(06-30-2020, 06:17 AM)Ninurta Wrote:This was my last aircraft I owned..(06-30-2020, 05:09 AM)727Sky Wrote: If I ever come back to the states to help defend the homeland (I would rather watch from afar to be honest) Tell Rick to save enough to arm me up !! I sold everything but my trusty 9mm.... I used to be pretty good out to 325 yards with my stuff so hopefully I would be an asset. I would rather fly and push a button from a nice cozy cockpit to watch the enemy disappear in a cloud of fire and death but ya have to work with what you have at the moment, No ?
Never fear - The Cause always needs air support.. but we're on a budget, so it might involve just dropping grenades out the window of a Cessna...
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The gas turbine was removed and I used an IO-360 Continental rated at 210H.P. but after redoing the engine it would produce 235 H.P. static .....I did almost three years of local airshows in that bird and with the 210 the bird actually looked better . I typically cruised at 190 MPH ... The red line on a regular Swift was 189 MPH but the SwiftFIRE had no problem when doing airshows at 250 Mph. I had owned three other Swifts before the SwiftFire and they the Swifts will always have a soft place in my heart.. I can fly a Cessna but golly Gee I hate to tell anyone I arrived in one...unless it is a
OK kinda hard to chunk grenades' out of that Citation but at least you look good !
So whether helicopter or fixed wing if I can get it started I can fly it; or die trying hahahaha Priority though is we gotta look cool which kinda leaves a Cessna bug smasher out of the acquisition IMO !!
Or we could all sit back and wait until the next Top Gun Movie comes out from behind the safety of our popcorn !!