Author Topic: Straiga... Actual P-51D time? Way Kewl! (Read 5335 times)

mars01 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 11, 2005, 04:53:16 PM »

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I owned a Stearman. Bought it as a project, and worked my arse off on some nights, but mostly weekends. Had the fuselage, upper wing, and tail feather done. Bought an engine core, had a yellow tagged prop, and was getting ready to order the last bit of spruce for the lower wings, and my wife (exwife now) left me.

During the divorce, Satan somehow got it into her head I needed to sell it and split it with her. Anyways, being the smart guy I thought I was, I sold it to a friend for $10k. With the behind the scene deal that I could buy it back from him for $11k with in one year.

3 mos after the divorce was final, I had the money, and I went back to him to buy it back, and he said nope...

We are no longer friends and I no longer have a Stearman. Shame on me for being stupid.

She's biotch and he is a first class DIK!

Sorry to hear Bod. Hopefully they will get thiers some day.

NoBaddy · « **Reply #31 on:** February 11, 2005, 11:46:06 PM »

Toad...

Golfer · « **Reply #32 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:04:22 AM »

You may want to "Quote" this next post.

All right fellers. I had about a 1/2 hour vox conversation tonight in the game with Straiga and I will say this...

1.) I believe him.
2.) I will be gladly accepting his invitation to his home for a visit while staying in Vegas.
3.) If he does not in fact hold the qualifications he says, I will provide each person who posted in this forum *up to this point*a full months service of Aces High ($15/person)

If that's not good enough for you to say it's kosher, then I will upon my return from Vegas (Scheduled to arrive back in Columbus at 9:40am on March 11th) provide photographic evidence of his pilot certificate. I will NOT however, provide any personal information of his. I will place my pilot certificate next to his when photographing to verify I was there. Just to make it clear, I will black out the following:

Front:
Name
Address
Date of Birth
Pilot Certificate Number
Date of Issue

On the back:
Name
Certificate Number

This will list his privileges, ratings and limitations.

If I am right, however. Any takers must say so and then the terms go the other way.

SunTracker · « **Reply #33 on:** February 12, 2005, 04:41:50 AM »

Or you could just provide us with a pic of straiga flying a P51.

bunch · « **Reply #34 on:** February 12, 2005, 06:49:06 AM »

IF I had access to a P-51 I would have been at way past the 500hr mark about 800 hours after I got my tailwheel, high performance & complex endorsements

214thCavalier · « **Reply #35 on:** February 12, 2005, 07:00:04 AM »

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[SPOON]

I think the idea is for everybody to back their mouth with money, getting on for 6 hours and so far no takers.

Golfer is introducing a touch of reality to the great anonymous BBS witch hunt.

So anybody going to take him up or are you all back pedalling furiously now ?

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Now if Straiga said he lived in Florida i would call Voss straight away.

Golfer for the sake of your bank balance i hope you win

Bodhi · « **Reply #36 on:** February 12, 2005, 10:30:48 AM »

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Originally posted by Golfer
You may want to "Quote" this next post.

All right fellers. I had about a 1/2 hour vox conversation tonight in the game with Straiga and I will say this...

1.) I believe him.
2.) I will be gladly accepting his invitation to his home for a visit while staying in Vegas.
3.) If he does not in fact hold the qualifications he says, I will provide each person who posted in this forum *up to this point*a full months service of Aces High ($15/person)

If that's not good enough for you to say it's kosher, then I will upon my return from Vegas (Scheduled to arrive back in Columbus at 9:40am on March 11th) provide photographic evidence of his pilot certificate. I will NOT however, provide any personal information of his. I will place my pilot certificate next to his when photographing to verify I was there. Just to make it clear, I will black out the following:

Front:
Name
Address
Date of Birth
Pilot Certificate Number
Date of Issue

On the back:
Name
Certificate Number

This will list his privileges, ratings and limitations.

If I am right, however. Any takers must say so and then the terms go the other way.

photoshop does wonders. I want his last name, that way it could be independantly verified by HTC (If they agree) that indeed that is correct. They should be able to verify that info unless of course his father pays for the game too.

Gunslngr · « **Reply #37 on:** February 12, 2005, 11:06:38 AM »

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Originally posted by Golfer
You may want to "Quote" this next post.

All right fellers. I had about a 1/2 hour vox conversation tonight in the game with Straiga and I will say this...

This will list his privileges, ratings and limitations."

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Golfer,

Maybe I am way out in left field here but, I don't see how that
will answer the question about P-51 time. (What this whole deal
is about). A display of a pilot certificate (That could be anybodys),
would only show that he had the endorsements neccessary to
do so.

If the guy is totally legit, I don't care about his paper credentials, I just really want to hear about the experiance of getting that much time in a classic (rare, hard to maintain, expensive) Warbird. Somebody with that much Mustang experiance and
writing experiance (based on board posts alone) should be writing articles for Flying, or some Warbird publication.

For instance,

During the years XXXX I managed to log XXXX hours in P-51
XXXXX. The aircraft was expertly maintained and allowed it to
be in service almost constantly.... during this period. ( I assume
others were flying this aircraft also). I was able to log this much
time, because..............

