for airplane lovers

[rangerreece]

Lew,
That's scary that you were able to pull that info up.

[lmo1131]

Yeah, it is, isn't it. And all it took was "Fouga" and "San Luis Obispo" to get it. I drove by the hangar this afternoon after work; it wasn't there.

That old 880 is almost a "regional" jet by today's standards.

[Lee]

This last summer on our Circle Tour of Lake Superior we spent two nights at the old K.I. Sawyer base south of Marquette Michigan.
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This Russian cargo jet has been stranded there for 7 years or so.
Here's one article I found that was written a few months after it landed.
https://www.wired.com/2009/09/soviet...t-an-ilyushin/

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We bumped into a group of Harley riders that afternoon and they told us the old base was a cheap place to stay. $75 for a 3 bedroom townhouse with garage. http://www.macasu.com/tower-vacation-homes/

[Rinty]

This Russian cargo jet has been stranded there for 7 years or so.
Here's one article I found that was written a few months after it landed.
https://www.wired.com/2009/09/soviet...t-an-ilyushin/

The owner, Tactical Air Defence Services Inc., is no doubt now defunct, and the County of Marquette stuck with a horrendous disposal bill.

Good story, Lee

[topsarge]

Not to clutter up the pretty airplane pictures but...
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Sky Skooters... Hooah!

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[therobbstory]

How can you tell there's a pilot in the thread?


Just wait five minutes. He'll tell you.


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by Robb Hohmann, on Flickr

[GSteve]

[therobbstory]

Now yer talkin'

[Lee]

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