Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:46 am
That first pic warms my heart on such a cold January day (3° here in chicago)... so thanks Jim! 
Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:21 am
warbird1 wrote:James, why do you call it a "Learstang"? There's only been one "Learstang" that I'm aware of - Vendetta/Miss Ashley II, which had P-51 parts, combined with a Lear jet wing.
Vendetta and Miss Ashley II were two seperate airplanes, therefore there have been two Learstangs.
Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:13 pm
mustanglover wrote:warbird1 wrote:James, why do you call it a "Learstang"? There's only been one "Learstang" that I'm aware of - Vendetta/Miss Ashley II, which had P-51 parts, combined with a Lear jet wing.
Vendetta and Miss Ashley II were two seperate airplanes, therefore there have been two Learstangs.
Yes, if you want to get technical about it. Major portions of Vendetta were used in the making of MA II, hence the "/" in between the names.
Dang, you're a North American anorak!
Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:14 pm
warbird1 wrote:mustanglover wrote:warbird1 wrote:James, why do you call it a "Learstang"? There's only been one "Learstang" that I'm aware of - Vendetta/Miss Ashley II, which had P-51 parts, combined with a Lear jet wing.
Vendetta and Miss Ashley II were two seperate airplanes, therefore there have been two Learstangs.
Yes, if you want to get technical about it. Major portions of Vendetta were used in the making of MA II, hence the "/" in between the names.
Dang, you're a North American anorak!
Technically true.
But Vendetta was a P-51 before the lear wing and after returned to being a normal P-51.
MA II got the wing and tail surfaces and built a new fuselage, etc.
So technically they are two different airplanes.
Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:23 pm
mustanglover wrote:warbird1 wrote:mustanglover wrote:warbird1 wrote:James, why do you call it a "Learstang"? There's only been one "Learstang" that I'm aware of - Vendetta/Miss Ashley II, which had P-51 parts, combined with a Lear jet wing.
Vendetta and Miss Ashley II were two seperate airplanes, therefore there have been two Learstangs.
Yes, if you want to get technical about it. Major portions of Vendetta were used in the making of MA II, hence the "/" in between the names.
Dang, you're a North American anorak!
Technically true.
But Vendetta was a P-51 before the lear wing and after returned to being a normal P-51.
MA II got the wing and tail surfaces and built a new fuselage, etc.
So technically they are two different airplanes.
O.K. fine!
Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:37 pm
warbird1 wrote:mustanglover wrote:....
So technically they are two different airplanes.
O.K. fine!
Etc, etc.
[Fawlty Towers]Don't menton the war.[/Fawlty Towers]
Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:17 pm
Elder Herr: Will you stop talking about the war?!
Basil: Me! You started it!
Elder Herr: We did not start it!
Basil: Yes you did — you invaded Poland.
Basil: Me! You started it!
Elder Herr: We did not start it!
Basil: Yes you did — you invaded Poland.