Found my next plane...On Craigslist!

[C5Engineer 1170]

Rough and Ready!! Bored over, heavily modded, and just needs tires.

 

Edited 1 Jun 2016 by C5Engineer

[EDMO 1078]

Why?

EDMO

[C5Engineer 1170]

Why?

EDMO

Death guaranteed WHY NOT? Sarcasm ALERT! Come on now Ed..... Guess I should of posted this in the jokes section.

[EDMO 1078]

Why?

EDMO

Death guaranteed WHY NOT? Sarcasm ALERT! Come on now Ed..... Guess I should of posted this in the jokes section.

Sure looked like a bad joke to me!    EDMOZZZ   Reminds me of some ads I have seen for "plans" which included some pencil lines, no engine, no wings, no landing gear.....I cant think right now - that Buzzbomber lawnmower outside is driving me nuts!  I know - "Short Trip"!  Ha!

Edited 1 Jun 2016 by EDMO

[Jbird 15]

Joey I'm close, if you want I can pick it up for you! 

[Dusty 126]

Could somone fly it go new zealand for me,will pay for the gas,maybe?

[EDMO 1078]

That should fit in a KC-10.  Maybe Joey could stop there for coffee?  Are there any long runways there?  EDMO

Edited 2 Jun 2016 by EDMO

[Dusty 126]

Hey EDMO, yea we have to hack runways out of the jungle with machete's NOT

Ime 15minuts from NZCH .Kc10's have landed there

Transport problem sorted!

Edited 2 Jun 2016 by Dusty

[Fly-n-Low 181]

With a V tail? No thanks!!! And I kind of like the Quick Silvers. Nothing like wind in your face!

[EDMO 1078]

Hey EDMO, yea we have to hack runways out of the jungle with machete's NOT

Ime 15minuts from NZCH .Kc10's have landed there

Transport problem sorted!

Dusty,  I thought maybe the Seabees had left something there besides machetes when General Mack and my Uncles were visiting!  Ha! 

Is that how your bird got there?   EDMO

Edited 5 Jun 2016 by EDMO

[Dusty 126]

I dont understand Seabee's? We have to thank america for many of our good sealed strips,unfortunately many  of our strips have been lost to devalopment

[EDMO 1078]

I dont understand Seabee's? We have to thank america for many of our good sealed strips,unfortunately many  of our strips have been lost to devalopment

Dusty,  The SeaBees were the Navy construction battalion (CB) guys with the bulldozers and equipment to make airstrips and such during WW2.  I was just kidding about the machetes , but that was how many airports got started back then.   We have lots of military-built airstrips here that have not been maintained as they should have been, and others that have become huge airports.   EdMO  

Edited 6 Jun 2016 by EDMO

[nlappos 413]

The US military in WWII was unbelievable. In the Pacific, the CB's (Seabees) would start building the base while the islands were being conquered. On Guam, Tinian and Saipan, the airbase was launching B-29's just 5 months after the first Marines went ashore. That 5 months was spent invading, mopping up, constructing the base, the runways and the port facilities for bombs and parts, and the barracks and hangars. An entire B-29 wing was operational 5 months after the island was first attacked!

The Seabees were the core of the post-war housing boom, because they came home and then used the same concepts to build the small, efficient houses that many of us grew up in, which were built with the same economy of scale as the air bases. The first major house project was Levittown PA, which was built by former Seabee LT William Levitt! Levittown Long Island came next. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Levitt)

[Dusty 126]

Cheers for the history lesson ,some amazing things can be achieved when the motivation is there!

[marksires 484]

The US military in WWII was unbelievable. In the Pacific, the CB's (Seabees) would start building the base while the islands were being conquered. On Guam, Tinian and Saipan, the airbase was launching B-29's just 5 months after the first Marines went ashore. That 5 months was spent invading, mopping up, constructing the base, the runways and the port facilities for bombs and parts, and the barracks and hangars. An entire B-29 wing was operational 5 months after the island was first attacked!

The Seabees were the core of the post-war housing boom, because they came home and then used the same concepts to build the small, efficient houses that many of us grew up in, which were built with the same economy of scale as the air bases. The first major house project was Levittown PA, which was built by former Seabee LT William Levitt! Levittown Long Island came next. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Levitt)

I'm pretty sure they accomplished all the did by using all the bureaucrats they could find as fill material on their first project.......

Mark