Originally Posted by
sailingfun
All were in a non flyable status.
Find a Vietnam era F4 pilot and hire him as a sub-contractor. "3,500 feet of steel matting and one engine will do, we can air start the other one on the climb out"
Locate Charlie Tutt & Bill Panke, insert a 12 pack of reasonable quality beer, find a lakeside, wait one hour and learn what is possible with a 50,000lb war machine in a serious state of disrepair :-)