Thread: I got buzzed!!!
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Old October 30th 06, 03:03 PM
Vic7 Vic7 is offline
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I was taxiing to depart from John Tune (Nashville, TN) last year when a beautiful P51 landed and turned onto the taxiway directly in front of me. I have never before or since been so aware of the paltry limits of my insurance coverage.

A few months ago I was with a group flying gliders for a week at Uvalde. A fellow who runs a Citation mod business on the airport has another beautifully restored P51. One morning they were repositioning the plane. The fellow driving the tug stopped her along side us and let us walk around up close and drool. I noticed that painted on the nose was "Glamorous Glen". I asked the tug driver if this had been Yeager's plane or was just painted that way. He replied, "Mark and the General were hunting down around Encinal last year. When he heard that Mark had bought a Mustang he told him he should paint it up this way."

How cool would that be?

V7