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Subject: Helicopter gunships up for grabs online
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/11 at 2:57 pm
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Cash-strapped Ukrainian military leaders are selling off their lethal fleet of helicopter gunships - on an eBay-style website.
The deadly Russian-built Mil Mi-8 and Mi-171 attack aircraft are armed to the teeth with guided anti-tank missiles, rockets and armour-shredding chainguns.
Punters can spend up to £7.3 million for a hardly used fully loaded model with cheaper, older transport choppers going for a bargain £266,000.
"We can deliver anywhere," says the ad, posted by the Ukraine's defence ministry.
Subject: Re: Helicopter gunships up for grabs online
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 07/01/11 at 7:15 pm
I want one. do they accept PayPal?
Subject: Re: Helicopter gunships up for grabs online
Written By: Foo Bar on 07/01/11 at 10:56 pm
I want one. do they accept PayPal?
You'd be surprised.
Stateside, a T-6 Texan or Harvard WW2 trainer can be had for $100-200K. If you want something jet-powered (and have the budget to maintain it, which is way more expensive than for prop-driven aircraft!), a Czech L-39 jet trainer can be had for about the same price: 500 miles an hour, thousand-mile range. A freakin' fighter jet for the price of an exotic car.
If it doesn't have to be a warbird, an old-school Aeronca crop-duster from the mid/late 40s can be had for less than the price of a mid-size sedan. We're talking $25K. One pilot, one passenger, flies about as far as a passenger car on one tank of gas... at 95 miles an hour, but where you'll be going, you won't need roads.