[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 113, Issue 32

[reed park]

I for one, believe that aircraft were designed and built to fly.
Not to have a stick pushed up their butt and become gate guards.
If they are flown responsibly and well maintained, the round engines
will serve them well until av-gas is no longer available. Which could
be just around the corner.

We had a nice air show here about 3 weeks ago, in which some very
nice vintage aircraft took to the air. Fleet Finch, Tiger Moth, Harvard
( AT-6 Texan for you guys south of me.) Beech 18 and a
Hawker Hurricane and an F-86 Sabre to name a few. Also some modern
 stuff also, but I like the vintage stuff. It's hard to get excited about a
CF-18
 zipping past and then waiting for what seems like forever for it to turn
 around and come back.

Oh yes, I also restore and operate vintage radio equipment. Used to
collect it also, but had to downsize when I moved here 5 years ago.
Kept a small amount of it which I still operate on the amateur radio bands.
Makes me appreciate more, the modern much smaller and more efficient
solid state stuff.

Feel free to disagree with me, but please don't fill this group with your
comments to me, send them directly to my e-mail address.

ertpark003 at gmail.com

I see the Martin Mars water bomber in B.C. has been taken out of service.
What an awesome machine that was to see drop its load on a forest
fire.

Regards to all
Reed


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