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Now that you have seen the video, I want to emphasize that ALL we did to make that happen was spray some penetrating oil on the release mechanism, spray some contact cleaner on a few switches, push in a circuit breaker, load dummy bombs on the pylons, flip the arming switches, and toggle the bombs. NO NEW WIRES, NO WEEKS OF RESTORATION, NO ENDLESS TROUBLE SHOOTING. AMAZING!!!!!!!!


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That is frickin' AWESOME!!!!!

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I second Al's reaction!

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Love this thread!!! Though it makes me sad as this was one of the 2 airplanes that give me the reason to play the lottery. I will keep trying tho, I got a Howard 500 to save!!!

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What a airshow that would be! Timed with pyro just right!? :twisted:

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Awesome video! I think that the fact that all that stuff still works says something about the rework job On Mark did with the birds.
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Hehe... I see some great videos coming once she's flying again. :)

I agree that there will need to be some well times pyro and some nicely made (and expendable) flour-filled foam shapes to be loosed on the proper locations. :)
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That Little Frail
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Warbird Kid wrote:
What a airshow that would be! Timed with pyro just right!? :twisted:

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We do have something of a pyrotechnic professional on the crew, actually...whaddaya say, Pat???

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Welcome to WIX Allie! :D

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: ) Why, Bill, how ever did you guess?

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Gee, I don't know, maybe because I remember taking the picture you have for an avatar? :lol:

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That Little Frail
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Aaaactually...Rebecca Rury took that picture. So.....what else you got?

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Haha. Welcome. Always nice to see some new faces in this nut house. :Hangman:

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