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This was just posted on the Classic Airliners list...

http://www.buffaloairways.com/canso-sale.htm

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A WIX Commando? :wink:

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I like the sound of that. It has a certain ring to it. Say it with me now........

Wix Commando. :wink: :D

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WIX Commando, WIX Canso, wouldn't matter to me :)

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Michel Lemieux
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The problem is..........

That to retrofit an old Canso water bomber into a flying camper :roll: you need to remove all the water tanks and bombing equipment.

How may PBY's are out there available without all that equipment ?
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Hmmm $300,000 for one. I wish

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Probably to fit a Harley in a Commando as well :)

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one for each coast? oh, I get it, one for america's coast and one for the rest of us.
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grape smashing? nah you got the wrong one of my parent's boys here. I'm the one who runs the still. ( greg stomps the grapes, robert brews the beer and I run the still.)
marvelous arrangement for a family of publicans eh?

pity the family got out of the business before we could really get started like that eh?
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