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Offline AKKuya

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Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« on: January 06, 2012, 04:50:27 PM »
If you had lots of money to burn, what WW2 aircraft would you buy first? 

I would buy a B-17 Flying Fortress either good to go or have one refurbished back to airworthy status. 
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2012, 05:53:07 PM »
Quote from: AKKuya on January 06, 2012, 04:50:27 PM
If you had lots of money to burn, what WW2 aircraft would you buy first? 

I would buy a B-17 Flying Fortress either good to go or have one refurbished back to airworthy status. 


If I had the money of Gates, Turner, or Buffett, I'd make sure to "spread the wealth" over a number of aircraft and make sure there were enough people to properly restore, repair, and maintain the aircraft I'd be garaging/using.

I'd do my damnedest to find a P40, and I'd my damnedest to commission someone to rebuild (or build from scratch) a Mossi FB Mk IV, a German 109G, and whatever non-P51 aircraft I could fine, really.   
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2012, 06:07:20 PM »
Quote from: AKKuya on January 06, 2012, 04:50:27 PM
If you had lots of money to burn, what WW2 aircraft would you buy first? 

I would buy a B-17 Flying Fortress either good to go or have one refurbished back to airworthy status. 

I would search until the ends of the earth to find B-17 parts, and then have it restored to flying quality. But add in an extra .50 cal to each waist gun, a chin turret with 4 .50 cals, and a second dorsal turret.

Oh, wait. That's a YB-40 :D
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2012, 06:11:22 PM »
I either would want a P51 or F4U, but I would probably want the P51. Those are probably the 2 easiest airplanes to get parts for
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2012, 06:20:12 PM »
Probably a ME-262
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2012, 06:22:50 PM »
In this order:

Mossie Mk VI

Bf 109F-4

P47-M

Bf 110-G

FW 190-A8

Spit XVI

A-20

F4U-1A

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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2012, 06:32:29 PM »
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2012, 06:35:32 PM »
PBY

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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2012, 06:39:06 PM »
109 Emils first
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2012, 06:54:33 PM »
P-61 Black widow, can hold 3 people..and can also navigate well at night. Can also keep flying if one engine craps out.
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2012, 06:56:21 PM »
If it completely 100% had to be a WW2 bird, it would be a P-47D-40.

If were talking any war, i'd take the delicious F4 Phantom.
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2012, 06:58:59 PM »
I would buy a group of aircraft together and donate them back to the museum i belong to. All of the aircraft would be the exact previous aircraft we had but were taken away from us against our will.

The group would include:
1x A20H (currently at 1942 historic aircraft group)
3x B-26's (Akron Canton- MAPS)
1x P-39 (Chino California)
1x P-40 (Akron Canton - MAPS)
1x P-47D (Private owner in Midwest, hasnt flown in years)
1x P-51D (Location Unknown)
1x Storch (Location Unknown)
1x Lysander (Location Unknown)

If i could only buy one aircraft, it would probably be the A-20 since none are flying world wide.
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2012, 07:00:45 PM »
Quote from: skorpion on January 06, 2012, 06:56:21 PM
If it completely 100% had to be a WW2 bird, it would be a P-47D-40.

If were talking any war, i'd take the delicious F4 Phantom.
We are in the process looking into acquiring an F4C. Its ours if we want it... Just comes down the $$$ side
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/McDonnell-F-4C-Phantom/1948714/L/&sid=8d2d3a746affdcd30bc5c07ffe0b0946
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2012, 07:18:26 PM »
Bearcat, Hellcat or Thunderbolt.  Will settle for an SBD.  :)
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Re: Privately Owned WW2 Aircraft
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2012, 07:35:07 PM »
Quote from: flight17 on January 06, 2012, 07:00:45 PM
We are in the process looking into acquiring an F4C. Its ours if we want it... Just comes down the $$$ side
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/McDonnell-F-4C-Phantom/1948714/L/&sid=8d2d3a746affdcd30bc5c07ffe0b0946
Nice...very nice.
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