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    Quote Originally Posted by T.G.W View Post
    Hah! Wouldn't that be FANTASTIC! Can't organise that though!
    NOT the answer I was hoping for, miss
    Not even sitting in as passenger?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbks View Post
    NOT the answer I was hoping for, miss
    Not even sitting in as passenger?
    Sort it out, let me know
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    Sorry for taking your thread off track, T.G.W!

    Here are a couple of shots of the Centaurus piston, folks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessBandit View Post
    I find it ironic that the incredibly rude personal comments about Les were made by someone bearing an astonishing resemblance to a Monica Lewinsky dress accessory.

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    All was good until I realised that having 105kg of man sliding into my rear was a tad uncomfortable after a while

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    Quote Originally Posted by T.G.W View Post
    Sort it out, let me know
    I'm not really in the aviation scene (so I can't sort anything out ATM) , but if I win lotto I'll learn to fly and buy a Zero to fly people around in every August 29th. Deal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by T.G.W View Post
    Sort it out, let me know
    It's not What you know, but...

    eh, T.G.W?!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessBandit View Post
    I find it ironic that the incredibly rude personal comments about Les were made by someone bearing an astonishing resemblance to a Monica Lewinsky dress accessory.

    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessBandit View Post
    All was good until I realised that having 105kg of man sliding into my rear was a tad uncomfortable after a while

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbks View Post
    I'm not really in the aviation scene, but if I win lotto, I'll learn to fly and buy a Zero to fly people around in every August 29th. Deal?
    Buy and fly a P51 Mustang please, every week? And we'll do a deal?
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    Quote Originally Posted by T.G.W View Post
    Buy and fly a P51 Mustang please, every week? And we'll do a deal?
    You have GREAT taste in aeroplanes!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessBandit View Post
    I find it ironic that the incredibly rude personal comments about Les were made by someone bearing an astonishing resemblance to a Monica Lewinsky dress accessory.

    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessBandit View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pussy View Post
    You have GREAT taste in aeroplanes!
    I know what I like
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    Quote Originally Posted by T.G.W View Post
    I've thought about the Tiger Moth, how was that babe?
    It was 'delicate'! Haha... like a butterfly as opposed to a native hawk! lol

    I didn't barf either......

    Oh, and we were members of the Kaitaia Aero Club many moons ago when Steve had his pilots license, and got to fly in some of the planes that frequently dropped in. The Aero Club up there often had open days for the public to come and view and have a ride in, especially when 'special' planes had been organised to fly in! It was awesome!... and expensive!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbks View Post
    Are you telling me there is some sort of "have a go day" for ww2 fighter planes?
    When we were in the Aero Club up North, there was... It was awesome too!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BiK3RChiK View Post
    It was 'delicate'! Haha... like a butterfly as opposed to a native hawk! lol

    I didn't barf either......

    Oh, and we were members of the Kaitaia Aero Club many moons ago when Steve had his pilots license, and got to fly in some of the planes that frequently dropped in. The Aero Club up there often had open days for the public to come and view and have a ride in, especially when 'special' planes had been organised to fly in! It was awesome!... and expensive!!
    Are there any events like that going on, still?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbks View Post
    Are there any events like that going on, still?
    Well, it's over 15 years since I moved away from the Far North, and have only been back once ( and that was once too much! ), so I couldn't tell you. Steve says that when he went back recently, much of it had changed, what with PCness gone mad... I think all airports had to fence and keep the public out on account of terrorism or some such! Gone are the days of hooning around on the airfield at night chasing bunnies in the rear wheel drive car!

    I certainly haven't seen any events, like those that were held up in Kaitaia, down here in Whakatane....

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    Quote Originally Posted by BiK3RChiK View Post
    Well, it's over 15 years since I moved away from the Far North, and have only been back once ( and that was once too much! ), so I couldn't tell you. Steve says that when he went back recently, much of it had changed, what with PCness gone mad... I think all airports had to fence and keep the public out on account of terrorism or some such! Gone are the days of hooning around on the airfield at night chasing bunnies in the rear wheel drive car!

    I certainly haven't seen any events, like those that were held up in Kaitaia, down here in Whakatane....
    Yes, because we all know (what with the Northland, New Zealand being the homeland of Muslim extremists) , if security slipped we might have a national crisis on our hands! I thought it sounded too good to be true

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    Quote Originally Posted by T.G.W View Post
    I know what I like
    If you want a ride in a Mustang, it can be arranged. Call in on the warbirds at Ardmore and show them the colour of your money. The price will have gone up by now, but the last time I had a mate go up in the back seat, it cost him $1000 for half an hour.

    If you are serious, PM me and I will make some enquiries.
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    Last time I spoke to Graham Bethell (the owner/pilot of ZK TAF "NZ2415"), he indicated something like $2500-3000 per hour for the Mustang.
    He has just spent a truckload of dosh having the prop inspected/overhauled in the states
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessBandit View Post
    I find it ironic that the incredibly rude personal comments about Les were made by someone bearing an astonishing resemblance to a Monica Lewinsky dress accessory.

    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessBandit View Post
    All was good until I realised that having 105kg of man sliding into my rear was a tad uncomfortable after a while

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