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    US Airways 1549 for sale

    YES you too can own 1549. Click on the link if you are interested
    http://www.aigaviation.com/aviationsalv ... ano=N106US



    Seriously....Moose Called this one!!!
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    Nice find Fred. Preparing a bid now! I'm sure my landlord won't mind if I store it out front.

    Note: the link might crash your browser. The page contains 20 full size 1MB+ images.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    I can't see an aviaiton outfit making much use of it.


    What I am expecting is a NY tour operator to snatch it up, fit the undercarriage with amphibious equipment and start up doing NYC Hudson DUCK tours...
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    They should have just written it off. Unless some museum wants to put it up as is for a miracle on the hudson display I doubt it will ever fly again. Way to expensive to fix up for anything. mirrode thats going to cost alot as well. They would have to scrap the entire underbelly, close up the holes and fit engines on it. Its either museum piece as is or soda cans.

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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    Quote Originally Posted by NLovis
    They should have just written it off. Unless some museum wants to put it up as is for a miracle on the hudson display I doubt it will ever fly again. Way to expensive to fix up for anything.
    It was written off. The insurance company is selling it.

    Best place for it: The Intrepid. Hoping they pick it up.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    Quote Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
    Quote Originally Posted by NLovis
    They should have just written it off. Unless some museum wants to put it up as is for a miracle on the hudson display I doubt it will ever fly again. Way to expensive to fix up for anything.
    It was written off. The insurance company is selling it.

    Best place for it: The Intrepid. Hoping they pick it up.
    Ah. Guess the insurance company just wants to make a buck.

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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    It's actually SOP. That's the whole point of it.
    Email me anytime at [email protected].

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    Quote Originally Posted by NLovis

    Ah. Guess the insurance company just wants to make a buck.
    Why not, Hollywood may pick it up :borat:
    The problem with socialism is that you eventually,
    run out of other people’s money.
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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    Don't think the Intrepid has enough space for both an A320 and an orbiter. I prefer the orbiter, personally.

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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    Take off the nose and put that in the intrepid...who cares about the rest of the aircraft! You will never be able to make money off of an entire hangar of a crashed plane that big....
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    It just occurred to me that such an attraction could have a simulation of the crash playing in the cockpit windows, like a first-person view of the flared nose hitting the water.

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    Re: US Airways 1549 for sale

    Quote Originally Posted by NLovis
    Ah. Guess the insurance company just wants to make a buck.
    As opposed to being a business not wanting to make money?

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    Who doesn't like extra cash?

    I wonder how much the final bid was for and who placed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Derf
    Take off the nose and put that in the intrepid...who cares about the rest of the aircraft! You will never be able to make money off of an entire hangar of a crashed plane that big....
    I think that would be a great addition to the intrepid!

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    I'd pick it up and make a hostel out of it. It'd pay for itself.

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