IFF is for pansies! Live life on the edge!

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Or if 155 knots isn't fast enough...

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Anyone have experience with the ~3wk EMT-B crash courses? That cert seems to carry some weight with potential future employers and I don't want to dick around for 4-6 months at a local comm college.

Very few civilians own a jet that can break the sound barrier. The fuel usage alone is staggering. There was a guy at the local airport where we keep our airplane that had a retired Czechoslovakian Air Force jet that could do it. He would fly down to the gulf and go far out enough to go over Mach 1. It was a real pain to do because coming back in to US airspace in a fighter jet gets lots of attention from the FAA and the USAF. He would file a flight plan of course but it was usually a big hassle.

The BD-10 kit plane is supersonic...

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Well if you are talking a kit go big or go home.

PERFORMANCE: Top speed: 926 mph; Cruise speed: 620 mph; Initial climb rate: 30,000 fpm; Ceiling: 45,000 ft.; Range: 1,840 nm; Takeoff distance, 50 ft.: 600 ft.; Landing distance, 50 ft.: 1,500 ft.

BEDE JET CORP.

The kit starts at a cool 1/4 million. No engine no avionics, some assemble required. I bet they top out at well over a million when finished.

It would be a cool toy to have. :cool:

Some of the staff here have taken similar courses and all have said good things about it.

A couple years ago I recall someone looking at an F104 until he found out how many thousand $$ per hour of flight.

How about putting money down on an Aerion? 1.6m cruise.

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Lancair Evo with a Lycoming?

270kts true at altitude.

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Or do the PT6 instead of a piston and go higher and faster for more money.

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And you can do your own maintenance and be your own test pilot! :D

The Maverick Solo Jet I pictured above does 472kts, only needs 1500 ft runway, carries 5, and only costs $1.25 mil.

It's the cheap bush plane of personal jets.

Then there is the how slow can your go thing...

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Met a guy that was developing a STOL bush plane...said you haven't flown until you buzzed along at 25mph and had to pull up to clear a barbed wire fence. His plane had those big balloon tires and he claimed it could take off/land within 75 ft on non-paved surface. And it cruzed at 135mph.

Evening Y'all,
I think I will stick to Porsche for my regular, personal transportation needs.

Since we are on the flying kick...IT"S....

Tinker Bell Twerkin Thrusday?

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Evenin Rick,

Yeah, I kinda like the idea if something breaks I'm just stranded as opposed to the "Find a place to put it down" scenario. Even though planes do have a better safety record than cars. And the Maverick does come with a full plane chute.

Take off's are optional landings are mandatory, doesn't inspire me to get a plane. A friend of mine is rebuilding a cloth plane and it is fascinating to watch but I have no desire to do it

Ooooh, new to me iPad.........shiny.....

New TOYS!

New toys are fun.....even more so when they're free!

For me free means look for strings......

Morning Rick. Looks like I may be headed in your general direction soon... My dad has it in his thick head that he needs this bucket truck that's just outside boston... Going to be a long freaking drive home to OK 10hr at a time!

2005 2 MAN 40' TELESCOPIC BUCKET .:McCarthyTrucks:.