-place refinish in her 1952-period RCN double-grey as NAVY:133. Then, since I've run out of cash, she goes to the Shearwater museum on loan until I can afford to put her on the circuit...
Somebody else already mentioned an F2G. May I nominate the ex-Walt Soplata bird? Would looove to see that flying in formation (or competition!) with Bob Odegaard's...
Cheers
S.
Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:53 pm
Oh man this is HARD. unlimited budget. . . . XB-70 Valkyrie.
Nice pic of an inflight Valkyrie :
http://www.sr-71.org/photogallery/xb-70/xb-70-07.htm
Tom P.
www.wendoverairbase.com
Nice pic of an inflight Valkyrie :
http://www.sr-71.org/photogallery/xb-70/xb-70-07.htm
Tom P.
www.wendoverairbase.com
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Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:22 pm
The CAF Martin Mauler, currently in open storage at Midland. Sorry Paul... you'll have to pick another now.... 
OK how about something different...
Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:00 pm
OK how about something different...Just to turn heads
Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:16 pm
Would have to go with the Queen of the Midnight skies, the P-61. I cannot seriously wait till one gets up in the air for all of us to finally see!
brian
brian
Gotta Be...
Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:34 pm
Definitely would have to have a Bristol Beaufighter...i'd love to see one in the air again!
-Dennis S.
Greeley, CO
-Dennis S.
Greeley, CO
Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:38 pm
A Frank would be cool.
Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:59 pm
Only one answer to this question. A P-38 Lightning, painted up as #5000, "Yippee"!
T J Johansen
T J Johansen
Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:17 pm
The PBM from VP-74 that my uncle commanded. Nearly blown out of the water in a surface battle with one of the two U-Boats they sunk off of Coco Solo.
Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:18 pm
Harvard 4.
Wait, we already have one!
Wait, we already have one!
Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:19 pm
Locobuster wrote:The Me-163 from the NASM's collection, last time i saw it it was on loan to the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Georgia and it was looking pretty rough.
You want to operate an Me-163?
Methinks a different engine is called for, perhaps out of an Aim-54 Phoenix?
Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:57 pm
NASMs B-17D "The Swoose"
It looks like the NASM won't get to it for a long while, so why shouldn't I be able to do it?
It looks like the NASM won't get to it for a long while, so why shouldn't I be able to do it?
Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:19 pm
Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:55 pm
hairy wrote:You want to operate an Me-163?
Me thinks a different engine is called for, perhaps out of an Aim-54 Phoenix?
Yes. We are talking hypthetical situations here, after all. I would just be glad to see this one restored to a presentable condition. However, since we are in the realm of "what if", yes, it would probably require a different engine to operate in the civilian world as the fuels are simply too volatile. These men might just have the proper substitute:
http://www.xcor.com/me163.html
Choices, choices...
Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:39 pm
Well, the restrictions cut out my uncle's F-7B (B-24J) "Hi-Priority Stuff", and there's not enough of a P-43 available to qualify, so... Douglas B-18! A homely old bird with the reliable heart of a DC-3, and half a dozen of 'em left so at least ONE deserves to fly again.