Legality of owning ex-military intercontinental aircraft.

Hiya group.

I can't recall if I've asked this before, but does anyone know what the
legal status of a privately purchased airframe like, say, a B47 or B36 (or,
heaven forbid, a B52 or Tu-95) would be presuming the owner could refurbish
the aircraft to operational capability?

I think at least the FAA if not the USAF and more than a few other parties
would kinda have a few reservations about someone owning an operational bird
like that.

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Bill Silvey wrote:
Hiya group.

I can't recall if I've asked this before, but does anyone know what the
legal status of a privately purchased airframe like, say, a B47 or B36 (or,
heaven forbid, a B52 or Tu-95) would be presuming the owner could refurbish
the aircraft to operational capability?


What about an ICBM or SSBN+SLBMs?

"make" wrote in message

Bill Silvey wrote:
Hiya group.

I can't recall if I've asked this before, but does anyone know what
the legal status of a privately purchased airframe like, say, a B47
or B36 (or, heaven forbid, a B52 or Tu-95) would be presuming the
owner could refurbish the aircraft to operational capability?


What about an ICBM or SSBN+SLBMs?

The community of Narcoosee, just south of Orlando, has intercontinental
striking capability.

(The VFW has a Pershing-I sitting in it's parking lot.)

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| "make" wrote in message
|
| Bill Silvey wrote:
| Hiya group.
|
| I can't recall if I've asked this before, but does anyone know what
| the legal status of a privately purchased airframe like, say, a B47
| or B36 (or, heaven forbid, a B52 or Tu-95) would be presuming the
| owner could refurbish the aircraft to operational capability?
|
|
| What about an ICBM or SSBN+SLBMs?
|
| The community of Narcoosee, just south of Orlando, has intercontinental
| striking capability.
|
| (The VFW has a Pershing-I sitting in it's parking lot.)
|


This could mean trouble if the peace talks with Osceola County break down
.....



Cheers

Dave Kearton

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"make" wrote in message

Bill Silvey wrote:
Hiya group.

I can't recall if I've asked this before, but does anyone know what
the legal status of a privately purchased airframe like, say, a B47
or B36 (or, heaven forbid, a B52 or Tu-95) would be presuming the
owner could refurbish the aircraft to operational capability?


What about an ICBM or SSBN+SLBMs?

The community of Narcoosee, just south of Orlando, has
intercontinental striking capability.

(The VFW has a Pershing-I sitting in it's parking lot.)



This could mean trouble if the peace talks with Osceola County break
down ....

Ha! More agitprop sabre-rattling from the running dog lackeys of the
illegal Osceola Clique! ;-)

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Ha! More agitprop sabre-rattling from the running dog lackeys of the
illegal Osceola Clique! ;-)


Trained with Radio Hanoi did you?

You left out hegemonist.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

Pershing? laugh We've got our own freakin' Titan II sitting beside the
road, protected by a three' fence at Gillespie Field. You don't see urban
communities encroaching on THAT airfield!

G

Bill Silvey wrote:

The community of Narcoosee, just south of Orlando, has intercontinental
striking capability.

(The VFW has a Pershing-I sitting in it's parking lot.)

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Now, when the next Florida recount comes, which faction will they
support?

MAH

Bill Silvey wrote:
I can't recall if I've asked this before, but does anyone know what the
legal status of a privately purchased airframe like, say, a B47 or
B36 (or,
heaven forbid, a B52 or Tu-95) would be presuming the owner could
refurbish
the aircraft to operational capability?

It would have to be demilled sufficiently so it would not be a military
threat, but otherwise it wouldn't be much different to owning any other
warbird. Just more expensive.

At the moment I think the biggest jet warbirds are the handful of
privately owned Canberras. There is an Avro Vulcan being restored at
London Southend.

Cheers
David

"David Bromage" wrote in message
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Bill Silvey wrote:
I can't recall if I've asked this before, but does anyone know what the
legal status of a privately purchased airframe like, say, a B47 or
B36 (or,
heaven forbid, a B52 or Tu-95) would be presuming the owner could
refurbish
the aircraft to operational capability?

It would have to be demilled sufficiently so it would not be a military
threat, but otherwise it wouldn't be much different to owning any other
warbird. Just more expensive.

At the moment I think the biggest jet warbirds are the handful of
privately owned Canberras. There is an Avro Vulcan being restored at
London Southend.

Are you confusing the Southend Vulcan XL426 http://www.avrovulcan.com/ which
is being kept to high-speed taxi condition and the ex-RAF display Vulcan
XH558 www.tvoc.co.uk which they are trying to get flying again at
Bruntingthorpe?

Nick