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Dan Newcomb
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Yesterday was a banner day for the world's only PBJ-1J “Semper Fi”. The electrical is complete. Engines were started and ran perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUngW0-dM1o

We will fly the first part of 2016.

It was the first time she ran engines since 1993. Stay tuned!!!!

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Great news!! :drink3:

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:supz: fantastic :drinkers:

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How satisfying was that? 8)

Congrats on this huge milestone :drink3:

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Fantastic!

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Absolutely awesome news for Christmas. Massive congrats to everyone involved!

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