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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 08/14/2018 at 10:13 • Filed to: gsa auctions, Planelopnik

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Need an old C-141A Starlifter to make that awesome playhouse for your kids? Or how about a C-8 Buffalo that’s been modified by adding four turbofans? Sadly, neither of those will ever be airworthy (legally), but you could have your pick of a handful of preowned Blackhawk helicopters (one per customer, please). Since they are still flyable, bidding for the Blackhawks starts at $1M apiece. But bidding on the Starlifter and the Buffalo starts at the low low low price of just $5,000. Bring a trailer.

C-141A

C-8 Buffalo Augmentor QSRA

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You can check out even more screaming good deals at the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! website, where they are selling just about anything imaginable at bargain basement prices.

H/T to f86sabre for the link

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:15

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facw > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:16

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You know, I’d love to have a NASA S tarlifter, but yeah, shipping is a killer on these deals.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:16

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A personal Blackhawk  would either be the most awesome or worst idea ever.

ttyymmnn > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 08/14/2018 at 10:19

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Yeah, I could see it going both ways, especially since I don’t know how to fly a helicopter.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:19

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When I was a kid (mid-80s) our favorite playground had a decommissioned and decontented Banshee that we played all over. The cockpit had been filled in with concrete.

A decade or so later, someone realized that the plane was a long-lost unicorn, a reconnaissance version of the jet. It’s now sitting in the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. I’ve been there a couple times and told my kids the story, but they still think I’m making it up.

Check out this link, it’s worth 30 seconds. The restoration was basically a full replacement of almost everything :

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http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=f2h-2p_banshee

Takuro Spirit > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/14/2018 at 10:20

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OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:21

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I feel like you could get a more comfortable and quieter helicopter for cheaper, but then again it wouldn’t be a Blackhawk. The Blackhawk is also probably harder to fly.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 08/14/2018 at 10:21

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Wow, that’s gorgeous. That’s another av museum that is on my bucket list.

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:24

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Searched by location on that site and now I want to buy a lighthouse.

https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucbystate/?sl=CHICA118017001

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:24

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It’s a good thing we have strict regulations on what can fly. Otherwise there maybe a David Tracy figure with a pilots license that snaps up those two.

ttyymmnn > vondon302 08/14/2018 at 10:25

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Oh, man, that would be an awesome place to live. I think. I’d put a disco ball in the top. 

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:26

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It’s truly fantastic, and it’s basically a straight shot on I-10 once you hit Houston (though I know you’re roadtripped-out at the moment).

I highly recommend the beaches along there, as well. Some of the best in the country. We go every summer and it’s usually pretty filled with Texans, so definitely plenty of people willing to make the drive :D

If you time it all right, you can sit on a pure white sandy spit of land just a few hundred yards from the Naval Air Station and watch the Blue Angels practice -- no airshow rules, they get really low.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Ash78, voting early and often 08/14/2018 at 10:27

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That’s mental.  Also, stuff like that gives me hope.  If they can take a plane that had been forgotten on a playground and filled with concrete and make it into that, I can probably refurbish my truck.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:28

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I thought it would be cool to own a B-17. Then I found out it costs $10k/hour to operate. I imagine one of these, while admittedly cool, would cost even more to put in the air.

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:29

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3 people bidding on it.

What a   Bed and breakfast that would make.

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:40

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The QSRA is badass - check out this airshow demo:

lone_liberal > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 10:51

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I did the 8 hour  flight from the Philippines to Diego Garcia on a C141. I froze my fucking ass off. Did those things not have heat?

facw > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/14/2018 at 10:57

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It looks like the C-17 (the C-141's replacement) costs somewhere around $25,000/h to fly (though I don’t know exactly what that covers). The C-141 isn’t as powerful, but it’s easy to imagine that those old engines would be both thirstier, and more maintenance intensive.

ttyymmnn > lone_liberal 08/14/2018 at 11:05

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That, I don’t know. I would bet that the flight crew was toasty 

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 11:14

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Blackhawk helicopters (one per customer, please)

becuase... if you get two they’ll crash into each other? #toosoon

user314 > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 11:15

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Honestly, for both the C-141 and the C-8

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 08/14/2018 at 11:21

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So you can’t start your own little army in Central America. 

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 11:23

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This interests me...

https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitsrh/?sl=81QSCI18265008

but I know that the first time it needs a part I ’ll be bankrupted. N ot to mention the fuel costs...

TheRealBicycleBuck > facw 08/14/2018 at 11:26

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And people wonder why the agencies cost so much to operate. The costs are mind-boggling.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 11:28

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helicopters in centr al american can be expensive to rent! better to own your own.  

lone_liberal > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 11:45

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I guess  they didn’t spend a lot of time worrying about the comfort of the cargo when they designed it. At least for that flight they loaded regular seats so we didn’t have to ride the jump seats. Sadly the flight was originally supposed to be on a C5 but we kept having to turn around and come back due to mechanical issues. The passenger compartment on that thing was much more comfortable. 

user314 > vondon302 08/14/2018 at 14:26

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You say B&B, I say TEOTWAWKI bug-out location.

thejustache > vondon302 08/14/2018 at 14:37

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Oh man... was just in St. Ignace last week with my wife who grew up in Michigan and loves it there. Owning a lighthouse as a summer home would be the ultimate in cool

Kiltedpadre > ttyymmnn 08/14/2018 at 18:58

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Yes, for my son. I certainly wouldn’t use the C-141 as a garage, and then climb into the cockpit and play jet engine noises on my phone every time I completed even the most minor repair. Nope, it would only be for my son.

ttyymmnn > Kiltedpadre 08/14/2018 at 19:01

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I hear ya.