I walked into van bortels hangar by mistake once when looking for the planepower office. Lots of bondo being slathered onto airframes. If you want to spend too much buy a plane from them.
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American lost one in Jamaica bay ny due to Dutch roll. My dad was a investigator with the CAB (civil aeronautics board) and I remember when he got the call.
Spent 20 years in Dallas working for the airlines. Got out as soon as I retired. All the drawbacks of LA, traffic, etc without the ocean or any culture. Houston the same with rain at 6 pm every day and the gulf is nasty up there.
If my neighbor lights more off his unused ones will be safely shoved up his but by me.
Guy moved in last month and the first weekend he’s lighting off bombs at midnight scaring my dogs. Illegal to light them off in my county but legal to buy. Of course it’s Florida so that makes sense to someone.