Privately owned Scooter

KevinJarvis · Post by **KevinJarvis** » 06 Apr 2009, 19:12

A friend of mine works at a small civilian airfield which I will not disclose...b/c he asked me not too.

He sees this kind of stuff all the time.

Just thought you guys might enjoy this.

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2814270 ... 2791ynubFL

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2030089 ... 2791okWxmn

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2395227 ... 2791PGTdSn

Post by **Firebird** » 06 Apr 2009, 19:33

Why the secrecy? Are they not supposed to be flying it?

KevinJarvis · Post by **KevinJarvis** » 06 Apr 2009, 21:30

Nahh...he told me that some of the owners don't like pix spread around. But we're far enough away that they shouldn't see them.

I will say it's a small airport in the midwest.

Ford Friendly · Post by **Ford Friendly** » 07 Apr 2009, 00:34

If ya'll remember, I posted a link to an A-4 being sold as a restoration project on ebay a little while back. Shrug: Sometimes owners have "weird" senses of what's what if you ask me.

((My 2nd cousin, a WW2 B-24 pilot, maintained and flew a restored ME-108 (not a 109) for a number of years out of KNEW. He was both protective of it and liked to show it off --- somewhat contradictory impulses. As it was painted in a "traditional" Luftwaffe scheme, I guess the swastikas may have been the cause of some of the mixed reception he got from people who saw it and, therefore, his weirdness about it.))

Victory103 · Post by **Victory103** » 07 Apr 2009, 05:16

I know of several former Scooter drivers that would love to just see something like this in person. The ebay listing had a good following on another Naval Aviation site that I am on. Not sure what the big deal is, ATAC flys several.