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  • steve murdoch
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    • May 2004
    • 8481
    • St. Catharines, On.

    #7696
    Rick, i do not know planes but it looks like your vintage one might be a T-6 Mosquito.
    Sounds like it was used mostly for training but then pressed into service during the Korean War.
    2@ \'78 GS1000

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    • odin1
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      • Sep 2012
      • 260
      • Toronto, Canada

      #7697
      Thanks for the pass Rick. On my ride I was looking for a horse or two but instead I came across elephants. What a fluke it was coming across these guys. I'll make the next tag any exotic animal. As an alternate, I'll accept the horses I was originally looking for.

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      • gustovh
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        • Oct 2006
        • 4982
        • Vernonia

        #7698
        Is one of those elephants the one that roughed up that car on the news?

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        • D Icard

          #7699
          Originally posted by steve murdoch
          Rick, i do not know planes but it looks like your vintage one might be a T-6 Mosquito.
          Sounds like it was used mostly for training but then pressed into service during the Korean War.
          http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...eet.asp?id=287
          It is a North American T-6 Texan. flown in the Korean war by the USAF, designated "Mosquito". It was originally used a trainer by the Navy in WWII. They called it an SNJ. My father is in the co-pilot seat, Dahlgren, VA, 1943.
          Last edited by Guest; 07-20-2015, 01:38 PM.

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          • Spyder
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            • Mar 2012
            • 3029
            • NW Indiana

            #7700
            Now THAT, is a cool picture...
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            • Guest

              #7701
              Hmmm, elephants may be a reach, unless I can sneak into the zoo. We did have some bison and ostrich in nearby Oviedo. You could get meat there, I'll have to look them up to see if they are still around.

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              • steve murdoch
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                • May 2004
                • 8481
                • St. Catharines, On.

                #7702
                How about bronze statues of elephants?



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                • steve murdoch
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                  • May 2004
                  • 8481
                  • St. Catharines, On.

                  #7703
                  If the smaller, slower moving bronze elephants are acceptable, the next tag is your local School Board building.
                  This one is the District School Board of Niagara.

                  2@ \'78 GS1000

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                  • Guest

                    #7704
                    I almost hit a wild turkey in the road today. I guess that wouldn't fit the exotic part of the tag, not to mention we were both moving too fast getting out of each other's way for a photo opportunity. He was all feet and wings for a second and than ran off the road, good thing since he was a rather large one.

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                    • Guest

                      #7705
                      They look like they're moving to me.

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                      • lurch12_2000

                        #7706
                        Originally posted by steve murdoch
                        If the smaller, slower moving bronze elephants are acceptable, the next tag is your local School Board building.
                        This one is the District School Board of Niagara.

                        I didn't know school boards had their own buildings. Our board just uses an available room at the high school. Seems normal to use one of the schools you manage instead of an extra building. Guess I'm not able to get this tag.

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                        • odin1
                          Forum Mentor
                          • Sep 2012
                          • 260
                          • Toronto, Canada

                          #7707
                          [QUOTE=steve murdoch;2207411]How about bronze statues of elephants?



                          Nice find Steve.
                          1985 GSX750SF (BOTM March 2015)
                          1986 GSX750SG (parts bike/project?)

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                          • steve murdoch
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                            • May 2004
                            • 8481
                            • St. Catharines, On.

                            #7708
                            It should have been "normal" to use an off-hour school or at least a smaller building.
                            They built this monstrosity for huge dollars and even added some expensive artwork. Meanwhile programs are cut and layoffs occurred.
                            I rarely play so i don't want to hold up the game.
                            How about a large BLUE building as a backup tag.

                            GS1100 swingarm on the Honda for Suzuki content. haha.
                            2@ \'78 GS1000

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                            • Guest

                              #7709
                              Originally posted by gsrick
                              I thought I'd try something vintage for the next tag. Out at a small airport outside of the town of Apopka at the Apopka-Orlando Airport. This vintage PAN AM passenger plane has been put to pasture and has been there since I went to Apopka High School near by.


                              This was landing right as I was leaving the property, so I had to turn around. I'm not a plane aficionado, so I'll leave that to others to describe what type it is.


                              So an alternate to the passenger, will be a vintage fighter plane(not jet). It can be a grounded display.
                              I have other back up tags waiting if needed.
                              That plane is a North American T6 Texan.

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                              • Guest

                                #7710
                                Originally posted by steve murdoch
                                It should have been "normal" to use an off-hour school or at least a smaller building.
                                They built this monstrosity for huge dollars and even added some expensive artwork. Meanwhile programs are cut and layoffs occurred.
                                I rarely play so i don't want to hold up the game.
                                How about a large BLUE building as a backup tag.

                                GS1100 swingarm on the Honda for Suzuki content. haha.
                                I can get this, Orange county has building.

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