Wilson Edwards, ww II collection.

[David MacRay]

Impressive, he never paid more than $15000 for a mustang.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/09/ ... a&page=tvn

[Colonel]

Fighters cost a bit more, now.  A friend emailed
me an ad this morning for an ex-RCAF F-104 for
USD$1.9M:

http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/2154270.html

Fun fact: Lockheed sold them for USD$1.3M
when they were new!  My father says that was
a lot of money in 1961 - he used to pick up the
duals in Palmdale ... Canadair only made singles
under licence.

Hey!  S/n 104633 (that exact airframe in the ad)
is in my father's logbook.  That probably makes
him a [b]BAD PERSON[/b].

I have my L29 and L39 type ratings ... I'd like
to get my MiG-21 type rating, next.  Need hot
seats for nozzle failure, though.

[ScudRunner-d95]

Holy crap I would love to open a barn door to "discover" that collection.

Fighters cost a bit more, now.  Here's an
ex-RCAF F-104 for USD$1.9M

http://www.trade-a-plane.com/detail/2154270.html

Fun fact: Lockheed wanted USD$1.3M for them,
when they were new!  My father says that was
a lot of money in 1961.

Hey!  S/n 104633 (that exact airframe in the ad)
is in my father's logbook.

Funny how since tricky Dick took the USD off the gold standard in 1971 allowing them to print money the purchasing power of a buck has gone down. I really think with the way every country is printing cash these day we are heading for a global financial Armageddon. Fact: every FIAT Currency has failed its just a matter of time before it happens with our current system.

[Colonel]

I'm sure Arlo and Wayne Foy could explain it much
better than I can, because both of them are F-104
and MiG-21 aces ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine#Turbojet

[quote]A turbojet engine is a gas turbine engine that works by compressing air with an inlet and a compressor (axial, centrifugal, or both), mixing fuel with the compressed air, burning the mixture in the combustor, and then passing the hot, high pressure air through a turbine and a nozzle. [/quote]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propellin ... ner_nozzle

[quote]The afterburners on combat aircraft require a bigger nozzle to prevent adversely affecting the operation of the engine. The variable area iris[9] nozzle consists of a series of moving, overlapping petals with a nearly circular nozzle cross-section and is convergent to control the operation of the engine.[/quote]

As usual, if a picture is worth 1,000 words,
a youtube video is worth a million:



which explains why Arlo and Wayne Foy always
did their takeoffs with afterburner (even if the
extra thrust was not required)

[Colonel]

[quote]Arlo / Wayne Foy actually flew F-104/MiG-21[/quote]

Oh yeah.  They are the Kings Of Canadian Aviation.
They both also flew F-4 in Vietnam, as well as the
U-2 and SR-71.

[Tailwind W10]

Hey!  S/n 104633 (that exact airframe in the ad)
is in my father's logbook.  That probably makes
him a BAD PERSON.

I remember that tail number.  I know I worked on it at Northwest Industries in 1980/81, Probably stripped the paint off her, and cleaned all the grime out of the intakes and fuel cells.

Good timss... 
Gerry