back in the 80s, he and mark were young guns, working in the organized crime section of the dallas da s office. mark was not afraid of taking on a fight. some of the defendants, and some of the cases, were very bad people. mark had the personality to stand in the breach, prosecute the worst of the worst. what did mark move out of dallas? he wanted a place we had some room, so he bought a house, had the barn out there. he just loved being around animals. besides animals, and wide open spaces, mark had another passion, flying. back in 1995, he almost killed him. mark did have a bad accident. mark had a terrible accident. a five flank murmuration of world war ii s and, 50 years ago this month. mark was part of this aerial armada of vintage planes, when something went terribly wrong. we believe the engine had failed, and he made a forced landing, ran off the end of the
Vintage World War II fighter planes are some of the most magnificent machines ever to jump from the drawing board into the moral realm. Even so, we doubt most people would want to bother taking a P-51 Mustang that’s in a million and one-pieces and painstakingly piece them back together. If you’re the psychopath that would love that kind of a challenge, well, here you go, weirdo.
A few weeks ago, we showcased a company that beautifully restores vintage DC-3 airliners and converts them into turboprop aircraft that are easily ready for another 100 years of service. The 1939 Grumman Goose we’ve found for you today is from the same era as those DC-3s and underwent the same engine swap treatment. The difference this time is that the Goose is just as happy out on the water as it is on dry land.