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Title: So you want to buy a warbird...
Post by: bcadoo on March 07, 2015, 03:23:36 PM

Sorry if this is a repost.  This was sent to me by a customer and I had not seen it before.  Lots of aircraft for sale.

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/August/Pilot/f_talltale (http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/August/Pilot/f_talltale)

Title: Re: So you want to buy a warbird...
Post by: homersipes on March 07, 2015, 04:43:48 PM

 :O wow thats awesome  :aok

Title: Re: So you want to buy a warbird...
Post by: LLv34_Camouflage on March 07, 2015, 04:48:48 PM

This caught my eye:

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With many hundreds of hours in both the P–51 and Bf 109/Buchon, for example, he says the German-designed aircraft is far and away the more nimble fighter. “It’s not even a close contest,” he says. “In the hands of a similarly trained and experienced pilot, the 109 wins hands-down.” Edwards recounts a truism by Luftwaffe fighter ace Adolf Galland: “Most pilots expect their airplanes to perform. The Me 109 expects its pilot to perform.”

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