Re: B-747SP | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,364 Likes: 263 Member/10,000+ posts! | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,364 Likes: 263 | Yeah, back before this thread took a turn that made everything moot, I cringed at the thought of running a certain Cowboys fan through the number 1 engine. You know how expensive those things are! Way too expensive to be used as a garbage disposal. (Oops, did I say that last part out loud? My bad) Oh, and I thought the SP was most readily noticed by its tail. That thing really stands out.
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Ronald Twente | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 10,981 Likes: 722 Member/10,000+ posts! | Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 10,981 Likes: 722 | Just looked up the air museum in Kansas City that has the Connie in TWA colors (Save A Connie) and found out that it's closed because Signature (the, in my opinion, take no prisoners, money-grubbing FBO chain) has padlocked the museum even though the museum has a rent-free lease directly with the City. It's a mess. Airplanes/exhibits inaccessible, unprotected and not maintained since last July. It's a disgrace. | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,838 Likes: 763 Member/20,000 posts | Member/20,000 posts Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,838 Likes: 763 | I cringed at the thought of running a certain Cowboys fan through the number 1 engine. You know how expensive those things are! Probably not as expensive as the engine of the F-35. Misplaced flashlight caused $4M damage to F-35 engine [ airforcetimes.com] . | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 35,101 Likes: 426 DA POOBS Member with 30,000+ posts!! | DA POOBS Member with 30,000+ posts!! Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 35,101 Likes: 426 | [ animatedimages.org] Imagine a united world. Join the Popular Front for the Reunification of Gondwanaland. | 1 member likes this:
Ronald Twente | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 18,013 Likes: 1757 Member/15,000 posts | Member/15,000 posts Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 18,013 Likes: 1757 | If I EVER see or find a D@MN black sheep sticker ANYWHERE!..
Then we get a CHIEFS paint scheme What makes you think there is not already a Black Sheep Sticker(s) on it already? How about no NEW stickers? -- We have a retired TWA 747 captain here at KUUU - Newport. Lou Burns would love to come out of retirement for this. In addition to being a Captain - he is INTIMATELY familiar with 747 systems. He was on the TWA800 inquiry. He would be a solid on the team. Want me to go ask him? Graeme J W Smith | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 1,115 Likes: 214 Member/1000+posts | Member/1000+posts Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 1,115 Likes: 214 | I’ve seen their 747s. I recall both are painted the same with nondescript generic livery.
N7340B in the Eagle Aviation hangars at KLGB | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 11 Likes: 6 Member | Member Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 11 Likes: 6 | Will KCWI runways handle weight of the 747 Special Performance (SP)? | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,604 Likes: 786 Member/7500+posts | Member/7500+posts Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,604 Likes: 786 | Not sure what the runway is rated for, but the taxiways are a bit small for a 747 of any size.
Mark Buchner East Coast Outkast Fearless Leader and Cessna 150-152 Fly-In Foundation Director of Operations | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 7,113 Likes: 488 Member/5000+posts! | OP Member/5000+posts! Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 7,113 Likes: 488 | They sold it to someone else. They bid a $1.00 more that we bid.
Ron "20" A&P/IA 1976 Cessna 150M - N820ST St. Charles Regional Airport KSET Fly Safe... Fly Often... Super Bowl IV - LIV - LVII - LVIII CHAMPION Kansas City Chiefs! 2019 Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis BLUES! | | | Re: B-747SP | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 20,870 Likes: 1828 Member/20,000 posts | Member/20,000 posts Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 20,870 Likes: 1828 | They sold it to someone else. They bid a $1.00 more that we bid. To quote Maxwell Smart: Missed it by that much!!
Cessna 150/150, N2259M - Mighty Mouse
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