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To: ctdonath2
seller could be difficult, but it's entirely legal.

Actually not. There are planes that are not allowed for domestic consumption. Even if you have the money ($240,000,000) you are not allowed to buy a sukhoi su 25, 27, 34, etc. and the Russians won't sell you one. Even some of the outdated US stuff such as the OV-10D is forbidden to us citizens. You can buy an unarmed YAK from russia, but I understand that they've stopped producing those due to lack of demand.

34 posted on 04/13/2009 11:04:20 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: from occupied ga

The point was whether US law would/could prohibit such a purchase, given a manufacturer (such items ARE made domestically) and enough money. As I just noted above, Travolta _does_ own a MiG, and buying & mounting suitable armament is mostly just a matter, again, of money & seller availability.

The challenge was purchase of items in a general category, not specific models thereof which suffer contractual, not legal, restrictions.


40 posted on 04/13/2009 11:13:54 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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