Subject: [NEXTEL-1] F/A-18A Navy Blue Angel Hornet

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F/A-18A Navy Blue Angel Hornet

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LANDA AND ASSOCIATES 360-474-8991
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The only F/A-18A in private ownership in the world.

This former Navy Blue Angel jet, was number 131 off the line, it has 3793 TT Total Airframe hours. 2 Engines are GE F404-GE-400 with 0 Zero time, and one spare parts engine.

Aircraft is apart only for transporting purposes and needs to be gone through and re-assembled. Everything to assemble we have. It has not flown in a few years and is stored in california.

It has an N number.

This aircraft was never demilled, "not cut ever".

Complete with extras including bomb racks, drop tanks and pylons.

The current owner will assemble aircraft making it airworthy, with your choice of paint for 9Million Guaranteed, with a lease back offer paying all maintance, parts, fuel, and an hourly rate to its new owner.

Was Number 1 and Number 5. Serial number:161973---Lot #6----Block # 13---Don't miss out on this one!

CALL FOR PHOTOS, AVIONICS, TIMES.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT A SERIOUS BUYER, PLEASE DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME...
WE WILL DELIVER.

SALE TO LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ONLY. ALL US EXPORT RESTRICTIONS APPLY.

CALL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING.

Blue Angel for sale

Navy plane shows up on eBay
Nicole Lozare
@PensacolaNewsJournal.com

After almost 50,000 hits in two days, no one is buying what Mike Landa is selling on eBay.

Everyone just wants to know how he acquired the Navy Blue Angels' F/A-18 Hornet.

Landa and Associates of Washington state is selling the jet for $1,050,000 - some assembly required. It's a bargain compared to the jet's usual $18 million price tag.

A former Blue Angel F-18 Hornet is for sale on ebay. Click here to view the sale.

"It has been acquired legitimately," said Landa, who said he was visited by the FBI on Tuesday, a day after he posted the jet on the popular Internet auction site.

Landa, an aircraft and telecommunications broker, is keeping a tight lip on the owner's identity. He met the owner in California while purchasing airplane parts.

Wednesday afternoon, Blue Angels spokesman Mike Blankenship confirmed the aircraft's heritage.

"According to the bureau number, it was a Blue Angels plane flown in the early '90s," said Blankenship, who has no clue how Landa acquired it. "It was stricken from the Navy's inventory in 1994."

According to the Department of Defense, the Navy's planes are not usually sold to private citizens.

When an aircraft is retired, officials determine if it should be kept for wartime reserves.

If the aircraft doesn't pass muster, it is demilitarized - military insignia and sensitive equipment, such as ejection seats, are removed. The aircraft is then sent to a boneyard.

"The Navy has programs where this aircraft is leased to museums," said department spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Cappy Surette.

"Occasionally, it can be sold to third parties on a case-by-case basis. But Navy policy prohibits reselling of these aircrafts."

The official word on eBay's Blue Angels jet?

"We are aware, and the matter is being looked into," Surette said.

Officials at the National Museum of Naval Aviation had the same response.

Landa's eBay site claims the aircraft was "never demilled, not cut ever," and comes with bomb racks, drop tanks and pylons.

The aircraft, which has not been flown in years, is stored in California. Landa said there must have been "a screw up" for the owner to acquire a demilitarized aircraft.

He is optimistic that a buyer will step up _ probably a private collector who he hopes to talk into leasing the aircraft back to the government for some photography work.

Landa has a pretty clean eBay record. A member since 1998, he has a 97.3 percent positive feedback from more than 400 buyers.

But the Blue Angels jet is just small potatoes. Landa is also selling a new aircraft "that climbs straight up" for $10 million.

"We sell quality surplus inventories and clean out warehouses of new and used surplus items, your satisfaction being guaranteed"

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On Feb-13-04 at 15:58:24 PST, seller added the following information:
Aircraft is subject to prior sale.
On Feb-16-04 at 09:18:52 PST, seller added the following information:
Keep watching our Ebay store, we will have a Mig29, and a "never Demilled" F-16 Hornet.

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