P-51 Mustangs

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 19:08:27 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:

In article ,
(GirlieGirl Brandi) wrote:

That's just it....The Hurry Home Honey on that site isn't the
one.....I've seen 2 different ones so far and i've also noticed that
their wings are all different....of the 2 i've seen 1 had green wings
and 1 has silver and green and the Hurry Home Honey that I'm looking
for has silver wings!!

If you could find out the registration number, it would tie it all
together. IMHO, the story sounds like a tall tale, as pilots seldom, if
ever, were able to buy the actual plane that they flew in combat --

Not directly no, but in the 50, 60s and early 70s there were lots of
them available. Many were scrapped. I had the chance to pick up 5
down in Texas at something on the order of either $5000 or $7500 each.
It certainly would have been a better investment than savings
certificates over 40 years. Course when I think of it, when the L39s
first became available I remember one in one of the mags you see
around the terminal lounges for $60,000 with a brand new spare engine
still in the can and that has not been all that long ago.

All were flyable, had gas in them, and all it would have taken was a
ferry permit to get them home. Course I was just a student back then
and spending just shy of $40,000 on 5 airplanes would probably have
gotten me a divorce. Come to think of it, that might possibly have
saved me some time, grief, and money.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

especially fighters, which usually remained overseas and were often
scrapped there.