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http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-f ... nd-Go.html

This dude is awesome.
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Yes very interesting guy. I'm curious if any avcanadians have had there airplane disappear will sleeping in the hotel. :lol:
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I've actually done a job for this guy and he is larger than life. Stories of his crew being thrown in jail and sending food from the Hilton to their cell otherwise they don't get fed, engineers making quick work of a 777 fuselage by drilling over 20,000 holes in it (he flew it anyways) and having no less than a loaded shotgun pointed in his face. This by the way was all told while flying in his private challenger, eating then biggest beef sandwich I've ever seen from his favorite restaurant in Chicago while the discovery channel filmed it. If only a small glimpse it was still unreal to see it.
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was the beef sandwich from Manny's?

I hope so!
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Yeah it actually was! Maybe I use the word epic too much but thats exactly what that sandwich was. I wonder if they deliver to south east Asia...?
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Wow! It is actually really cool to see someone making money in aviation! I bet this guy would be a hoot to sit in the bar with and tell flying stories!
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haha hey that was cool..fantastic really interesting...
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2-part special on Discovery Channel called "Airplane Repo" about this guy and his business:

http://www.discoverychannel.ca/Article.aspx?aid=33213
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Darn: from the thread title I thought it was going to be about my hero, Squadron Leader Lord Flasheart...
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sidestick stirrer wrote:Darn: from the thread title I thought it was going to be about my hero, Squadron Leader Lord Flasheart...
I thought I was going to see my picture.
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niss wrote:
sidestick stirrer wrote:Darn: from the thread title I thought it was going to be about my hero, Squadron Leader Lord Flasheart...
I thought I was going to see my picture.
Ditto...God I miss aviation!
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sidestick stirrer wrote:Darn: from the thread title I thought it was going to be about my hero, Squadron Leader Lord Flasheart...
WOOF WOOF



Don't forget Ace Rimmer though

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