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wrightdg

FOKM return to flight

Post by wrightdg » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Yes, I realized as it was uploading that I should really have trimmed
that picture down. On the left side, the dash was painted matt black,
and the lower forward corner wrap was painted along with the floor under
the pedals. There was more painting on the other side but the pictures
weren't any good. The gear fairings were also done while we had the
paint gun in action. That improves the appearance immensely. I also put
a Scott 24B (old style 2000) tailwheel on her. The Murphy just kind of
disappeared one day. I was perfectly happy with it but it went
walk-about and never came home. Note the lighting from the sun in the
picture. It really makes the plane look good I think.

On Thu, 2005-03-11 at 18:01 -0500, Wayne G. O'Shea wrote:
..and will be the first time I don't grumble about a 2mg pic in the
gallery..so I can add it to my collection of her in full res.

How much did you repaint??..sure looks purdy!! :O)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne G. O'Shea" <oifa@irishfield.on.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight

Good to hear Garry!

----- Original Message -----
From: "wrightdg" <wrightdg@davincibb.net>
To: "rebel builders" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: FOKM return to flight

After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the repairs and
educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
is significantly better than on the floats.

The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get FOKM back
in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional pilot
in the right seat.
--
Garry Wright
R-068 C-FOKM
403 931 1573
wrightdg@davincibb.net




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Wayne G. O'Shea

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Post by Wayne G. O'Shea » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

That's a great way of saying the bastard fell off in flight fella!! LOL

----- Original Message -----
From: "wrightdg" <wrightdg@davincibb.net>
To: "rebel builders" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight

Yes, I realized as it was uploading that I should really have trimmed
that picture down. On the left side, the dash was painted matt black,
and the lower forward corner wrap was painted along with the floor under
the pedals. There was more painting on the other side but the pictures
weren't any good. The gear fairings were also done while we had the
paint gun in action. That improves the appearance immensely. I also put
a Scott 24B (old style 2000) tailwheel on her. The Murphy just kind of
disappeared one day. I was perfectly happy with it but it went
walk-about and never came home. Note the lighting from the sun in the
picture. It really makes the plane look good I think.

On Thu, 2005-03-11 at 18:01 -0500, Wayne G. O'Shea wrote:
..and will be the first time I don't grumble about a 2mg pic in the
gallery..so I can add it to my collection of her in full res.

How much did you repaint??..sure looks purdy!! :O)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne G. O'Shea" <oifa@irishfield.on.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight

Good to hear Garry!

----- Original Message -----
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To: "rebel builders" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: FOKM return to flight

FOKM
posted
and
its
wheels
them
back
pilot


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Walter Klatt

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Post by Walter Klatt » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Yup, very nice, and maybe too nice for that name... Congrats for
getting her flying again.

Hope you don't give up on the floats, though, as you are not that
far from some fabulous float flying just to the west of you.

Walter
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Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:33 PM
To: rebel builders
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight


Yes, I realized as it was uploading that I should
really have trimmed
that picture down. On the left side, the dash was
painted matt black,
and the lower forward corner wrap was painted along
with the floor under
the pedals. There was more painting on the other side
but the pictures
weren't any good. The gear fairings were also done
while we had the
paint gun in action. That improves the appearance
immensely. I also put
a Scott 24B (old style 2000) tailwheel on her. The
Murphy just kind of
disappeared one day. I was perfectly happy with it but it went
walk-about and never came home. Note the lighting from
the sun in the
picture. It really makes the plane look good I think.

On Thu, 2005-03-11 at 18:01 -0500, Wayne G. O'Shea wrote:
..and will be the first time I don't grumble about a
2mg pic in the
gallery..so I can add it to my collection of her in full res.

How much did you repaint??..sure looks purdy!! :O)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne G. O'Shea" <oifa@irishfield.on.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight

Good to hear Garry!

