|
|
Post by beagle on Nov 27, 2012 15:05:43 GMT 12
$425 000 000.00 USD or $516 689 500.00 NZD
|
|
|
|
Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 27, 2012 15:09:34 GMT 12
|
|
|
|
Post by beagle on Nov 27, 2012 15:12:01 GMT 12
you could buy out NZ Rail
|
|
|
|
Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 27, 2012 15:14:06 GMT 12
you could buy out NZ Rail If I had a ticket and won that sort of money, I'd make Kermit Weeks an offer he couldn't refuse for an ex-RNZAF Sunderland that is in his possession, then I'd pay for some work to be done on it and have it flown back to ENZED. |
|
|
|
Post by beagle on Nov 27, 2012 15:15:29 GMT 12
forum members as pax/crew for the journey home, part of it as the coral route
|
|
|
|
Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 27, 2012 15:23:16 GMT 12
Getting together a suitably qualified crew would probably be the biggest problem.
The world isn't exactly awash with S.25 type-rated pilots these days.
|
|
|
|
Post by beagle on Nov 27, 2012 15:27:00 GMT 12
yeah, probably not. been a few years since one was flying around.
|
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 27, 2012 15:40:58 GMT 12
Can kiwis buy tickets in this lottery? Or is it for US Citizens alone?
|
|
|
|
Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 27, 2012 15:41:13 GMT 12
I've got a VHS videotape (I must get around to copying it to DVD) that has about an hour of footage of Kermit Weeks learning to fly his Sunderland and getting type-rated on it prior to flying it home to Florida. It was all done from Southampton waters.
|
|
|
|
Post by ngatimozart on Nov 27, 2012 15:41:48 GMT 12
Yes but with that sort of money you could afford to take the time to get certain people suitably qualified. What would you want to buy Kiwi rail for. You could buy Air NZ.
|
|
|
|
Post by beagle on Nov 27, 2012 15:44:39 GMT 12
I could get a new toyota corolla
|
|
|
|
Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 27, 2012 16:55:32 GMT 12
With an air horn Beags?
Big Wednesday is up to $10 million this week.
We already own Air New Zealand and Kiwi Rail anyway!
|
|
|
|
Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 27, 2012 17:41:35 GMT 12
Can kiwis buy tickets in this lottery? Or is it for US Citizens alone? I'm sure you could probably find an online lottery ticket seller somewhere in the USA who could flog you off a ticket or ten. |
|
|
|
Post by jonesy on Nov 27, 2012 17:56:32 GMT 12
Can kiwis buy tickets in this lottery? Or is it for US Citizens alone? I'm sure you could probably find an online lottery ticket seller somewhere in the USA who could flog you off a ticket or ten. Yeah, but I think its the same guy that still owes me millions from Nigeria. My patience is starting to run out....  |
|
|
|
Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 27, 2012 19:04:35 GMT 12
I've got a VHS videotape (I must get around to copying it to DVD) that has about an hour of footage of Kermit Weeks learning to fly his Sunderland and getting type-rated on it prior to flying it home to Florida. It was all done from Southampton waters. Maybe, but has he continued with his minimum of three landings (alightings?) as PIC within every 90 days since then to remain current on type? |
|
|
|
Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 27, 2012 19:08:06 GMT 12
I've got a VHS videotape (I must get around to copying it to DVD) that has about an hour of footage of Kermit Weeks learning to fly his Sunderland and getting type-rated on it prior to flying it home to Florida. It was all done from Southampton waters. Maybe, but has he continued with his minimum of three landings (alightings?) as PIC within every 90 days since then to remain current on type? No, because it hasn't flown for many years so nobody is current on Sunderlands any more. However, I understand they still start the engines up on it regularly. |
|
|
|
Post by JDK on Nov 27, 2012 20:30:02 GMT 12
No, because it hasn't flown for many years so nobody is current on Sunderlands any more. However, I understand they still start the engines up on it regularly. Sadly you understand wrong. It'll not fly again without a major restoration, IMHO. It's mostly kept inside these days, but there are visible corrosion issues when I saw it a few years ago - visible corrosion in a flying boat is not a good thing, because it means there's more, worse. I'm not aware of it doing anything except be towed around at Fantasy of Flight for many years now. I'm pleased to have seen it on the water at Rochester in Ryanair colours and fly at Great Warbirds airshow, backintheday... Regards, |
|
|
|
Post by JDK on Nov 27, 2012 20:30:59 GMT 12
Oh, PS, Kermit does seem to fly his Grumman Duck of the water pretty regularly.
|
|
|
|
Post by beagle on Nov 27, 2012 20:59:35 GMT 12
So with 10 million tomorrow night, is the hurricane still for sale
|
|
|
|
Post by JDK on Nov 27, 2012 21:39:29 GMT 12
At the risk of being boringly sensible about this, I've met a lot of warbird owners, and I can't think of one who'd regard a lotto ticket as a good investment - ever.
|
|
