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Ranger Dave

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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2012, 09:25:15 PM »
I think that is the plane visiting the Tulsa air & space museum this week. I saw a piece on on channel 6 this evening

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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2012, 09:32:56 PM »
Quote from: Ranger Dave on September 30, 2012, 09:25:15 PM
I think that is the plane visiting the Tulsa air & space museum this week. I saw a piece on on channel 6 this evening

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Yep.  That's the one.  I think it's the only airworthy frame right now.  Others like Bockscar and Enola Gay are restored but they are static museum displays.

It flew over Skiatook Lake a few times...right over the house twice...once no more than 500' up.
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2012, 09:47:26 PM »
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2012, 01:25:44 AM »
Anybody ever been to the museum at Eglin? I like that place.. :)
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2012, 07:18:27 PM »
I took a flight around OKC today.........



Got to sit in the navigator seat.  Dutch Van Kirk signed off on the map at the navigator's station during a ride at Oshkosh this past year.  Smooth flight. 
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2012, 07:54:42 PM »
Lucky SOB.
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2012, 08:00:38 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on October 06, 2012, 07:54:42 PM
Lucky SOB.

Yeah.....   ;D

Cool ride, Rastus..... what kind of mileage does she get......  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2012, 08:02:22 PM »
2 gals per yard  ;D
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2012, 08:59:14 AM »
What'd ya sell to find the 600 bucks?  Actually, wasn't it more for the cockpit ride?

Either way, you've experienced a piece of history that most will never know!
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Re: I Just Saw FiFi
« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2012, 02:31:47 PM »
Quote from: Timothy on October 07, 2012, 08:59:14 AM
What'd ya sell to find the 600 bucks?  Actually, wasn't it more for the cockpit ride?

Either way, you've experienced a piece of history that most will never know!

I put off roof repair, injector on truck that is down, not going to get a winter jacket, no buying lunch at work, that 2,000 rounds of 5.56 and 3,000 rd of 9MM I was saving for, driving 45-50 when I can, etc.  My oldest son sat in the radio man's seat and I was in the navigator seat....I was supposed to sit in back in a gun seat but...someone backed out and that put me in the navigator seat....that and my 83 year old mom was so thrilled about us flying that she sent $400 she had saved for vacation she can't take because of her back.  $400 was exactly what was needed to advance to the cockpit. 

One thing that struck me is that you have to fly that plane...it's work, it is a job.  The flight engineer is the busiest guy in the plane and never has a break.  You can make out Dutch Van Kirk's signature in the pic below:









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