Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Monday, October 8, 2007

Bless Their Souls. Really

There are fewer thing that gladden the soul of an airplane lover more than seeing this:


Become this:


This Stinson hasn't flown in at least five years and, so far as I know, hasn't been annualled since the spring of `02. Like a lot of people around that airport, I have watched the weeds and vines grow around this airplane and felt the pity of watching a fine flying machine deteriorate.

They hope to get it in good enough shape to fly back to their home airport and then they'll do a full restoration. Fortunately, the airports on both end do not have towers, so if the fuel system is tight, the fabric is OK and the engine runs, they can fly it out. I assume that Plan B is to come back with a couple of trailers and cart it home.

Unless the Chimperor declared martial law, this has been a great day.

2 comments:

LBJ said...

That is wonderful. . I hate seeing an airplane sitting neglected and abandoned.

Comrade Misfit said...

I know a guy who tried to buy that airplane a couple years ago. He was not happy to learn that someone else snapped it up.