tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post5248665273993208186..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: Saturday Man MovieMurphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-65623776788237888342011-12-18T14:43:43.451-06:002011-12-18T14:43:43.451-06:00Good movie, and Stewart was the 'real deal'...Good movie, and Stewart was the 'real deal'... Along a number of other stars during WWII!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-18914414033754831552011-12-18T06:28:10.246-06:002011-12-18T06:28:10.246-06:00@ Andy: Don't forget two different types of fu...@ Andy: Don't forget two different types of fuel, one type for the recips and jet fuel for the jets.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-78514681748341858762011-12-17T15:23:45.494-06:002011-12-17T15:23:45.494-06:00Six pusher props and 4 jets. 6 hours of ground pre...Six pusher props and 4 jets. 6 hours of ground prep, plus 1 hour of pre-flight checks. Must have been a beast. And must have been one heck of a maintenance nightmare.Broken Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562569871940946226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-90867253796063652792011-12-17T10:56:47.376-06:002011-12-17T10:56:47.376-06:00I saw the last one that was built (retired just fi...I saw the last one that was built (retired just five years later), when I was in grade school-junior high when it was on display at Amon Carter/Greater Southwest Airport. It was really a hell of a note that its restoration couldn't get greenlighted here in the town where it was born - that airframe is the one now in Pima.<br /><br />Amon Carter/GSW closed commercial operations with the advent of DFW Int'l, which abuts the property on the N-NE, though I remember my Dad flying a Sundowner from there, with his CFI, in the mid-70's, when some GA ops were still permitted.<br /><br />After all flight ops had ceased and before the airport was erased (it had one of the grandest terminals), teenagers and, uh, college students <i>may or may not have</i> used the south end of Runway 13 as a late night shooting practice area, using makeshift targets created with permanent markers on discarded refrigerators and washing machines.an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-35338921776578311122011-12-17T07:35:39.703-06:002011-12-17T07:35:39.703-06:00Nothing like old movies, I wonder if the pilots in...Nothing like old movies, I wonder if the pilots in those days could hear all the music in their headsets ?Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775363118892957212noreply@blogger.com