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"Spaceball-Two" (spaceball-two) 09/10/2016 at 17:46 • Filed to: None

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Took a ride up to Paul Allen’s personal toy box today. More pics to come.

Batman the Horse > Spaceball-Two 09/10/2016 at 18:00

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When I was a kid I went to the Pomona Air Museum in Pomona, California. They had a Messerchmitt 262! A jet fighter (bomber if you asked Hitler) from WWII how cool is that!? I went back as an adult and was sad to see the plane was gone. I asked where it went and they told me they had sold it. “To who?” I asked. “Well... we can’t specify who exactly, but let’s just say it is a very wealthy man from the Pacific Northwest.”

Curse you Paul Allen!!

Spaceball-Two > Batman the Horse 09/10/2016 at 18:04

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Yeah it's in the hanger next to the one I was in today. It rarely comes out. Also there is a group studying it because they're going to make modern reproductions.

slipperysallylikespenguins > Spaceball-Two 09/10/2016 at 18:07

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Oooooh, I’ve been meaning to make it up there one of these weekends.

Batman the Horse > Spaceball-Two 09/10/2016 at 18:12

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I remember they had a ladder next to it so my 12-year-old self was able to climb up and peer into the cockpit with all its nazi-era dials and labels. It feels like it’s straight out of an Indiana Jones movie. Around the same time I got to go to the Air & Space Museum in DC and I knew they had one but, of course, it was in storage. I was sad.

That is really REALLY fascinating that they are going to do repros and that the one I remember from my childhood is the basis of it. They look like sharks but, hilariously, were named the Swallow (which, in German, means both the bird and ‘to swoop down’).

Spaceball-Two > slipperysallylikespenguins 09/10/2016 at 18:18

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It’sa great facility with some really cool warbirds.

Spaceball-Two > Batman the Horse 09/10/2016 at 18:21

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They have a Sturmovick too. I'll get the rest of pics up soon.

Cé hé sin > Spaceball-Two 09/10/2016 at 18:22

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Haven’t these already been built, or is this a new run?

Here’s one:

Pic by Entity999 - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cu…

Cé hé sin > Spaceball-Two 09/10/2016 at 18:26

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They’ve become startlingly expensive and I don’t mean just the 109.

Batman the Horse > Spaceball-Two 09/10/2016 at 18:31

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God did I say Pomona? I meant Chino Hills. Sorry Chino Hills Air Museum!

Spaceball-Two > Cé hé sin 09/10/2016 at 18:45

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New run. Having trouble getting certification from FAA and EAA

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Batman the Horse 09/10/2016 at 21:45

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The NMUSAF in Dayton has one on permanent display.

Cé hé sin > Spaceball-Two 09/11/2016 at 05:27

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Oh, I was wondering what happened to the original project. The remains of their website are still here but otherwise all seems to have gone quiet.

Hot Takes Salesman > Batman the Horse 09/11/2016 at 11:02

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Swallow? Christ, they really shouldn’t have named a plane after my girlfriend

*ba-dum tissss*

Batman the Horse > Hot Takes Salesman 09/11/2016 at 12:59

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