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Originally Posted by cscmc1
Hey! We still fly those suckers, old or not!!!  I have the privelege of fixing them, and, occasionally, riding in them. That boom pod is great for sightseeing... I'm going to try to attach a pic I took flying over Greenland. Nifty! It's also a great place to sleep on long flights.
As far as your old machine goes, wish I were nearby. I'd pick it up for a friend of mine who has a musuem of sorts of old machines. He loves them. |
Yeah, thinking about those KC135s takes me back. Early 60s it was.
Interesting shot of Greenland. Did you catch that video on, I forget, Discovery, MSNBC, maybe PBS, about the decades long, several group effort that extracted a WW2 fighter plane which had been left out of necessity in 1940 something and swallowed by the ice? I forget how deep in the ice it was but it was 100 to 200 feet I think.
It was the one with the twin fuselages with an engine at the front of each, and the cockpit in the middle. Very cool looking plane -- pretty deadly, too, I hear. They got it flying again -- after years and mega $$.
Who knows? If I don't find anyone who wants the Kaypro, I'll ship it to you. Then again, the craigslist free box sounds more practical.