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Random Griz Aviation Musings
- Thread starter Griz882
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Not the same airplane.
This is true, in theory. In practice, most civilians see the sticker price and realize they can get a nice TBM or decent used jet AND an aerobatic light piston for the same money (roughly $11M in 2022 dollars). Or just a really nice vacation home.
Several civilian pilots have expressed interest though, including Patty Wagstaff at one point in time. She was even leasing an A at one point, flying on an experimental airworthiness certificate.
The closest to civilian ownership is Affinity, which operates the T-6Cs used by the RAF under military contract, to train British pilots. But they don’t really “own” the airplanes.
The T-6 is based off of a Pilatus design isn't it?
In theory, a lot of us could have bought Amazon stock in 1999.
In practice, we didn't.
Originally, yes. The original Beech Mk II was developed from the PC9 into the first iteration of the T-6, which won the JPATS contract. Since then, the airplane has been on a 25ish year divergent path, and had a major redesign with new avionics, structural and aero changes.
skybert
Skybert
Yeah…well…I’m *not* at EAA this week because I have jury duty doing felony indictments…with my vintage -71 861 Speedmaster Moonwatch on a modern Omega polyamide NATO…and a Dunkin’ Box O’ Joe…
All I can say is.......................... "that's COSMIC"!
Wait... Mad Dog can't you get excused from jury duty since you were a sworn peace officer??
Walt6541
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I'm not Mad Dog, but most agency policies require you to appear for jury duty and serve if selected. I was held in pool once and challenged for cause and excused once. Most defense attorneys will challenge a cop as a matter of course citing implicit bias but ultimately it's usually up to the judge. It's very state and court dependent.
GroundPounder
Well-Known Member
What @Walt6541 said, with the addition that some jurisdictions will use the one pool for criminal and civil trials. The chances of getting on a criminal jury is slim, but not impossible.
I just tell the judge I’m in favor of the death penalty all the way down to parking violations. That seems to get me released from jury duty.