#4469369 - 04/07/19 03:49 PM
XP-82 at Sun n Fun
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This very rare bird is at the Sun n Fun airshow it is scheduled to fly at 1:30 est and you can see it here https://livestream.com/Liveairshowtv/SNF2019SUNDAY I wish I had gone this year it looks like a lot of really neat stuff is there.
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#4469389 - 04/07/19 05:47 PM
Re: XP-82 at Sun n Fun
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I saw it in person. Cool, but not to my liking.
KRT, we should meet there for it next year. Or I could fly and pick you up. If you haven’t flown in you are missing a real experience. That is a better part of the show.
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#4469399 - 04/07/19 06:57 PM
Re: XP-82 at Sun n Fun
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I was there Saturday and just missed it. I saw it on static display and tried to talk to the owner about it but got the distinct impression that he didn't want me bothering him. So I just figured "Okay...F.U.", and kept walking. It isn't an airplane that I makes me want to fly it. And according to Bud Anderson who did get a chance to fly it, it was not a particularly good airplane.
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#4469492 - 04/08/19 12:02 PM
Re: XP-82 at Sun n Fun
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Yeah I can't imagine flying so far from center and it doesn't have the qualities of a single Mustang, but it is interesting. I'm still waiting for the P-61 restoration to be completed. http://www.maam.org/p61/p61_rest.htmI'm not sure where you are OG, I'm in SRQ
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#4469493 - 04/08/19 12:09 PM
Re: XP-82 at Sun n Fun
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We should get a group of SimHQ members to go next year.
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#4469714 - 04/10/19 01:09 AM
Re: XP-82 at Sun n Fun
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We should get a group of SimHq members to go next year. Do you think they'd let Pooch pre-read the announcer's script and edit for corrections? That sounds like it could be interesting... my wife doesn't care to go and it's been a few years since I attended. I had planned on going this year, specifically to see the XP-82. I had forgotten about it until several vintage aircraft flew over, on their way home presumably, as we were out working in the yard.
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#4469716 - 04/10/19 01:16 AM
Re: XP-82 at Sun n Fun
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I'd have everybody bored to death. "Now, about the Mustang. That Rolls Royce engine was actually developed by the British who....." People would be yelling, "Shut up!! I can't hear the planes!" It would be fun to go with people who know airplanes, though. All I heard was, "It's hot," I'm hungry" "Why were you gone so long?" "I have to go to the bathroom!"
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#4469918 - 04/11/19 01:24 AM
Re: XP-82 at Sun n Fun
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I'd have everybody bored to death. "Now, about the Mustang. That Rolls Royce engine was actually developed by the British who....." People would be yelling, "Shut up!! I can't hear the planes!" It would be fun to go with people who know airplanes, though. All I heard was, "It's hot," I'm hungry" "Why were you gone so long?" "I have to go to the bathroom!" Lol, that's why I volunteer for the Sunrise photo shoot at Planes of Fame and not the rest of the show. Wheels
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