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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Triton: [QB] Peregrinus wrote: [QUOTE]I hope when they're retired in another five years or so that I'll be able to somehow get my hands on a demilled surplus model. *sigh* [/QUOTE]It's a very nice dream to have. Although even if you could afford to purchase a decommisioned one, you would spend much more money on fuel and required maintenance. The internal fuel capacity is 2,385 gallons and on afterburner you would probably burn through this fuel in no time at all. Plus you would also have to have a trained mechanic or maintenance team to rebuild the two jet engines when its required and perform other required maintenance. Its probably much more reasonable to set your sights on a retired MiG, though its not as sexy, requires less fuel and is mechanically less complicated, meaning that if you were rich enough you probably could affort to maintain it. But then most civilian airfields wouldn't let you take off or land it because of noise complaints and municipalities would enact legislation restricting what hours you could fly it. :( [/QB][/QUOTE]
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