>>1203210Why the fuck would anyone ever buy a jet-powered homebuilt over a legitimate piece of military hardware?
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>Fuel burn, maintenanceIf you're enough of a poorfag to worry about that shit, than jet-powered toys weren't really your thing in the first place.
Although to be honest, if I ever had L-39 money I'd much rather buy a T-28 Trojan in nice shape and spend the other $250k on a gently-used 00's Mooney or something and take confidence in the fact that I now have both a god-tier cruiser AND a big, loud, radial-powered monster, something that soaks panties even more effectively than a jet fighter, while the combined fuel/maintenance costs are still significantly lower than those of that screeching Slavic money-pit.
https://youtu.be/42vB40FkdisMother of god, what a sound