*Want*

Want, want, want, want, want, want.

Pleeeeeeeeeease.

Want, need, must have, will surely die without.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lake-LA-4-200EP_W0QQitemZ160039747155

Oh pleeeeeeease. It *is* nearly Xmas!

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Oh yes very nice!
I have one rule about aviation though. Two or more engines with the
ability to fly on one <over and out>

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog

Pah! No sense of adventure some people.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

They do glide you know. And that one even floats, so no worries if
you're caught out halfway between Lydd and Le Touquet.

Mind you, my other half was a PA to a well-known (at the time) top brass
technical person at BAe's aircraft division in the 80s, and apparently
he refused to fly on *any* commercial aircraft that had fewer than 4
engines. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

 

It's the Spruce Goose for me

 

Makes me wonder if he was really a "technical person", or a "manager of
technical persons".

Or maybe he was just doing his bit to encourage sales of the BAe 146.

 

The Rallye would make more sense. Anyway, one of these would be more your
style:

http://www.republicseabee.com/Buyseabee.html

 

Definitely a "manager of technical persons" when my other half worked
with him, but he'd worked his way up through the ranks and was
originally one of team responsible for the development of the Harrier.

I'd post his name, but it seems like the wrong thing to do (plus I can't
remember it right now, and SWMBO is asleep).

Maybe; my theory is that it was just his way of trying to be eccentric
and interesting, but what the **** do I know? I'd certianly like to hear
his rationale!

 

Maybe he had memories of Olde Worlde piston-driven airliners, in which case
he might have had a point. But modern turbine-driven aircraft are
ridiculously reliable. If they weren't, we wouldn't have ETOPS.

 

Isn't that a baby grand lakes?
Looks very similar to my friends one that he has in Canada.

Of course WUN, should you get it, you'll have to buy the bloody great lake
to go with it.

<googles to see if lake Windermere is up for sale!>

--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Nah. You want this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250036057352

 

Only one picture and no text?

I'd want a bit more info than that if I was going to bid > ukp100,000
for it.

That's more like it! US$1.9M and reserve not met.

 

If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it — it’s cheaper in the
long run."
— Felix Dennis

 

The one at the top of
http://www.aeroadventureinc.com/aircraft_forsale.htm is a bit more
reasonable, price wise.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Hog wibbled:

It's said in some quarters that in the event of an engine failure in a
twin, the other engine leads to the scene of the accident.

 

Eight rotary engines screaming away. The main fuel pipe must be two inches
in diameter...

 

I do not know about your PCs, but my Antivirus warns about a Trojan horse in
a Java application wanting to be downloaded on this page. Note the "applet
started" message (in my case: applet NOT started... thanks!) .

Maybe false alarm and my system has some issues as no one else already noted
it. But HOW common is it for an ebay auction to push a java applet to you?

 

Got exactly the same trojan warning from Notrun.

 

Got a virus warning for Java/OpenConnection.V from F-Secure.

 

I thought this much more apt and useful. May just fit in the shed(ish)

http://www.rcaf.com/aircraft/photos/walrus.jpg