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Navy Jet eBayed - Some Assembly Required?
madmancarman writes "The world's only F/A-18 Hornet in private ownership, formerly a Navy Blue Angel Jet, is for sale on eBay. The initial asking price? $1 million unassembled, or $9 million assembled and certified airworthy 'with your choice of paint' - more info is available via a Yahoo News story. I wonder how much it would cost to fully arm it? The same person selling the F/A-18 is also selling a 1950's T-33, and claims they'll soon be auctioning off an F-16 and a Mig-29 as well. Build your own air force for fun and profit!"
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apparently the FBI knocked on his door to see where he got it...
cool! i can fulfill all my 'top gun' fantasies in one fell swoop!
if i can only find my own cybill shepard...arghh.
but that would require me to give up slashdot!
I'll park it right in between the Bentley and the "In your dreams..."
"I wonder how much it would cost to fully arm it?"
I would guess it would cost about 5 years in camp X-ray.
...So they can give it to the guy that turned in all the pepsi points for the Harrier Jet.
Of course a Hornet is not quite a Harrier, but I dont think the guy will care.
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Everybody has a Mig-29 these days.
I wonder if they include a free tank of gas with the purchase....
That would be F-16 Fighting Falcon. Of course, this is Slashdot and it wouldn't surprise me if they mistakenly called it an F-16 Elbow.
I like big butts and I cannot lie.
yeah.. it looks like cmdrtaco just got bought out by ebay ;)
I think I'll buy it... It's time the war against the RIAA, SCO, and Microsoft became more than just a metaphor! Warn Redmond air traffic control to expect me soon...
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Gooooooooooooose!
"So unless you're ex-military, you'd have yourself a $9 million lawn ornament." I would love to have a F/A-18 sitting out on my lawn. In the fall I could use the afterburners to clear all the leaves from my yard. In the winter they could melt the snow on my driveway. I haven't thought of a use for spring and summer yet...
someone named fashionpillows. Go figure.
Oh I see. Its like trading in the corvette, for a station wagon or in this case, trading in the jet fighter for the family cessna.
If we can't get a LOA to fly it, can we drive it on the roads? The engines would certainly discourage tailgating
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For a million bucks this better get good reception.
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I'm calling it an investment. I figure when the *IAA sees my hard drive it'll be cheaper to have a kitted up fighter jet to deal with the problem than it would be to pay what they ask.
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It's a plane ... what are they going to do, send out an F117A and shoot you down?
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Come to think of it, they would, wouldn't they? Nevermind. Just buy the island and get out of the damned country.
You buy it to go with this!
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You, know, I wasn't thinking of bidding on it until I saw your post. But I thought about it and maybe we can do the usual tech support thing. You know: you swing by and help me put it together. I'll provide the pizza and beer.
So, are you busy next weekend or not?
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it could possibly cost LESS for a private citizen.
I was able to buy a toilet seat for ten bucks instead of six grand.
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How does a trip to Guantanamo Bay sound?
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So unless you're ex-military, you'd have yourself a $9 million lawn ornament.
I think my next-door neighbor is hiding WMD (or so my intelligence indicates) so this fighter might be just the thing for this imminent threat.
It's simple: I demand prosecution for torture.
Most commercial planes have a 20,000 operating hour overhaul schedule.
When was the last time your Delta pilot did a barrel roll?
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
Sigh. I suspect this is the same source of confusion that leads people to believe mobile phone masts will turn them into mutants, or whatever.
darn it! are you saying that hugging this mobile phone mast won't give me super powers?
"Last I remember he never been ex-military."
Yeah... in Xenu's army maybe.
But no army that exists on earth. Of course, he's so other-worldly that he's frigtening. Maybe even beyond frightening. Hyper-frightening.
it has wings :)
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is, as an auto tinkerer that's been burned on this issue numerous times..
What's a GASKET SET for this puppy go for??
You'll need one in order to assemble it, yes?
I'm betting *well* in excess of $1E6.