----- Original Message -----
From: "wrightdg" <wrightdg@davincibb.net>
To: "rebel builders" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: FOKM return to flight

landing July 15/05, FOKM
River. A picture is posted
who did the repairs and
was impressed with its
airplane' - with some
performance on wheels
sure if I will use them
thrill to get FOKM back
with a professional pilot
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Wayne G. O'Shea

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Post by Wayne G. O'Shea » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

I think that's what I miss the most around here Walter...I don't have "FOKM"
if they can't take a joke in the hangar!

Winter's coming Garry...you'll be on those floats in a heart beat. Drill the
rivets out of the buckled stuff and you'll be surprised how much snaps back
into shape!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Klatt" <Walter.Klatt@shaw.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: FOKM return to flight

Yup, very nice, and maybe too nice for that name... Congrats for
getting her flying again.

Hope you don't give up on the floats, though, as you are not that
far from some fabulous float flying just to the west of you.

Walter
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com]On Behalf Of
wrightdg
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:33 PM
To: rebel builders
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight


Yes, I realized as it was uploading that I should
really have trimmed
that picture down. On the left side, the dash was
painted matt black,
and the lower forward corner wrap was painted along
with the floor under
the pedals. There was more painting on the other side
but the pictures
weren't any good. The gear fairings were also done
while we had the
paint gun in action. That improves the appearance
immensely. I also put
a Scott 24B (old style 2000) tailwheel on her. The
Murphy just kind of
disappeared one day. I was perfectly happy with it but it went
walk-about and never came home. Note the lighting from
the sun in the
picture. It really makes the plane look good I think.

On Thu, 2005-03-11 at 18:01 -0500, Wayne G. O'Shea wrote:
..and will be the first time I don't grumble about a
2mg pic in the
gallery..so I can add it to my collection of her in full res.

How much did you repaint??..sure looks purdy!! :O)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne G. O'Shea" <oifa@irishfield.on.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight

landing July 15/05, FOKM
River. A picture is posted
who did the repairs and
was impressed with its
airplane' - with some
performance on wheels
sure if I will use them
thrill to get FOKM back
with a professional pilot
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Post by mike.davis » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Congrats on getting back in the air, didn't take to long at all! As for the
image size... I go through new images about once a week and resize and update
anyway. The software I use "Irfanview" is available in the software area of
the file libraries... I find that even simply opening and then saving images
that are already 640x480 often produces a smaller file size with no visible
difference in quality... very nice software, easy to use, and most
importantly, FREE!

Mike

On 11/3/2005 3:32 PM, rebel-builders@dcsol.com wrote to MIKE DAVIS:

-> Yes, I realized as it was uploading that I should really have trimmed
-> that picture down. On the left side, the dash was painted matt black,
-> and the lower forward corner wrap was painted along with the floor under
-> the pedals. There was more painting on the other side but the pictures
-> weren't any good. The gear fairings were also done while we had the
-> paint gun in action. That improves the appearance immensely. I also put
-> a Scott 24B (old style 2000) tailwheel on her. The Murphy just kind of
-> disappeared one day. I was perfectly happy with it but it went
-> walk-about and never came home. Note the lighting from the sun in the
-> picture. It really makes the plane look good I think.




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Post by wrightdg » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the repairs and
educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
is significantly better than on the floats.

The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get FOKM back
in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional pilot
in the right seat.
--
Garry Wright
R-068 C-FOKM
403 931 1573
wrightdg@davincibb.net




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Post by Wayne G. O'Shea » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Good to hear Garry!

----- Original Message -----
From: "wrightdg" <wrightdg@davincibb.net>
To: "rebel builders" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: FOKM return to flight

After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the repairs and
educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
is significantly better than on the floats.

The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get FOKM back
in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional pilot
in the right seat.
--
Garry Wright
R-068 C-FOKM
403 931 1573
wrightdg@davincibb.net




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Jeff McMurrer

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Post by Jeff McMurrer » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Very well done Garry, didn't take long to get her back in the air.
Now you can get back to enjoying flying again :)

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: wrightdg <wrightdg@davincibb.net>
Date: Thursday, November 3, 2005 2:25 pm
Subject: FOKM return to flight
After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the
repairs and
educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
is significantly better than on the floats.

