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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by t6dpilot
It takes a B-25 approximately 10 seconds from the time you slip the surly bonds until you achieve blue line airspeed. That is a long ten seconds... Very cool airplane though.
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What he is trying to say is that you are taking your life in your hands during that 10 seconds. It does not take much to make those old radial engines cough, and if you are heavy or close to gross weight, well, the pucker factor is high.
Would love to have it but my hangar is full right now... and I could barely afford to fill this puppy up with fuel, not to mention oil...
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