Page 686 of 1008 FirstFirst ... 186 586 636 676 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 696 736 786 ... LastLast
Results 13,701 to 13,720 of 20153
  1. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member Bobcat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Gato RD. Little Torch Key
    Posts
    27,673
    BAMM!

    Mornin !

    I bet He had an interesting Landing...Wind was Gusting to 30 mph !!
    Parabellum FJ²B
    Reply With Quote
     

  2. Collapse Details
     
    Registered Blue Oval's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Boyne City,Mi
    Posts
    4,623
    I believe it was just himself and a dog. He was not having fun. He was trying to get to Key West , he gave up and ditched it at Marathon. He left from Northern Michigan. He flys that little plane all over the country. I don’t think his wife loves the plane as much. We had a family friend like that. She would fly commercial flights to meet up with her husband. Smart lady, she is still here. Sadly Bob crashed his plane in Virginia coming back from Florida a few years ago.
    Reply With Quote
     

  3. Collapse Details
     
    Registered Blue Oval's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Boyne City,Mi
    Posts
    4,623
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	2D1D159B-5F1A-4E19-9732-1030A181D16A.jpeg 
Views:	1 
Size:	117.1 KB 
ID:	87832 Dale was our Snap On salesman for years.
    Reply With Quote
     

  4. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member / Super Moderator Ratickle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    West Michigan
    Posts
    37,972
    Blog Entries
    45
    It was windy enough in Punta Gorda that the flight coming in was diverted and had to sit in Sarasota for a couple hours before coming to take us back up here to the frozen North.

    Not the best timing to come back up here. Weather forecast is crappy!! Up to a half inch of ice followed by 6" of snow.
    Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
    Reply With Quote
     

  5. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member Bobcat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Gato RD. Little Torch Key
    Posts
    27,673
    Mornin !
    Parabellum FJ²B
    Reply With Quote
     

  6. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member fund razor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Lake Nasty
    Posts
    13,576
    **** it. Doing all my stringers. And then a new floor over everything. Then a cockpit refresh.

    2019 was a good year. Time to finish the restoration I started twelve years ago. Thanks Trump!
    Reply With Quote
     

  7. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member fund razor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Lake Nasty
    Posts
    13,576
    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcat View Post
    Mornin !
    Mornin
    Reply With Quote
     

  8. Collapse Details
     
    Registered Blue Oval's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Boyne City,Mi
    Posts
    4,623
    We are in the middle of a blizzard. We are going to get 14” of snow. HaHa, they called it off and said it missed us. The Sun is out.
    Reply With Quote
     

  9. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member / Super Moderator Ratickle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    West Michigan
    Posts
    37,972
    Blog Entries
    45
    Drama and fake news has metastasized to the weather now.
    Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
    Reply With Quote
     

  10. Collapse Details
     
    Registered Blue Oval's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Boyne City,Mi
    Posts
    4,623
    I believe the moisture that was coming might of brought it. But it all got pushed below us and turned into water, not snow.
    Reply With Quote
     

  11. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member Bobcat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Gato RD. Little Torch Key
    Posts
    27,673
    Mornin!

    John, are You doing all of that work yourself ??
    Parabellum FJ²B
    Reply With Quote
     

  12. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member fund razor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Lake Nasty
    Posts
    13,576
    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcat View Post
    Mornin!

    John, are You doing all of that work yourself ??
    No way. Ain't nobody got time fo that.
    I took the cockpit out and emptied the tank and took it to the shop. Shop pulled power and did the bilge sections. Now is pulling tank and floor and doing the rest. They will replace and wrap the new stringers and the short transverse framing members and glass in a new composite floor and give it back to me with the floor ready for covering. And motors aligned on new mounts. (Same offshore bracket, new angle bracket because new stringer) I'll carpet the floor and put the cockpit back in when spring comes.
    Shop is actually doing two 28s this winter.
    Reply With Quote
     

  13. Collapse Details
     
    Registered rschap1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    murray lake lowell mi
    Posts
    5,123
    WOW
    Sounds like quite the project

    Happy Monday
    Storm here didn't meet it's forecast either
    A little snow, ice, and sleet; but nothing as terrible as the fake news weather team said
    Reply With Quote
     

  14. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member fund razor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Lake Nasty
    Posts
    13,576
    Yeah... but they were able to use same rigging, drives are good, power is good (100 hours), tank is solid. Cockpit goes in and out in a day.
    Just a bunch of glass work. Probably should have been done 12 years ago. But now is a good time, so...

    Having the power built, broken in and verified makes it a little more predictable.
    Reply With Quote
     

  15. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member Bobcat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Gato RD. Little Torch Key
    Posts
    27,673
    Mornin!

    I could do the Carpentry part of restoring a Boat...But not the Glass...Makes Me ill
    Parabellum FJ²B
    Reply With Quote
     

  16. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member fund razor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Lake Nasty
    Posts
    13,576
    At this point in my life, it's one of those things that is better farmed out.
    Reply With Quote
     

  17. Collapse Details
     
    Registered Blue Oval's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Boyne City,Mi
    Posts
    4,623
    I have done fiberglass work. Ranks right up there with drywall mud work.
    Reply With Quote
     

  18. Collapse Details
     
    Registered rschap1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    murray lake lowell mi
    Posts
    5,123
    Sunny here
    Hope it lasts a while
    Reply With Quote
     

  19. Collapse Details
     
    Registered rschap1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    murray lake lowell mi
    Posts
    5,123
    Summer yet?
    Reply With Quote
     

  20. Collapse Details
     
    Founding Member Bobcat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Gato RD. Little Torch Key
    Posts
    27,673
    Mornin!

    Drywall doesn't make My Eyes burn....as much...Actually the new way to do it doesn't require sanding.


    Set up??
    Parabellum FJ²B
    Reply With Quote
     

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •