First, take a $20 million ride to the space station! Then retire and do good things.

I think i would be able to run the ranch for another year or two lol o and Hunter would get his p-51 mustang, all it takes is money big dreams and the will to get it!!!!

MOOO MONEY MOOO MONEY MOOO MONEY!!!!!!!!

I know, and have flown, with three billionares (with a B) based out of Stellar Airpark in Tempe. Two of the three are actually damn good pilots. The third... His wife won't let him fly without a safety pilot. For good reason.

These guys have some of the coolest toys in the world, and if you're on their good list, you get to play once in a while. But there is a big reason why these guys have so much $$$$$$. They don't think like most folks. There's an ice cold gene in there somewhere, and they focus like no one else you'll ever see. Kinda scary.

Gump

If I had a billion dollars, guess I'd just keep on doin the same ol thing, flying Cubs, till it was all gone, then go back to T-Carts again.

OscarDeuce wrote:While I don't generally have much use for "celebrities" Ford actually flys search and rescue. I remember reading a while back that some lost hikers were surprised that the pilot who found them and picked them up was Ford.

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Do you think the dudes getting rescued started humming the Indiana Jones theme song as soon as they saw him? I would ......dun, da dun da"

Here you go. If I had the money to do so, I'd buy one of these and make it into an RV and have a ramp for a Yamaha TW200. That would be the ultimate STOL aircraft

Picture is from http://www.airliners.net

I'd revive Innodyn turbines so that I can put 250/300hp turbines in my Tundra and have unlimited Jet B! Then I'd hire a full time dude to build Tundras for my buddies so that I have friends with the same speed to come and ride along with me in the mountains...then when you flip one on a mountain top landing, you just jump into your buddies and fly back home and pick up the next one from the factory. Oh yeah, custom made fiber floats and 32" tires to Piss Off Mountain Matt and Akflyer!

I'd throw in some cash for the 150 fleet of trainers too...fantastic idea

BCT

I'd buy North Bend, Oregon airport and fire that stupid manager who started landing fees.

Pat, you are looking at the wrong Sikorsky..... You need one of these....



Amphibious and already has a loading ramp in the back......Could put a small car or a few 4 wheelers in there and still make a heck of a camper.....only problem is the 150 GPH fuel burn...
Of course, if you have the money....

Brian.

BTW...Carson helicopters had a bunch of these in a bone yard down in AZ so there are a few available to the civilian market.

Radial powered Otter for the lovely noise they make, then a turbine powered Otter for the performance they have. Oh ya, has to be on floats too. Then something modest on wheels so I can come join you guys at the annual fly-in. That's all I'd need really The rest I'd set up a foundation and donate to charity. Don't want no stinkin' billion.

I'd buy Carmel Valley airport http://www.vintageairfield.com/, reopen it and sell 100ll cheap out of a truck. Of all the strips we've lost close to home, this is the one I miss the most. It still could be rescued by someone with the $ and the inclination.

sample of turbine Otter - love the sound of the Garrett! WWWWHHHHHIIIINNNNNNEEEEEEEE

A local Concrete truck driver won the Idaho lottery a few years back. He was on TV and they asked him what he was going to do with the money. He said he was going to "fix up his truck"!

If you want a Helicamper just find one of these.

http://www.vertical-aviation.com/galler ... itemId=755

I would buy a variety of military and civilian a/c with a few helicoptors thrown in, hire mechanics to keep them maintained and instructors to keep them straight. Any veteran aviator could sign up for airtime and relive the days of their youth in the machines that made this country what it is.

OregonMaule wrote:

qmdv wrote:I would buy a 1959 180 and convert it to a nose wheel plane. Then I would joing the Skywagon Club and show up just to piss them off. As you may know, Super Dave converted at 182 to a tail wheel and they would not let him join their Skywagon Club.

Tim

I would rent a Palatus Porter, a Kodiak, a Beaver, and an Otter. I would hire all the getto rappers I could fit in those planes with big generators and sub woofers. Give em 10 pounds of crack, mac 10s, and a bottomless supply of Old English Malt liquor. And send them to all the 180-185 flyins.

After that summer I would ask the 180-185 group if they were interested in changing there club rules.

I'm so bad

LOL

I'd drill a well so I could irrigate and grow grass on my runway. Also I'd buy a 180 so I could haul the wife and kids to the backcountry.
I'd probably get some real good hair implants I kinda miss havin hair to comb but good hair not the kind that look like barbie doll hair.
maybe a helicopter... Alway wanted to have one so probably need a bigger hanger I guess with all the new stuff.... Also a mechanic to keep it all running and make all the modifications
Also get my wife some bigger boobs maybe a new truck..and a convertible.
Probably buy a cabin in alaska. Then I guess I'd need a float plane. I suppose then better build a hanger up there as well.... Probably need a jet for traveling back and forth when I was in a hurry. So probably need to pave my runway instead of grass so the jet didn't tear it up... Might need a assistant to help me manage it all..... Maybe some one with PI experience to keep an eye on my wife running around with her new big boobs while I'm in alaska getting the hanger built........wooh!,, getting tired just thinking of all the work involved .............. maybe Ill just get by with a dirt runway.....

would buy an 135 air taxi and fly till it was gone

I'd just sit here and post stupid stuff on BCP from a nicer computer, in a nicer chair, with a nicer wife, in a nicer house, with a nicer yard in a nicer country by the beach. Among other things.

Jaerl wrote:I'd just sit here and post stupid stuff on BCP from a nicer computer, in a nicer chair, with a nicer wife, in a nicer house, with a nicer yard in a nicer country by the beach. Among other things.

Better hope the wife don't see this

I'd buy a place someplace warm, with lots of sand and palm trees, build a runway, a big hangar, and hire people to come in and build every plane I wanted. Then I'd probably donate most of the leftovers. If there was any.