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Offline Seadog36

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #135 on: June 16, 2011, 01:06:52 PM »
My Swift project is coming along...




Just have to install the new panel, re-rig the wings, install some glass and finish stripping and polishing the fuse to name a few things...
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Offline VonMessa

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #136 on: June 16, 2011, 02:36:57 PM »
Quote from: Seadog36 on June 16, 2011, 01:06:52 PM
My Swift project is coming along...
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Just have to install the new panel, re-rig the wings, install some glass and finish stripping and polishing the fuse to name a few things...

Oh HELL yeah!!
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #137 on: June 16, 2011, 02:40:49 PM »
I am currently restoring this after a crash in '02.

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #138 on: June 16, 2011, 02:59:27 PM »
Quote from: Shuffler on June 16, 2011, 02:40:49 PM
I am currently restoring this after a crash in '02.

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IMPOSTER !

It only has one engine :noid
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #139 on: June 16, 2011, 03:03:09 PM »
Hey easy now. I do not have funds for maintenance on 2 rubber bands. Not to mention insurance coverage on the possibility of 2 snapping while winding.
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Offline Seadog36

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #140 on: June 16, 2011, 04:44:31 PM »
I feel your pain Shuff...aircraft grade anything is expensive, even rubber bands :eek:
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #141 on: June 16, 2011, 11:03:08 PM »
STOL great for taking off at hi alt airfields.
Cub burns 3 gallons per hour?? thats like 35 mpg!
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #142 on: June 16, 2011, 11:04:09 PM »
Quote from: Seadog36 on June 16, 2011, 01:06:52 PM
My Swift project is coming along...
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Just have to install the new panel, re-rig the wings, install some glass and finish stripping and polishing the fuse to name a few things...

That Swift looks SWEET!
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #143 on: June 16, 2011, 11:24:03 PM »
Quote from: STEELE on June 16, 2011, 11:03:08 PM
STOL great for taking off at hi alt airfields.
Cub burns 3 gallons per hour?? thats like 35 mpg!
our super cub burns 6-7
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #144 on: June 17, 2011, 01:53:44 AM »
Quote from: Tupac on June 16, 2011, 11:04:09 PM
That Swift looks SWEET!

Thanks Tupac~ 1948 they still knew what airplanes were supposed to look like.
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #145 on: June 17, 2011, 10:25:26 AM »
Quote from: Seadog36 on June 17, 2011, 01:53:44 AM
Thanks Tupac~ 1948 they still knew what airplanes were supposed to look like.

... and where the wheels were supposed to go  :D
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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #146 on: June 17, 2011, 11:40:01 AM »
Quote from: VonMessa on June 17, 2011, 10:25:26 AM
... and where the wheels were supposed to go  :D

Supposed to retract with a little one in the back!
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Offline VonMessa

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #147 on: June 17, 2011, 11:50:41 AM »
Quote from: Seadog36 on June 17, 2011, 11:40:01 AM
Supposed to retract with a little one in the back!

Well, mine wont retract when I'm finished...   :cry

...but it still won't look like a tricycle  :x

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Offline Tupac

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #148 on: June 27, 2011, 06:28:30 PM »
I started working on my tailwheel endorsement today in a 1946 Piper J3 Cub.

The very same one that landed on I10 http://www.ksat.com/news/22544400/detail.html

Today I worked on wheel landings and 3-point landings, so my airplane might be a tricycle, but I will be legal to fly the ones that arent!
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Offline MachFly

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Re: Owning an airplane
« Reply #149 on: June 27, 2011, 10:53:12 PM »
Quote from: Tupac on June 27, 2011, 06:28:30 PM
I started working on my tailwheel endorsement today in a 1946 Piper J3 Cub.

The very same one that landed on I10 http://www.ksat.com/news/22544400/detail.html

Today I worked on wheel landings and 3-point landings, so my airplane might be a tricycle, but I will be legal to fly the ones that arent!

Nice!
When you finish with that course (if you have money & time) take a flight in the Decathlon. You'd be amazed at the difference.
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