And the original posting had spaces inside the ellipsis!
I guess we can also debate whether the late 80s needs an apostrophe or not.
"I see that Stallion 51 will be at MacDill in November. That brings back
memories of a more modern single-seater flying from their in the late 80s;
halcyon days . . ."
On 25 August 2011 23:14, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Oh, Chris! I'm watching you now. Two errors in a single day.
> "That brings back memories of a more modern single-seater flying from
> *their* in the late 80s...".
>
> Of course, it's not as egregious as singular/plural disagreement between
> noun and verb. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 8/25/2011 4:59 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> > Martin
> >
> > About 40 years ago my father had a little dream: there was a Mosquito
> > going for £3k and he wondered if he might buy it. I found the advert
> > for it after he died, around 10 years later.
> >
> > $2k for a flight? I didn't think a Spitfire would cost that much for
> > a back-seat trip over here. I'll see if I can ask one of the P-51
> > owners on Sunday for a notional cost.
> >
> > I see that Stallion 51 will be at MacDill in November. That brings
> > back memories of a more modern single-seater flying from their in the
> > late 80s; halcyon days . . .
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 25 Aug 2011, at 18:20, Walters, Martin wrote:
> >
> >> There are a number of two-seat P51s, including some that are dual
> >> stick. Some are in the US - Stallion 51
> >> (http://www.stallion51.com/index.shtml), for example. So, you could
> >> do more than dream! Probably need to sell lots of big prints as I
> >> believe flights run in the $2K and upwards range.
> >>
> >> As Chris noted, there are no airworthy Mosquitos, though there are
> >> a couple of full restoration projects underway (slowly). The Kermit
> >> Weeks Mossie in Florida is no longer flyable due to delamination of
> >> parts of the wood structure, I've read.
> >>
> >> I remember seeing them fly in the 1960s in the UK. At the time, the
> >> RAF had a squadron of target tugs based in the Bristol area (can't
> >> remember the airport). Also remember vaguely a display at a Biggin
> >> Hill BoB show, again mid-60s, which was probably the BAE one that
> >> crashed a few years ago.
> >
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