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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:51 pm 
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I saw a glimpse of a Silver Tigercat in the Ezell hanger on their Facebook page....Has Big Bossman or Here Kitty been repainted?

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:02 pm 
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It is likely this one?
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Was it La Patrona?

EDIT- Mike beat me to it! :drink3:


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Well...yeah there is that one...It did not compute this brain...DOH!

thanks guys! :oops:

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Was "Big Boss Man". Sad to see her get painted over.


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It would've been cool if it got a realistic scheme, spinners and a big yellow TEST legend on the nose instead of a velvet Elvis.


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cwmc wrote:
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It would've been cool if it got a realistic scheme, spinners and a big yellow TEST legend on the nose instead of a velvet Elvis.


Agreed, a big yellow "TEST" on the nose would definitely have been better. Even better than that would have been all yellow!

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At one time did Gary Flanders of Hangar 5 in Oakland have a Tigercat?

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At one time did Gary Flanders of Hangar 5 in Oakland have a Tigercat?


Yep, co-owned by Mike Bogue as I recall.


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At one time did Gary Flanders of Hangar 5 in Oakland have a Tigercat?


Yep, co-owned by Mike Bogue as I recall.


Is Gary Flanders still around? haven't heard his name mentioned in decades

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