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Old 9th Oct 2007, 07:59
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Evileyes
 
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Thanks Barit1 and Tinpis.

It's amazing what our countries turned into fry pans and caravans after the war.

There was a training field near where I lived as a kid in the 60s which was closed after the war. The local farmer bought all the aircraft at scrap prices. He had a large, overgrown field full of carefully disassembled SNJs there well into the 70s. A long line of engines on one side and the fuselages and such on the other.

Other small airfields around town had a few off in the grass as well. Some reportedly bought for $25 apiece and basicallly rotted there. Those same aircraft sell for $500,000+ today easy. Ever feel like slapping yer dad?

Tired of war, no money or motivation left to maintain them at the time though.

Well done Mr Soplata
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