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Two for Tacit
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:13 pmby flyboy 28
Actually, three. Alliteration is fun.
I know he has an inkling for the Be-103. They have three at Sky Manor for sale. $29,999.99.. Anyone interested?
That's all for me today.
By the way, those first two are in the upload queue for airliners.net.. Ever hopeful.
Enjoy
James
Re: Two for Tacit
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Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:33 pmby FLYING_TRUCKER
Interesting
Thanks for posting those.
Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:46 amby ozzy72
I'm a tad worried about that first kite, seems to have sucked up a seat cushion
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:26 amby Hagar
Interesting indeed. Never seen one of these. Nice series James.
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:03 amby TacitBlue
Cool! Your pictures came out a lot better than mine did, thanks for posting these.
$30,000? For some reason I thought they went for $700,000. I might just have to look into getting one... in about 20 years.
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:07 amby Felix/FFDS
At that price, they're affordable, but ...... what condition are they in and what's the support (parts - technical support) disposition.
My supposition is that these are well-used pre-production machines used on sales tours, and when no significant sales were forthcoming, they were deemed less expensive to leave that return "home".
On the other hand, if they are in good flying condition, it is quite a fine airplane. It would probably be in its element as a flying taxi.
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:14 amby TacitBlue
I talked to the guy that sells them at Oshkosh. He is an official Beriev dealer (the only one in the US as far as I know) and he had them flown over from Russia with the intent to sell them. And you right, air taxi was my first thought.
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:01 amby Hai Perso Coyone?
Very nice pics Rimshot
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:39 pmby Craig.
nice shots:)
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:30 pmby flyboy 28
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Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:33 pmby beaky
Very cool. Good price, too, i guess... but who knows how worn-out they are, or what one can expect from those engines...wonder what's under those cowlings, anyway?
They shouldn't stuff that "raw" foam in there like that; UV light makes that stuff crumbly, and I'm sure little bits are getting all over those engines. Messy.
Re: Two for Tacit
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:35 pmby flyboy 28
I was talking to the pilot of that blue one and he said that they do that to prevent birds from nesting in there.
Even messier.
Re: Two for Tacit
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 7:14 amby Ivan
Engines are Continental IO-360... single and twin Radial (M-14P) versions are 'in development'.
It's build in the same factory as the Su-27, far away in Siberia (Komsomolsk-na-Amur)
Construction quality: milspec with titanium parts and special seaplane aluminium
Re: Two for Tacit
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:54 pmby beaky
Ivan: thanx for the engine info;
Rimshot: I guess it's better than birds, but one can get pretty cheap foam plugs that have weatherproof fabric... I just think that raw rubber is too "ghetto".
Re: Two for Tacit
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:13 pmby Hagar
Rimshot: I guess it's better than birds, but one can get pretty cheap foam plugs that have weatherproof fabric... I just think that raw rubber is too "ghetto".
We used newspaper in the old days. Primitive but it did the job.