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<blockquote data-quote="Fly-n-Low" data-source="post: 177328" data-attributes="member: 8167">Awesome Mr. Lewis, and thank you for your service! I worked at an FBO with a fellow that flew a Cobra in Nam. He had all kinds of stories to tell while we were in the belly of a Baron doing a spar mod AD which took at least a week... He talked about flying under bridges, cutting the antennas with rotor blades... flying well over the service altitude... And he said doing a loop happened way before people will admit.. LOL!!!Back to the FBO, being a Beech dealership, we ran a LOT of King Airs through the hanger. Was doing a dynamic prop balance, had the cart out there, etc... Goober in the pilot seat fell asleep... or who knows??? Any way on a run up, he released the brakes and.... Everyone ran and the prop ate the cart... Talk about a high $$$$ f**k up.. Engine, prop, etc.. And a PT6 is not cheap!!!Love the story of the muscle car in Germany!!! I have heard stories of American muscle giving them fits before. Funny though, my 72 911S (I call the &quot;go cart&quot;) gives fits over here. Fixing to repower. It has a 2.4 @ 220hp but tired... So I figure a 3.4 300hp will be better and in a 2,100 pound car should be a blast!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fly-n-Low, post: 177328, member: 8167"] Awesome Mr. Lewis, and [B]thank you for your service[/B]! I worked at an FBO with a fellow that flew a Cobra in Nam. He had all kinds of stories to tell while we were in the belly of a Baron doing a spar mod AD which took at least a week... He talked about flying under bridges, cutting the antennas with rotor blades... flying well over the service altitude... And he said doing a loop happened way before people will admit.. LOL!!! Back to the FBO, being a Beech dealership, we ran a LOT of King Airs through the hanger. Was doing a dynamic prop balance, had the cart out there, etc... Goober in the pilot seat fell asleep... or who knows??? Any way on a run up, he released the brakes and.... Everyone ran and the prop ate the cart... Talk about a high $$$$ f**k up.. Engine, prop, etc.. And a PT6 is not cheap!!! Love the story of the muscle car in Germany!!! I have heard stories of American muscle giving them fits before. Funny though, my 72 911S (I call the "go cart") gives fits over here. Fixing to repower. It has a 2.4 @ 220hp but tired... So I figure a 3.4 300hp will be better and in a 2,100 pound car should be a blast! [/QUOTE]

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