frank@thehowards.ca wrote in
news:8a11ebpgefo30fepjql55g0f7hsib7o5hv@4ax.com:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:48:23 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
>
>>"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
>>news:1qcvdbl9dk851dvk4d1p3olmno58qvi8t2@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> Perhaps a private purchase? There were many interesting projects
>>> going on at Mojave at the time - USAF unmanned drone conversions of
>>> F-100s and just beginning the QF-106 program. Flight Systems had
>>> some fun toys scattered around, including an F-4. There were a
>>> couple Saab J-32 Lansen in storage; Burt Rutan was building the
>>> Voyager 'round the world' aircraft (didn't get to see that); somebody
>>> was restoring a Hawker Hunter, and more. I will try to get some
>>> slides of that trip tweaked up in the near future.
>>
>>You might want to check these out: http://tinyurl.com/hce25ed
>
> The T-33 (CF-133) listed here is, on the face of it, a real deal at
> $133K. And it comes with a hooker harness. (The mind boggles!!!) This
> is the last jet type I flew, so it has a certain je ne sais quoi to
> it.
CT-133 in Canadian service, Frank. There is also a USAF T-33 for sale at
$89,000.
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Andrew Chaplin
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