---------------------------------------------------------- Commander-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 05/07/04: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:30 AM - Re: GOOD TO FLY! (JBOBSTER@aol.com) 2. 10:34 AM - Re: Disturbing Commander Sighting (nico css) 3. 03:16 PM - Re: Disturbing Commander Sighting (Tom Fisher) 4. 10:45 PM - stick it in a cute blonde tonight! 15 (jan) 5. 10:53 PM - MOM'S DAY (YOURTCFG@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:30:59 AM PST US From: JBOBSTER@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: GOOD TO FLY! --> Commander-List message posted by: JBOBSTER@aol.com Scheme Designers gets my vote as well! Had my 182 painted last April with an existing scheme designers scheme ( got permission of the ownere and scheme designers, cost was minimal) and has Sunquest at Paine do the work. Yes, this still makes me a Commander wannabe....but my 182 will sell well when I finally step up! Jim Carroll Seattle ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:34:03 AM PST US From: "nico css" Subject: Re: Commander-List: Disturbing Commander Sighting --> Commander-List message posted by: "nico css" Man, that must've been some broad, huh? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Bow" Subject: Re: Commander-List: Disturbing Commander Sighting > --> Commander-List message posted by: "Bill Bow" > > Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned????? > > > bilbo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Subject: Commander-List: Disturbing Commander Sighting > > > > --> Commander-List message posted by: CloudCraft@aol.com > > > > First off, I want to congratulate Capt. JimBob on getting his 680 airborne > > again. > > > > You've been very resourceful in coming up with engines, etc., and I salute > > your dedication. > > > > I heard an extractor exhaust powered twin fly over my house a few days ago > > and paused to realize how rare that sound has become. Don't know if it > was a > > Commander or a Beech, just as when I hear radials I don't know what it is, > but > > I'm just happy to hear that sound. > > > > Now, on to what was supposed to be a happy look at living history that > turned > > out to be a tragedy: > > > > I was at Rockford, Illinois (KRFD) on Tuesday. Flew the Big Boss Man to a > > meeting with Rubloff Aviation on the North East corner of the field. To > my > > thrill I spotted an AC-520 next to (well, a helicopter was in between > them) a > > Douglas A-26. > > > > From a distance, it was a perfect picture. One of Ted Smith's projects at > > Douglas -- and his first production model Commander. The lineage was so > > apparent in the tail group ... don't know if any of you have seen an early > Commander > > next to an A-20 or A-26, but it's like looking at parents and child and > > seeing the resemblance. > > > > Anyway, I was shocked when I got up to N2636B. This is an AC-520, s/n > > 520-148. Both engines are off and the tires are flat. That's not > horrible in > > itself, but the copilot windshield is bashed in and there are 2" diameter, > > pentagon shaped holes punched in the vertical stabilizer and right side > aft > > fuselage. There are what look like hatchet gashes on the pilot's side. > > > > My first thought was that tornado blown debris hit the airplane, but the > > holes I mentioned were all to consistent in shape and size and were on the > side as > > well as the top of the aft fuselage. > > > > Someone has viciously harmed this Commander. Does anyone know the story? > > > > Wing Commander Gordon > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:16:02 PM PST US From: "Tom Fisher" Subject: Re: Commander-List: Disturbing Commander Sighting --> Commander-List message posted by: "Tom Fisher" I won't tell my ex. where I park my plane. Tom F. ----- Original Message ----- From: "nico css" Subject: Re: Commander-List: Disturbing Commander Sighting > --> Commander-List message posted by: "nico css" > > Man, that must've been some broad, huh? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Bow" > To: > Subject: Re: Commander-List: Disturbing Commander Sighting > > > > --> Commander-List message posted by: "Bill Bow" > > > > Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned????? > > > > > > bilbo > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Subject: Commander-List: Disturbing Commander Sighting > > > > > > > --> Commander-List message posted by: CloudCraft@aol.com > > > > > > First off, I want to congratulate Capt. JimBob on getting his 680 > airborne > > > again. > > > > > > You've been very resourceful in coming up with engines, etc., and I > salute > > > your dedication. > > > > > > I heard an extractor exhaust powered twin fly over my house a few days > ago > > > and paused to realize how rare that sound has become. Don't know if it > > was a > > > Commander or a Beech, just as when I hear radials I don't know what it > is, > > but > > > I'm just happy to hear that sound. > > > > > > Now, on to what was supposed to be a happy look at living history that > > turned > > > out to be a tragedy: > > > > > > I was at Rockford, Illinois (KRFD) on Tuesday. Flew the Big Boss Man to > a > > > meeting with Rubloff Aviation on the North East corner of the field. To > > my > > > thrill I spotted an AC-520 next to (well, a helicopter was in between > > them) a > > > Douglas A-26. > > > > > > From a distance, it was a perfect picture. One of Ted Smith's projects > at > > > Douglas -- and his first production model Commander. The lineage was > so > > > apparent in the tail group ... don't know if any of you have seen an > early > > Commander > > > next to an A-20 or A-26, but it's like looking at parents and child and > > > seeing the resemblance. > > > > > > Anyway, I was shocked when I got up to N2636B. This is an AC-520, s/n > > > 520-148. Both engines are off and the tires are flat. That's not > > horrible in > > > itself, but the copilot windshield is bashed in and there are 2" > diameter, > > > pentagon shaped holes punched in the vertical stabilizer and right side > > aft > > > fuselage. There are what look like hatchet gashes on the pilot's side. > > > > > > My first thought was that tornado blown debris hit the airplane, but the > > > holes I mentioned were all to consistent in shape and size and were on > the > > side as > > > well as the top of the aft fuselage. > > > > > > Someone has viciously harmed this Commander. Does anyone know the > story? > > > > > > Wing Commander Gordon > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:45:06 PM PST US From: "jan" Subject: Commander-List: stick it in a cute blonde tonight! 15 --> Commander-List message posted by: "jan" ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 10:53:06 PM PST US From: YOURTCFG@aol.com Subject: Commander-List: MOM'S DAY --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com HI KIDS. Anybody "Commandering" anyplace for Mother's Day?? Sue and I will be taking triple 2 to Idaho (S67) for a couple of days. Weather looks pretty good, should be a good trip. jb