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Old 03-24-2014 | 07:32 PM
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Al used the flight cat in the wyandotte, mi kilo runs in 1983
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Old 03-24-2014 | 07:44 PM
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Butch, I went to alot of races in the 70's and 80's, never saw Al race the Flight. Did Al ever race the Flight Cat or was it just used for the Kilo runs? Thanks!
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Old 03-24-2014 | 07:57 PM
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That was the only time i saw him run the flight. It wasn't in the saturday race, just the kilo run on sunday
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Old 03-24-2014 | 08:03 PM
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Al won the presidents cup down in panama after the 1982 world championships in key west

Flying Butch Ryan would you happen to have a picture of the boat?
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Old 03-24-2014 | 08:40 PM
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Found these pic's that may be Al's Flight cat, they were posted here on OSO back in 2004.
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Old 03-24-2014 | 09:14 PM
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Interesting boat could be one of his pleasure skaters but would have to defer to the experts
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Old 03-24-2014 | 09:39 PM
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http://www.powerboatarchive.co.uk/Ma...CITY%20(2).pdf
Here is a link to one of the articles I found the other is in searace the book
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Old 03-24-2014 | 09:49 PM
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Here is another one about the kilos
http://www.powerboatarchive.co.uk/Ma...%20Records.pdf
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Old 03-24-2014 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by chewiekw
Interesting boat could be one of his pleasure skaters but would have to defer to the experts
Thats not a Skater, the body lines look like a flight cat.
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Old 03-24-2014 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by butch ryan
That was the only time i saw him run the flight. It wasn't in the saturday race, just the kilo run on sunday
Butch that's were Al went 113mph in his Flight Class I boat,, than you went 114mph in your Class II Active cat. Mark
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