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 Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:49 pm Post subject: Fwd: B-1 Bomber For Sale |
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[quote]From: b17b25pilot <b17b25pilot(at)bellsouth.net (b17b25pilot(at)bellsouth.net)>
Date: October 15, 2014 at 10:23:28 PM EDT
To: "b17b25pilot(at)bellsouth.net (b17b25pilot(at)bellsouth.net)" <b17b25pilot(at)bellsouth.net (b17b25pilot(at)bellsouth.net)>
Subject: B-1 Bomber For Sale
Reply-To: b17b25pilot <b17b25pilot(at)bellsouth.net (b17b25pilot(at)bellsouth.net)>
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[b]B-1 Bomber For Sale (Visa, Master charge accepted)
A B 1 bomber was in here ( Billings , MT ) doing practice approaches and
touch and go’s. On one of the landings the pilot lands long and in
attempting to stop, sets his brakes on fire. He taxis in, and the airport parks him
on a taxiway and then puts cones around him until parts and mechanics can
be brought in from Ellsworth AFB the next day.
The next day is a Saturday, which doesn't have much going on, so we get to
laughing in the tower that maybe somebody should hang a For Sale sign on
the plane. We convince one of our guys who's well known for doing things
like this that it would be a good idea.
So he takes off for the hardware store to buy a For Sale sign. On the way
back he stops at a car dealer and gets one of those "As is/No Warranty"
signs that hang in all used cars. On that sign was written something like low
miles, new engines, needs brakes and tires. Those signs were taped
together, and off goes our hero.
He climbs over the fence, leaving some skin on the barbed wire, and makes
his way the 1000 feet or so to the aircraft. As he's doing that, we see a
couple of airport vehicles starting to gather with the recently arrived
mechanics as well as the plane's crew. Not looking good for our intrepid
airplane salesman. He gets to the nose wheel and tapes the sign to the nose
strut.
Then he starts to make his way back from the plane as the vehicles start
to head out from the shop on the way to the bomber. Somehow he makes it
without being seen.
The vehicles arrive at the plane, and of course notice the sign right
away. The Air Force guys are in stitches, funniest thing they've seen in a long
time. Airport guys are not sure what to think. Airport management is livid
as they've been tasked with security.
Pretty soon a camera appears and all the Air Force guys are taking
pictures of each other by the sign.
Our hero is back in the tower now, and notices the bomber's commander is
talking on a cell phone. Our guy gets on the radio to the airport truck and
asks for that guy's phone number.
As soon as he finishes that call, our guy calls the aircraft commander.
When he answers, our guy says "I'm calling about the plane you have for
sale." Aircraft commander about falls over from the laughter.
It just so happened that the chief photographer for our local newspaper is
a pilot and he may have been called prior to the sign being placed. He was
told to get up here with a big lens. Here's one of the pics he got:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3315809933_35fa96d641_o.jpg
An article showed on the front page of the Sunday paper. When that came
out, the Colonel running Ellsworth called the airport director and read him
the riot act, wondering what kind of dog and pony show he was running up
there. We were later informed by the crew that the sign was framed and is now
permanently mounted inside the aircraft. Hard to that kind of sense of
humor and have that much fun anymore.
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