Re: Lindbergh Retro Rocket on eBay

[Tom|420]

Juan Jimenez wrote:

> Hey folks, check this one out...
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3945035703&ssPageName=ADME:B:BN:US:1
>
> The Lindbergh Foundation is auctioning a Retro Rocket that went into space
> in Spaceship One, the only one available to the public! The auction started
> today, I put in the first bid at $2500 to get the ball rolling (and I know
> it's going to get stomped flatter than a flounder real soon now, but what
> the heck, I did my part and participated in this nice piece of history!
> hehehe!).
>
> How about passing the good word to help it sell for a good price and benefit
> a good cause! :)
>
> Juan
>
>
>

Sure a nice collectible, but... $2500 ?!!!!


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[Blueskies]

$7000 plus this morning!

"Tom|420" > wrote in message ...
> Juan Jimenez wrote:
>
>> Hey folks, check this one out...
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3945035703&ssPageName=ADME:B:BN:US:1
>>
>> The Lindbergh Foundation is auctioning a Retro Rocket that went into space
<snip>
> Sure a nice collectible, but... $2500 ?!!!!
>
>
> --
> Sim Student Pilot
> FS2004 (9.1)
> P3 @ 500 MHz, 384 MB of RAM
> Voodoo 3 2000, SB Live! Value
> MS SideWinder JS
>
> Fav Aircraft: Cessna 182RG

[mike regish]

$13,600 as of 4:45pm EST.

mike regish

"Blueskies" > wrote in message
. com...
> $7000 plus this morning!
>
> "Tom|420" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Juan Jimenez wrote:
>>
>>> Hey folks, check this one out...
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3945035703&ssPageName=ADME:B:BN:US:1
>>>
>>> The Lindbergh Foundation is auctioning a Retro Rocket that went into
>>> space
> <snip>
>> Sure a nice collectible, but... $2500 ?!!!!
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sim Student Pilot
>> FS2004 (9.1)
>> P3 @ 500 MHz, 384 MB of RAM
>> Voodoo 3 2000, SB Live! Value
>> MS SideWinder JS
>>
>> Fav Aircraft: Cessna 182RG
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

> $13,600 as of 4:45pm EST.

Geez, you'd think it was only old cheese sandwich, or sumpin'!

;-)
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Iowa City, IA
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"Your Aviation Destination"

[G.R. Patterson III]

mike regish wrote:
>
> $13,600 as of 4:45pm EST.

At that rate, Rutan can probably make back the 25 mil he spent just by parting
out the rocket.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

[gatt]

"G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in message

> At that rate, Rutan can probably make back the 25 mil he spent just by
parting
> out the rocket.

What do you wanna bet a year from now there's gonna be another
rocket-strapped-to-an-Impala urban legend variant? (Or, somebody will
actually try it out in Black Rock or somewhere.)

-c
PP-ASEL-IA