Scored big in Reno

[Paughco]

As you guys may already know, I rode my motorcycle down to the Reno Air Races. I had a total blast. I stayed with my sister, which meant that I saved a TON on motel bux. My sister and I went out with a friend from the I-BMW forum, Mike, and his SO, Jennifer, to Louis' Basque Corner for dinner. I must have had one too many of those famous Picon Punches, because I decided to take a chance at a local casino. I don't know what it was, but somehow I ended up with a humongous pile of money! I went out of there with about $175,000! That was great, because while walking around the pits on Sunday afternoon after all the action, I'd met this guy at the Races who was selling a really nice Beech V35B for $125,000! It has the big engine, decent avionics and autopilot, tip tanks, and best of all, an unusual paint job: black with red trim.

Here I am in the pits:


Here is the airplane:


I'm going to get a ride down there in a DC-3 Airways C-47, then fly her back home to Arlington Airport. Better start reading the manual!

Seeya
ATB

[alehead]

Can't see your images...

A

[Paughco]

Can't see your images...

A

Ale: Sorry about that, man. I checked it on my computer and it looked great. I logged off and the pictures were still there. Then, I went upstairs and checked with my wife's iMac. NO freakin' pictures! OK, I edited my post by trying again with Google Photos. It works now on my wife computer. I think it works now. Thanks for the heads up.

Seeya
ATB

[patful]

How'd you talk the guy down from $125,000 to $79.99?

[Corsair015]

Ha, awesome! I wish I had come up with a storyline like that for my bonanza!

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[Jacques]

How'd you talk the guy down from $125,000 to $79.99?

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[Paughco]

I made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Motorcycle deals are customarily done with hunnert dollar bills, .45 automatics, and tequila. This was something like that. Actually it went very smoothly. The post-deal tequila, that is. Also, I ended up with a different airplane, N41G:



Seeya
ATB