Take it with you....
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Or even better, take off the rear tilt and put a detachable camper body on, leave it on legs at the site and go play out in the 101 without a giant growth on it, or sleep in it in situ. Come home, drop the legs, put the 101 back to non camper config. This is actually on my things I'd like to do list...
I'd like to go the states and buy a 50's F100 pickup off the small ads and road trip it the container port, see some sights, have some fun and roadside fixes and wave goodbye, and hello at the port here when it follows me back.
Ive been the states a few times for work, but its always fly in, do the work thing then fly out at best a day trip somewhere but with no op for fun or the like.
I poked my head into the Canadian Lancaster this week, the only one you can book a ride in. Bookings for this year sold out in an hour, next year's come on sale in Nov, around £2k probably.
There is a small outfit in Haverfordwest building and selling kit STOLs, I forget the name but the wife knows them well, she was an African chiefs daughter, he's a clever Englishman. (Actually, they are both very clever and nice people). Googled them...
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hot air baloon is on my list
then slightly less popular for most people but id like to operate an ltm1750-9.1 on full luffer, and a large crawler crane, something in the 1000 ton category or higher although i havent got a ticket for that yet but will have in the vaguley near future if all goes well.
then slightly less popular for most people but id like to operate an ltm1750-9.1 on full luffer, and a large crawler crane, something in the 1000 ton category or higher although i havent got a ticket for that yet but will have in the vaguley near future if all goes well.
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ive done loop the loop in fixed wing gliders whipstalls and tight 360 turns on hanglider loosing 200 foot per turn but the ultimate was on a paraglider on holiday in turkey . went up the mountain 6000 foot and had a tandem flight on a paraglider. the guy asked how i wanted itwhat is available now last time i looked was about £7000 plus for the full long flight
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plenty of action i said 
we took off and he climbed about another 500 foot flew around then let it have it doing 360 decree turns doing a spiral dive each time getting tighter 
i counted up to 8 turns and felt realy dizzy and nearly blacked out and probably would have if done any more it pulls about 4 g , when we landed a big round of applause and the guy thanked me .his mates said you jammy git we dont normaly get to fly as fast with punters aparently you get up to a speed of 90mph on the turns on the end of the lines
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Thanks for the link.There is a small outfit in Haverfordwest building and selling kit STOLs, I forget the name but the wife knows them well, she was an African chiefs daughter, he's a clever Englishman. (Actually, they are both very clever and nice people). Googled them...
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A bit Like taking your own lunch.
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I don't think I could do proper long haul anymore. Was fine when I was younger but I enjoy flying less and less as I've aged. Places I would quite like to visit (not bucket list-like) like Aus and South America are now very unlikely because the flying would take the shine off the experience.
World travel is definitely to be done when young. Once you're over 50 and have a few ailments kicking in it's a different ball game.
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Thanks fred, but for a bucket list car I'm picky, it has to be 50's ford pickup not the later 60's bodystyle, or a 50's tri five chevy eg a bellair or something. They have to be unmodified because modified cars wont past import registration afterwards and pre 1960 makes everything simpler, but they can be beaten to death on their last legs.
This is more the kind of thing I'm thinking of, 5k + probably another 2-3k to get it back here and import tax plus messing round registering it. Then once thats done it can be modified or just tidied up. I'd have to fly in, find somewhere I could work in to get it rolling and get stuff it needs while its possible, then road trip it and have some fun. I know a couple of people who would accomodate a crazy english guy flying in for a few weeks and using their facilities but now's not the right time (kids starting uni etc).
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I did actually visit the site, back in '93, whilst driving in a Red Cross convoy down
to Chechnya from (poignantly), Berlin.
It was quite something to behold, although possibly a bit reckless on reflection.
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Would agree with you there.
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Both literally and metaphorically!However, I had 3 cups of coffee while we were waiting for our booking time. And a sign at the entrance to the cave mentioned there is no toilet access for approx 3 hours once you have started the climb.
So I was kinda relieved actually.
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Unusual and yet understandable at the same timeI've only one left now and that's to see a Tucker 48 in the flesh. There is alleged to be one in the UK but not on public display. If anyone here has one do let me know
