If we did, they'd be precast tip-ups. Hardly the same.
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Thunderbird Club
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Gots to be the most graceful airliner ever. There's one here in FL at Kermit Weeks' "Fantasy of Flight". Also, fwiw, a Sunderland-flyable.(Not the most graceful)
We were driving I-4 by there one day and I looked up at this fairly small biplane of a type I'd never seen IRL and I said to my 'bitter half' "that's a Bucker Jungmeister". Googled it later. Yup! Kermit likes to fly them whenever he can. He has a few 'ride-along' videos on YT.
Gaolee
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Had to look up what a Sunderland was. Nope, not graceful.
...and now something completely different...
Thunderbirds with straps on.
Show em if ya got em!
Thunderbirds with straps on.
Show em if ya got em!
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Ya gotta have a bra that matches your Thunderbird.....
Never saw them live so can’t comment in that. But the moniker was attached to Skynyrd, and they certainly worked hard.
No, but it'll float longer than a Connie.
If ya look up the satellite view of his/their facility, you'll see they have a nice, wide grass strip right next to a lake that's big enuff for the Sunderland or the Mars-and any of his other seaplanes-to land(water?)and take off.
Also, if you google him, you'll see some pics of destroyed hangars. Those shots are from when they were located south of Miami-the results of hurricane Andrew.
My 3 epi-birds round out my 5 Gibsons. A Korean burst (with dual sb-4s) and a silver-burst that have swapped out scratch plates. Not sure I like it; I may just switch them back. The white one is a $85 goth that was really, really beat up. Some bondo and appliance paint plus sb-4 pups. That white one sounds extra good for some reasons unknown. One time I had a beach gig, surf was up, salt in the air. Took that white one and it was sweet.
Hmm. How's about a brushed aluminum PG for the silverburst? Just sayin'.
The PG on my 67 NR was custom made by Pickguardian(no affiliation). He has a lot of available colors. to match/contrast with almost any finish.
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maybe in your neck of the woods...growing up in southern FLA where the most listened bands were Skynyrd, Outlaws, Blackfoot, Hachet, Marshall Tucker, Allman Bros, etc... Aerosmith, were the ones that carried the American Rolling Stones banner....they were also viewed as a Yankee band which of course they were..
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Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
This reminds me - I need to put tapes on the '15 and see how that works.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Sometimes mutts are the best dogs, too. Don't mess with magic. Just enjoy it when it happens.
My left hand is killing me this week. I can’t even close it.
Not looking forward to the day when physical issues force me to stop playing.
I regret to say i've left the Thunderbird club. Traded my bird for an Allen Woody yesterday.
There will still always be a place in my heart for those sexy beasts.
There will still always be a place in my heart for those sexy beasts.
Chapman Stick. That's my plan B.My left hand is killing me this week. I can’t even close it.
Not looking forward to the day when physical issues force me to stop playing.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
You can always stop in for a bit. Chances are we will be here. Besides, no Thunderbird is a temporary condition, as I discovered. Once you have been chosen, you will come back to them eventually.
