tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post1994333089405717267..comments2024-03-28T10:53:52.502-06:00Comments on Well Seasoned Fool: G.U.M.P.Well Seasoned Foolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-69019218204472964072013-02-19T20:00:32.898-07:002013-02-19T20:00:32.898-07:00@ NFO. My understanding is North American drew ext...@ NFO. My understanding is North American drew extensively from their P-51 experience. Guess they didn't factor civilian owners lack of maintenance squadrons. Just saying.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-87309705814898090642013-02-19T12:08:25.372-07:002013-02-19T12:08:25.372-07:00Ah yes, Navions ARE money pits... A&P I knew i...Ah yes, Navions ARE money pits... A&P I knew in Baton Rouge kept his family fed off two Navions at Downtown airport... :-) One of them still had bullet hole patches from Korea in the wings and fuselage. Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-14701242939935900272013-02-18T21:18:45.920-07:002013-02-18T21:18:45.920-07:00@ Murphy. Airplane lust is terrible. Once bought a...@ Murphy. Airplane lust is terrible. Once bought a Beech D-17 Staggerwing with hail ruined fabric and glass. By the greatest good fortune, a bigger fool offered me a tidy profit. Hated to sell it but knew it was a bigger money pit than I could handle. Maybe my best aviation related decision.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926528617816553064.post-56583998267627163952013-02-18T21:00:30.172-07:002013-02-18T21:00:30.172-07:00Sad to see nice planes get crunched. Almost bought...Sad to see nice planes get crunched. Almost bought a Navion once. There was one abandoned at an airfield near where I learned to fly. Could have got it cheap by the A&P where I trained talked me out of it since it had no logbooks and it's history was a mystery. Add the fact that it had been sitting for a couple of years and it was more of a project than I needed.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.com