Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:44 pm
Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:52 pm
Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:52 pm
I sort of grew up with the HA-1112s in the Chicago area at the Victory Air Museum. Still had the original movie paint. The thing dreams are made of.airnutz wrote:Your garden? Suuuuurrrrrreee! That'll last. One day you'll be there fondling your petunia's and you'll muse, " I wonder if I can get'er to run?" Next thing ya' know...she runs, you give 'er a little throttle and the tail lifts.A little more "what ifs" happens and, voila!....You've traded something that could bite you for something that WILL bite you in a completely different way. We'll be waiting Brandon...
Mon Oct 04, 2021 11:35 pm
bdk wrote:I sort of grew up with the HA-1112s in the Chicago area at the Victory Air Museum. Still had the original movie paint. The thing dreams are made of.airnutz wrote:Your garden? Suuuuurrrrrreee! That'll last. One day you'll be there fondling your petunia's and you'll muse, " I wonder if I can get'er to run?" Next thing ya' know...she runs, you give 'er a little throttle and the tail lifts.A little more "what ifs" happens and, voila!....You've traded something that could bite you for something that WILL bite you in a completely different way. We'll be waiting Brandon...
Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:26 am
Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:27 am
I wonder if they would trade a freshly restored SNJ for it?
Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:24 am
bdk wrote:I sort of grew up with the HA-1112s in the Chicago area at the Victory Air Museum. Still had the original movie paint. The thing dreams are made of.airnutz wrote:Your garden? Suuuuurrrrrreee! That'll last. One day you'll be there fondling your petunia's and you'll muse, " I wonder if I can get'er to run?" Next thing ya' know...she runs, you give 'er a little throttle and the tail lifts.A little more "what ifs" happens and, voila!....You've traded something that could bite you for something that WILL bite you in a completely different way. We'll be waiting Brandon...
Tue Oct 05, 2021 10:45 am
No question about that! I still get to see some of those planes that are either based at Chino or have passed through over the years.L-188 wrote:We must have bumped into each other, A few of my buddy's and me visited there. ( Garbs on this forum) I liked the 1/3rd of the
PBY that you could climb the stairs in. That place was an amusement park for teenage warbird aficionados.
Tue Oct 05, 2021 10:47 am
Michel Lemieux wrote:Speaking of Mr. Brandon!I wonder if they would trade a freshly restored SNJ for it?
Any recent pics of the said bird?
Cheers.
Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:26 am
Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:27 am
Thanks Michel! Intended to honor the carrier training aircraft flown off the Wolverine and Sable in Lake Michigan.Michel Lemieux wrote:Tks Mr Brandon!
I like the combination of polished with the yellow wings.