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Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:30 am
Can someone please confirm the current base of Gnat XP514/N7HY, in Red Arrows colours?
Judging by the owner I would guess Chino with his T-28 N171BA, but it was at Palm Beach Florida from 2007-2008 at least.
Thanks,
Andy Marden
Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:34 pm
Andy, I recall seing it in its hangar at Chino last week.
Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:13 am
BDK,
Thanks for the confirmation,
Andy
Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:44 am
That Gnat belongs to Tony Ostermaier. He flies that plane w/ Skip Holm frequently. Tony was a member of the Mustang Pilot's Club back in the 60's and 70's along w/ my father Bob Guilford. Tony flew a P-51 over to Germany from SoCal around 1978.
That T-28 is the infamous Bob Hoover T-28 special !!!
I got to fly w/ Tony in that Gnat. That was one of my wildest and most memorable flights, second only to riding w/ Dale Clark in his old Sea Fury Nuthin' Special. My father was never really a hot-dogger...but those guys were !!!
Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:56 pm
I rode with Dale in his Sea Fury a couple of times as well. He had to put some hours in it before he would be qualified to fly it at Reno. Even back then, as a college student, paying for the gas was a large chunk of my "textbook money."
Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:41 pm
Dale was a good guy. I'm sure your textbook money was well spent on another type of learnin'.....
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