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NNG, Doc fires up all 4 engines for the first time in 50 years!

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John Cole

September 18, 2015 08:12PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Look out FIFI, your about to get some company in the skies as Doc is almost ready to fly. Talk about volunteer hours! 300,000+ and counting and a MILLION dollars an engine to rebuild and upgrade. These guys and gals are as hard core as some of us, congratulations! I saw Doc at the Inyokern airport right after they dragged him out of the China Lake NWS gunnery range. He looked ROUGH! I NEVER THOUGHT he would fly again, but the time is soon!

Doc's 4 engines running together today.

Here is some background on Doc just to see what the volunteers have accomplished.

Doc's timeline

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NNG, Doc fires up all 4 engines for the first time in 50 years!	John Cole	September 18, 2015 08:12PM
Re: NNG, Doc fires up all 4 engines for the first time in 50 years!	pd3463	September 18, 2015 08:35PM
Re: NNG, Doc fires up all 4 engines for the first time in 50 years!	KevinM	September 18, 2015 09:08PM
Re: NNG, Doc fires up all 4 engines for the first time in 50 years!	John Cole	September 19, 2015 02:16PM
Re: NNG, Doc fires up all 4 engines for the first time in 50 years!	Greg Scholl	September 19, 2015 03:24PM

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