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Old 03-05-2003, 10:49 PM
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Alcohol injected!!!!!!! I like the sound of that.
Don't know the name, but what a cool looking plane!
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Old 03-05-2003, 10:53 PM
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Pete,
That plane provides a G force rush like no car I have ever drove or rode in. I went up with the owner, he is a X fighter pilot and flew for years in speed pylon racing with Hilton Hotels as his sponser. Won several world titles. He was not holding back anything when I rode in that monster, we did things I had no idea a plane was capable of. I kissed the ground when I got out with weak knees.
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Old 03-05-2003, 10:54 PM
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Hawker Sea Fury???? maybe??

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Old 03-05-2003, 11:03 PM
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Bingo! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img] Now Jeff, tell us what year and country of origin?
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Old 03-05-2003, 11:08 PM
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The Hawker Sea Fury was the last piston engined fighter used by front-line units of the Royal Navy. The first Sea Furies entered fleet service with 807 and 803 NAS's in August and September of 1947. Both units converted to the F.B.11 version in May 1948.

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Bingo again Jeff, 1947. These planes were supposed to be some of the fastest piston engine fighters ever built, after being in the thing I cant see how one could fly any faster! It felt like I was the coyote stapped to a missle going after the Roadrunner.
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For those interested and the ones like me who didn't record it, I was just informed that a video will be available of the entire Glacier Girl episode shown last week on the History Channel. It will be available in the next couple of weeks through the gift store at this site www.thelostsquadron.com/ggg.html
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