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"Savageduck" wrote in message
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On 2010-09-16 17:39:09 -0700, "Peter" said:

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On 2010-09-12 12:32:08 -0700, "J. Clarke" said:

On 9/12/2010 12:15 PM, Peter wrote:
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When my father got back home after the war, he says they were offered
P-38's destined for scrap for a $1000. That price included a crate of
parts for the superchargers, and the fuel to fly it off based. As he
stayed in the service until 1947 he had no idea what he would do with
it, but worse, he had no idea of what it would be worth today.



If enough people thought it would have today's value, it probably
would
not have.

Had a professor who took them up on that deal with a P-51. Flew it
until something major broke and then sold it for several times what he
had paid.

I think that was one of my father's secret regrets. He flew P-51's after
the War. The P-38's with the twin Turbo-supercharged Allison's was
deemed too maintenaince intensive to keep active, so they were doomed.
Even today his truly soft spot is for the P-38. As a captain he was
making somewhere around $400/month + flight pay, back then, and his
first expense was buying a new Hudson.
Spending a $1000 + everything else, when he was still being paid to fly
seemed silly to him at the time. He separated from the USAAF in 1947
before the creation of the Airforce and went on to other things.
With the squadron in New Guinea;
http://snipr.com/12wjij-sql



Sounds like he was quite a man. You probably miss him.

He is still doing just fine at 87, with a 75 year old girl friend. The
dog!
http://snipr.com/13rt9r-pnc




Glad to hear that. He looks like a guy who really enjoys life.

I had a great uncle who lived to 112. At the time of his death his youngest
child was 37.


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Peter

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:44:37 -0400, "Peter"
wrote:

"Savageduck" wrote in message
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On 2010-09-16 17:39:09 -0700, "Peter" said:

"Savageduck" wrote in message
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On 2010-09-12 12:32:08 -0700, "J. Clarke" said:

On 9/12/2010 12:15 PM, Peter wrote:
"Savageduck" wrote in message
news:2010091209013882327-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...



When my father got back home after the war, he says they were offered
P-38's destined for scrap for a $1000. That price included a crate of
parts for the superchargers, and the fuel to fly it off based. As he
stayed in the service until 1947 he had no idea what he would do with
it, but worse, he had no idea of what it would be worth today.



If enough people thought it would have today's value, it probably
would
not have.

Had a professor who took them up on that deal with a P-51. Flew it
until something major broke and then sold it for several times what he
had paid.

I think that was one of my father's secret regrets. He flew P-51's after
the War. The P-38's with the twin Turbo-supercharged Allison's was
deemed too maintenaince intensive to keep active, so they were doomed.
Even today his truly soft spot is for the P-38. As a captain he was
making somewhere around $400/month + flight pay, back then, and his
first expense was buying a new Hudson.
Spending a $1000 + everything else, when he was still being paid to fly
seemed silly to him at the time. He separated from the USAAF in 1947
before the creation of the Airforce and went on to other things.
With the squadron in New Guinea;
http://snipr.com/12wjij-sql



Sounds like he was quite a man. You probably miss him.

He is still doing just fine at 87, with a 75 year old girl friend. The
dog!
http://snipr.com/13rt9r-pnc




Glad to hear that. He looks like a guy who really enjoys life.

I had a great uncle who lived to 112. At the time of his death his youngest
child was 37.

Why don't you two get a room. There might even be one called
alt.thread-hijacking.off-topic.cyber-****-buddy.trolls.

You hopelessly pathetic lying slanderous and libelous ****s.