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Just got this e-mail and pictures yesterday.........

Set sail last Tuesday.. Loaded on vessel after 5 lifts over fences and curbs, and then onto ship, with no injuries. Will be posting pictures on the "Red" Web Page this afternoon......

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I hope she has a safe "float" across the pond.

She will look fantastic with the Alps as a background...


Edit: I know RedBull prefers to shy away from the military aspect of their planes... but I would just love to see some pre-war US insignia on those wings... it would just match so well. :?

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So sad to see her go...I know she will be well taken care of...but...


She looks marvelous! Congrats to the folks in Breckenridge!

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Looks like she is way up in the bow....that can be a rough place to ride....Been there...Done that! :vom:
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Here's how they did it "Old School"!

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Is that a Pair of ducks or a Paradox!?!
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Great photo..some ingenuity at work there...
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Holedigger wrote:
Is that a Pair of ducks or a Paradox!?!


:lol: :lol:

that is a great photo.

I too am sad to see her go. But she's going to a good home.

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Really makes me wonder just what is going on? Any further info? Perhaps delivered by carrier, dropped over the side onto the "contraption" to go ashore? Or a recovery? It has got to be close to or over the weight limit of those ducks combined, not a lot of freeboard there! Would make a great diorama!!!
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More pictures of the Red Bull P-38 move here.........

http://www.ezellaviation.com/page43.html

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She looks well tied down, just hope everything else around her is well strapped as well! Are the wingtips removed for clearance?
Hope she has a safe, uneventful voyage. No Somali Pirates!!!
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I just got a sickly feeling that the nose and tail sections are not gonna look that great on arrival at destination.

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Any information about the destination harbour ?

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It almost looks like a model sitting their in the ship's hold!

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I hope she has an easy crossing. I was looking at the nose and tail feathers clearance maybe 18" to 24" at the most. Those nylon tie-downs are tough. They hold my Camaro on a bounching trailer when I go to the dragstrip. Maybe she'll be back. Who knows, with all the financial crap flying around right now maybe someone over here will make a good buy on her later this year or next. Keep the faith.
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