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steve dickey
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columbia XJL-1

Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:44 pm

Haven't heard about this one in a while, anyone know her current status?T.I.A.
C170BDan
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Columbia

Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:42 pm

Hey Steve,

I assume there are two survivors. I have seen recent pictures of the one at Pima.... but I remember one in Air Classics awhile ago that was blue. Wondered about that one myself!
Matt Gunsch
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Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:49 pm

There are 2, 1 at Pima, the other was at Palomar, near San Diego. I was restored several yrs ago, but crashed on a test flight, landed off airport and flipped over, it is rebuildable. The cause was, if I remember right, the throttle control was not saftied and came undone from the carb.
Jack Cook
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Ugly duck

Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:50 pm

I beleive that blue a/c was powered by a 2600 and was to be flown around the world (?) but crashed on the first or second flight from Carlsbad, CA.
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