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The 50's
« on: December 11, 2015, 11:31:37 AM »

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Re: The 50's
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2015, 03:53:10 PM »
Sid  it must be snowing really hard  :-D   :cheers: keep them coming
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Re: The 50's
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2015, 04:26:08 PM »
No snow, just going through withdrawals here. :|
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Re: The 50's
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2015, 07:00:35 PM »
How bout sum 60's!
East to west runs toward the dyke, can anybody tell us about this?
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Re: The 50's
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2015, 07:24:28 PM »
Art Arfons 1965, the front seat car that didn't handle worth a $hit. I believe that's Don Francisco in the Cessna, I flew with him a few times back in the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktV0F0jgeTU

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Re: The 50's
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2015, 07:29:38 PM »

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Re: The 50's
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2015, 07:47:56 PM »
Mickey Thompson. Both early unblown & later blown versions in this clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pClv-XwBVOs

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Re: The 50's
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Re: The 50's
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2015, 02:03:01 AM »
That sure looks like a LOT of really nice salt surface.
What was Mickey's crew doing- patching cracks in the salt?
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