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They might be looking at this as a business investment - can you imagine the commercial possibilites for supersonic cropdusting? You don't make much on each field, but the volume...
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Don't worry, now Concorde's gone the US govt. will miraculously repeal that particular edict just in time for Boeing to introduce a supersonic airliner.
Betcha.
That was classic intercourse!
Does anyone know if standard concrete blocks will hold this puppy up?
Cept of course if they take you out while its sitting up on cinder block in the backyard.
I would hate for some wack-job with money to get a hold of one of these, ...
Too late - he's already got 'em. And I don't think you should be calling the President of the USA a "wack-job".
It's simple: I demand prosecution for torture.
When was the last time your Delta pilot did a barrel roll?
December 26, 2002.
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But seriously, what would such a special reason be? Airshows?
If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
Good luck flying it back :D
I can see the US air authorities having no problems with a MiG-29 just popping up on the radar coming towards them
I would imagine that most wack-jobs would choose to save about $8,990,000 by mounting their black market arms on the back of a pickup truck instead of on this jet.
The Thunderbirds don't actually exist in real life, man.
That was classic intercourse!
I can think of one, but I reckon he got his flight status revoked in 1972 due to being AWOL.
Does that mean that I can finally have a flying Goatse?
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What, and proceed to fly from NY to LA via the North Pole or the tip of South America?
I think his current millitary rank might override that.
..if this person knows something. They are suddenly selling a number of jet aircraft and at rock bottom prices. I'd better go and check if Martha Stewart sold her jets today. Might be time to get rid of the Veritech.
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How do they deliver it?
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Airborne Express?
What part of "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand?
Ummm... no... It can also carry sidewinders, they jsut never do... how often have we used them against any credible military? How many Iraqi planes got off the ground 5?
I'll keep my eye on the auction.
have you worked on Lot 6? will you work for free if this develops into a RIAA strike mission? I'm sure the employer will want to know...
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I guess you didn't check the link, did you?
If you had, you would have seen that Bin-Laden is one of the bidders!
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Dude, he flew a Stealth Bomber in Broken Arrow. And I'm sure they kicked him out after stealing the nukes. Hence, ex-military.
Hey, who needs an island? With this you can just sail into international waters AND have a massive pontoon-boat party while you fly your aeroplane.
Also, if you were gonna try and export the plane, what could anyone do? Just fill the gas tank up, punch the throttle and fly to eastern Siberia or somewhere. It's not like the FAA will send up fighters to chase you down. I remember hearing something about how slow they are at doing that.
I hope someone in the confederate air force buys it for the ghost squadron.
I have to wonder what this fellow is into that is the current high bidder.
According to his feedback he purchased a 19" roulette wheel, later 2 microsoft t-shirts, a microsoft training guide, then microsoft small business server, and finally a 1979 Porche. He's now bidding on a 1-million dollar aircraft.
It just makes me wonder what this fellow is up to... and if I should be doing it too!
It's neat to see whom actually bids on these things. Checking out the comments on the high bidder:
Perfect Transaction, Fast payment, True Gentleman, Please enjoy your PORSCHEAAA+
and another less happy:
only 1 bid & insisted that I sell him a MichaelJordan/ XP Bus Server SW for 9.99
$gt; A winning bid is a winning bid; my friend! Period! ! ! Now ship my product!!!
Quite amusing... these people live in a different world than I. Enjoy your PORSCHEAAA+ indeed
As far as I know, Larry Ellison never got permission to buy that Russian MiG 29. Maybe, he can plunk down some of his pocket change for the F/A-18. I believe that given the state of the economy and of affairs in the world, one should strive to buy domestic instead of foreign. However, it seems as if he may have had an easier time getting a license to fly the MiG than the Hornet. If he can't fly it, maybe he can have a mast attached and sail it in America's Cup competition.
Everything to assemble we have.
Maybe it crash-landed in Dagobah.
"Hey, Andy, what the hell you got there?"
Signal corps actually. So their speeds shold be measured in BAUD :)