Looks like Ebay too the auction down. Damn killjoys!
I think the MiG is still offered, as the BBC site was talking about it this morning:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3495499.stm
or have they got to that one, too?
Apparently the FBI got fretty over the Blue Angel jet, and made eBay pull the auction.
Bah! I have a former music student who adores me – and he now works for …the FBI…
We’ll get your pair of planes for you yet, paulie!
And fair enough, I’ll take an Arsenal-MiG! I can park it next to the sheeps’ barn, and if there isn’t enough room now, there will be after a fly-by, or two, I think. With precision strafing, I may not have to call my shearer this year, either.
But, paulie, I couldn’t have you making jenny sad – not to mention that my partner has been a bit bemused by all of these proceedings – but I have 5 acres, so we could all live in a nice big happy house, with a garden, picket fence, and 2 jet fighters in the drive. That, sir, is the American dream.
sounds good to me. could we get some Tanks too, then we could have a big happy family in a surface to air type of combat.
Tank Football!
Bit of a stretch to go from being a music student to the FBI isn’t it?
Oh, he didn’t go straight from me into the FBI – he worked for a funeral home for a while, first.
The only difficulty with tanks back in here is it’s been a terribly wet winter, and the road to my house is unpaved – very muddy. I think the tanks might get mired down. I’m not sure. Could they be airlifted by helicopter? There’s plenty of room to make a helicopter landing pad.
There is also a 30 acre lake on my property, so keep an eye out if the USN or Royal Navy (preferred) are having a carboot sale, etc. I’m fairly sure I could get an aircraft carrier back there, and that would be an alternative spot to park the planes, plus I think it would take care of the snake problem in the reeds. At the moment it would be pretty much landlocked, as the lake is fed by a very small stream, but I don’t think that would be much of a problem for very long.
Full-impact footy! I must insist that nice referee, Mr Colina, be on permanent loan.
PS – Can my MiG have the old Arsenal crest, with ye olde English lettering, etc? The new one is icky and bland…
Why don’t we just start our own country? you seem to own most of America anyway from the sound of it. We wouldnt have much of a problem defending it, with tanks, migs, F18s and an aircraft carrier to boot.
although halftracks or all terrain jeeps may be better if the grounds a bit wet. i’m not entirely sure you can carry Tanks with Helicopters, but i’m sure someone here knows if you can.
yes, you certainly can have the old school Arse logo, and Pierluigi Colina would also be my first choice as a ref, but i’d recommend he gets behind the wheel of some kind of armoured vehicle to ref out of, unless he wants his Hills have Eyes looking Ass creamed by my Tank in a tackle. 
Nah. No chopper in the world, not even a Chinook, can pick up tanks, houses, or Rosie O’Donnell.
Oh, yes, yes! I thought you’d never ask!
Can I rule in absentia as I prefer to be back in London, if that’s ok. (Don’t misunderstand; I like a lot of things about America. Real Philly cheesesteaks are top of the list, for example) Maybe like Persephone, I could spend 6 mos in each.
dutchboy208 ought to be the military intelligence person as he knows a lot about lifting things which is very important for tactics and strategy and things.
May I please have Highbury Park? Oh! And I want Andy Gray to call all the matches cos when he gets excited, he sounds as if his head is about to explode.
How the heck would you get trained to fly it even if you could afford it?
I’m guessing you would have to find an F-18 qualified and current pilot (military obviously) who holds a civilian CFI, and is willing to instruct you. Would that do it? I’m a CFI, and I have no idea.
Then the challenge would be to get an insurance company to cover you.
It’s amazing to note that quite a few older military aircraft can be bought fairly cheaply. There is a DeHavilland Vampire for sale at an airport near me, and I think they’re asking $70k. Of course, you’d get closer to half a million if you actually tried to fly the thing…
Last December I got to fly a MiG-15 and a T-33, which was an incredible experience. I envy the future owner of that Hornet big time.
Piffling details! The real question is, home colours, or away?
Hmmm…a fully armed MiG, and a balky insurance agent…hmmm…
Nevertheless, your practicality is admirable. There is room for you in the new regime.
Insurance? who cares about that? I want my goddamn football team comprised of military hardware!
As for flying it, all i’d have to do is ask my operater to download it into my head through the matrix or something.
we are living in the Matrix, aren’t we…?
And how come on the ebay thing that Jeff linked to, it costs about $1 million, but $9 million to get it assembled and painted? How much labours involved in putting a jetfighter together?! can’t be that hard, I put a hairdryer back together once.
Our new country will rock, ruled from across the sea by myself and Ms Boods . All dopers are welcome, except Ilsa_Lund, because he gets on my tits.
I wouldn’t put the Leeds Uts colours on it Paul, it would be guarenteed go go down then
Pay no attention, Paulie – with all this firepower, there is no reason why Leeds can’t finish second place every year, regardless of their numbers.
It costs $9 million to assemble, etc., to put all the stickers on; as I recall from my brothers building models, that’s a pretty tedious task…
And ALL are welcome in the new regime, cos it would be boring otherwise, now wouldn’t it. Be sweet, and you can have gelignite Crimble crackers – wouldn’t that be fun?