Airplane Coin Toss
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:24 am
Hey Bob ! Been hummin and haughin about that. Was giving thought to buying
Howard's from him and throwing the new floats on it.....to save doing the
conversion on mine.....but considering I'm trying to downsize I really
shouldn't get back to two (or three/four- don't ask) personal planes and
then with my luck I'd sell it in the fall and be left in even a worse
dilemma than I am right now. At least I have a new set of amphibs right
now...just can't find the time to get them together and onto my airplane. If
I sold Howard's with the amphibs on it I'd have nothing at all to get to the
lake in!
Guess the easy deciding factor is...now that I have Howard's machine all
rebuilt, back on wheel gear and ready for paint, I can't get anyone to touch
it for a month. Was told late July first and then begged which got me into
his car paint booth (vs the airplane size booth) for a few weeks from
now..but the catch is I cannot install the engine or it won't fit in his
booth...so this is putting me even further behind since I can't do the
engine install while I wait for the painting. !#^^#^#!
Then I thought I'd be nice, since it's already in my hanger, and install a
new windshield, prop and a few minor things on my F-in-Laws CH701 Amphib
before I started my float install. Then I found his elevator was ready to
fall off, gascolator split open from water freezing in it...so I have over a
week and a half of "pro-bono" work to do before I can even hit mine. Hell or
high water I'm heading for "our new lodge" May 13th with the boat and again
May 18th with some floater docks and the air lift for the plane on my 35'
trailer. Hopefully in between or shortly thereafter I will have DJK on the
amphibs and making the trip the easy way!
Cheers,
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Fisher" <rgfisher@zeuter.com>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Ski flying video
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Howard's from him and throwing the new floats on it.....to save doing the
conversion on mine.....but considering I'm trying to downsize I really
shouldn't get back to two (or three/four- don't ask) personal planes and
then with my luck I'd sell it in the fall and be left in even a worse
dilemma than I am right now. At least I have a new set of amphibs right
now...just can't find the time to get them together and onto my airplane. If
I sold Howard's with the amphibs on it I'd have nothing at all to get to the
lake in!
Guess the easy deciding factor is...now that I have Howard's machine all
rebuilt, back on wheel gear and ready for paint, I can't get anyone to touch
it for a month. Was told late July first and then begged which got me into
his car paint booth (vs the airplane size booth) for a few weeks from
now..but the catch is I cannot install the engine or it won't fit in his
booth...so this is putting me even further behind since I can't do the
engine install while I wait for the painting. !#^^#^#!
Then I thought I'd be nice, since it's already in my hanger, and install a
new windshield, prop and a few minor things on my F-in-Laws CH701 Amphib
before I started my float install. Then I found his elevator was ready to
fall off, gascolator split open from water freezing in it...so I have over a
week and a half of "pro-bono" work to do before I can even hit mine. Hell or
high water I'm heading for "our new lodge" May 13th with the boat and again
May 18th with some floater docks and the air lift for the plane on my 35'
trailer. Hopefully in between or shortly thereafter I will have DJK on the
amphibs and making the trip the easy way!
Cheers,
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Fisher" <rgfisher@zeuter.com>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Ski flying video
planehi wayne hey which plane are you going to use this summer with wheels
and floats to get to "our " new flyin lodge that is if howards
is for sale as a wheel plane?
fish
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