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Old 4th Jul 2013, 07:58
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Gordy
 
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Hey Newfie, was just talking about you yesterday....all good....

We have just one of the fast buckets....like you say, it is a dream, but too heavy for anything less than a B3 Astar.... in the L4 we actually lose capacity with it. If only they could make the smallest one a tad lighter...in line with a bambi and I would outfit my whole fleet.

We had 2,800 lightning strikes in Norcal in the last 48 hours...just not too many starts though, but July 4th is upon us....bring on the "redneck fireworks"

Be safe my friend...maybe we should plan a visit somewhere, you and yours and me & mine...? Be rude not too after this season?

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