The trials and tribulations of Mustang ownership are........

My family sold the Mustang because................

I Really hope the guy is legit because I would really like to hear
about his Mustang experiances.

However, In the past when a Squadmate (From Airwarrior) claimed to own a B-17 (Oldtimers remember the KenJr. affair)
he posted a picture of a B-17 he said was his.

The B-17 pic he posted belonged to Evergreen Air Center, Based
in Marana Arizona.

I worked at the Army Guard Heliport in Marana, Az. I drove past
the B-17 almost every day and saw it when it was not hangered.
Many other plane buffs immediately knew based on the pics that
he was not only embellishing a little but outright lying.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

(enough about that)

Guppy35 · « **Reply #38 on:** February 12, 2005, 11:10:15 AM »

Easier question to answer. What's the name of his Dad's 51? Those are fairly common knowledge. Dad's retired AF General too.

Lives in Vegas?

Does he do the airshow circuit with the 51?

I kike warbird 51s is all when I hear about someone having access to one I get kinda envious and would like to know more.

Go here:

http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/survivors/p51listD5.shtml

Looks like 2 51s located in the Las Vegas area. Names of the pilots are common knowledge.

And as Gunsliner says, some of us remember getting burned by the guy claiming to own the 17. He used his flight time in 'his 17' to back his arguments with players as well regarding flight performance etc.

Trust me in hearing that all of us just want to hear about his 51 time and to know more about the 51 his dad owns.,

Dan/Slack

Toad · « **Reply #39 on:** February 12, 2005, 11:12:39 AM »

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Originally posted by 214thCavalier

So anybody going to take him up or are you all back pedalling furiously now ?

Since Straiga has disappeared from this thread and the autopilot thread I've just been replying to his BBS attorney in the "autopilot" thread.

You might want to check there.

And see who's backpedaling.

Golfer · « **Reply #40 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:27:43 PM »

I can tell you the airplane is not based in Las Vegas. His dad does not live in Las Vegas.

Heck, after being called both Voss and Straiga all at once on the AH BBs I think I've accomplished enough to say I lived a full and complete life. ugh.

I guess it could simply things if I just said "Hey, I buy what he says."

Then, if none of this turns out to be true nobody will be more disappointed than me. Still, the little AH bet still stands. Not because I need money, but because meaningless sign holding and torchwaving still isn't good for the community. Put up or shut up.

On another note, I'd just love Thrawn to take a little wager on the case of whiskey. Good god I'd be set for years! I think that's a little unlikely so I'll just say shreck it since there's probably enough info on me in these BBs (nothing to hide) to do it anyway.

I'm not proficient enough (nor do I even own a copy) of photoshop to make it up. I suppose I could put it on a copy of today's paper but I'm not a kidnapped hostage.

(On a lighter note, at picturehangar.com I have the picture of the week! A first for me. "Brrr" is the caption Here )

Hopefully a pilot certificate, 2 debit cards, a credit card, 2 years of AOPA membership cards with membership ID numbers. These have been published already for their mentorship program someplace. This will only be up for about an hour, and I ask that you please not save the photo.

ID

Toad · « **Reply #41 on:** February 12, 2005, 12:58:12 PM »

Nobody is questioning whether or not you are pilot Golfer.

If you claimed loads actual P-51 and some B-17 stick time, I'd be questioning that too.

This is real simple to resolve. What's the N-number? What's the nose art.

And let him answer for himself; that's not sensitive information.

You're looking complicit here and you've done that to yourself.

I'll be the first one to apologize if his bona fides check out.

However, everyone in this community with knowledge of the Voss scam knows why people are sceptical.

Bodhi · « **Reply #42 on:** February 12, 2005, 01:06:55 PM »

Are those your cards Golfer? George Thomas Nemeth

Golfer · « **Reply #43 on:** February 12, 2005, 01:18:55 PM »

Sure are. You can find every other little bit of info in the airmen directory with that too. As of now I'm deleting the photo.

This has to end somewhere. You started questioning his P-51 experience. Say it's prooved. Not good enough, now you want navy info. Info on his father next.

Since you're all on a one track mindset here...he's not listed under any of the names you've searched. In fact, his name hasn't come up in any conversation or bit of evidence yet. He's also...ready for this...

Flown more than one P-51. He provided me a name of an owner, one which I didn't know off hand but checked out. Ferried that airplane to airshows. I think if you guys had an actual name...you'd go far. Since you're using names with guys who have no busName of the airplane as well as some fascinating info on that particular airplane. Will I provide this...not a snowball's chance in hell it's not my info to give.

If you'd swallow whatever pride you've got and try to be civil about this instead of trying to make hime dance for you like a monkey on a hotplate...you might find that the easier road. Reverse the situation...would you honestly post information like that about yourself here? I did, but I don't have anything to take. Nor do I have anything to hide.

I have to get going.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #44 on:** February 12, 2005, 01:22:26 PM »

If I or my family owned a P51 you can bet the house I'd have buried you gents with photos and stories about it.

Of course if I owned a P51 the last place you'd find me in my spare time is flying a Flight sim when I could be out drooling over my real 51

But that's just me

Dan/Slack