The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get
FOKM back
in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional
pilotin the right seat.
--
Garry Wright
R-068 C-FOKM
403 931 1573
wrightdg@davincibb.net




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Post by Brent Blue » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Garry:

Congratulations on getting back in the air!

Brent


At 03:25 PM 11/3/2005 -0700, you wrote:
After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the repairs and
educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
is significantly better than on the floats.

The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get FOKM back
in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional pilot
in the right seat.
--
Garry Wright
R-068 C-FOKM
403 931 1573
wrightdg@davincibb.net




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Post by Wayne G. O'Shea » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

..and will be the first time I don't grumble about a 2mg pic in the
gallery..so I can add it to my collection of her in full res.

How much did you repaint??..sure looks purdy!! :O)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne G. O'Shea" <oifa@irishfield.on.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight

Good to hear Garry!

----- Original Message -----
From: "wrightdg" <wrightdg@davincibb.net>
To: "rebel builders" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: FOKM return to flight

After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the repairs and
educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
is significantly better than on the floats.

The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get FOKM back
in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional pilot
in the right seat.
--
Garry Wright
R-068 C-FOKM
403 931 1573
wrightdg@davincibb.net




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Post by Bob Patterson » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Congrats, Garry ! She looks great !!! Bet she's pretty
sprightly now, without the floats, and in the cool air - might be
needing skis soon, from what I see on the weather channel !!! ;-)

Enjoy !!!
......bobp

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0 On Thursday 03 November 2005 05:25 pm, wrightdg wrote:
After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the repairs and
educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
is significantly better than on the floats.

The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get FOKM back
in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional pilot
in the right seat.
--
Garry Wright
R-068 C-FOKM
403 931 1573
wrightdg@davincibb.net




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Wayne G. O'Shea

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Post by Wayne G. O'Shea » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

...hmmm.... skis...got a set ready to go in the shop for anyone looking for
hydraulic retracts!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Patterson" <beep@sympatico.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: FOKM return to flight

Congrats, Garry ! She looks great !!! Bet she's pretty
sprightly now, without the floats, and in the cool air - might be
needing skis soon, from what I see on the weather channel !!! ;-)

Enjoy !!!
......bobp

-------------------------------orig.-------------------------
0 On Thursday 03 November 2005 05:25 pm, wrightdg wrote:
After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the repairs and
educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
is significantly better than on the floats.

The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get FOKM back
in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional pilot
in the right seat.
--
Garry Wright
R-068 C-FOKM
403 931 1573
wrightdg@davincibb.net




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brad

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Post by brad » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Garry,

Congratulations,, She looks great.
You must be happy to be back in the air.

Brad (R195)


On 11/3/2005 1:25 PM, wrightdg@davincibb.net wrote to rebel-builders:

-> After suffering some damage in a glassy water landing July 15/05, FOKM
-> returned to service today on wheels at High River. A picture is posted
-> under 'completed aircraft'. Myles Cane, the AME who did the repairs and
-> educated me in the process, flew it with me and was impressed with its
-> performance. His comment was 'I like this airplane' - with some
-> enthusiasm. In High River at altitude 3400+ feet performance on wheels
-> is significantly better than on the floats.
->
-> The floats have yet to be repaired and I'm not sure if I will use them
-> again due to lack of water around here. It was a thrill to get FOKM back
-> in the air and get a little practice on wheels with a professional pilot
-> in the right seat.
-> --
-> Garry Wright
-> R-068 C-FOKM
-> 403 931 1573
-> wrightdg@davincibb.net
->





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N.Smith

FOKM return to flight

Post by N.Smith » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Great news Garry - Enjoy





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wrightdg

FOKM return to flight

Post by wrightdg » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Thanks to all for their good wishes. I'm sure I've got many hours of fun
forthcoming again. Amazingly enough, even my wife wants me to keep the
floats. Should I hire a food taster?




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