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Excellent piece and I'm sure it reflects the way a lot of us feel about our service days.

joea wrote:

Rick Hadley wrote:Just go out and buy a Luscombe. You'll get a stick, 100+ mph cruise, and great handling for about the same price as a Chief.

And its smaller inside and ground loops a lot easier!

True that!

Just go out and buy a Luscombe. You'll get a stick, 100+ mph cruise, and great handling for about the same price as a Chief.

1. At what age did you get the desire to fly? (I don't remember ever not wanting to fly). 2. At what age did you solo? (35 was busy with other commitments before that). 3. Type of plane you soloed in? (Luscombe 8F N9922C) 4. Hours to solo? (9.6 hours according to my log) 5. Favorite flying movies? (...

Contact Dick at Battery Tech Central. He can probably have your battery pack rebuilt.

http://www.batterytechcentral.com/

Even Fidel Castro realizes that you cannot continue to grow government. He's just fired 10% of the government employees in Cuba, where 85% of the population are so "employed", at about $20/mo. But there are those (like Michael Moore...and maybe one or two here) who look to Cuba as a valid ...

After I got back I did a uh....go around/aborted landing....yeah...thats it. :wink: Better on the way back than during the checkride. Many years ago, I did a go around on my short-field landing during the checkride and figured I'd blown it right there, but the examiner passed me anyway. When he sig...

Good Morning Aeronca fans, We are about to change out our damaged firewall and nosebowl and need to perform the alterations in Service help and hints #26. I am looking for a copy of the drawings S-15 through S-18 and a copy of #26 if anyone has it. I have already tried aeronca.com and the links don...

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+1. I can't imagine anyone with a taildragger not preferring grass to hard surface. I'm trying to get a grant for an "extended safety area", parallel to our N-S asphalt runway.

Sounds like a job for Ebola Monkey Man. Google that if you want some seriously r-rated laughs.

I wouldn't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I seem to recall several other attempts at successfully producing an affordable new aircraft; e.g., Aeronca in all its iterations, up to and including the 7ACA 2-cyl. I recall reading the reviews back in '71. I can't remember the projected cost, but it...

I also have Eisemanns on my Chief and they are both set at 31 degrees according to the logbook entry from my last annual.

I'm working with a great young CFI who specializes in tailwheel instruction - Casey Hansen...you can find him on Facebook or PM me for contact info if you're in the Cedar Rapids, IA vicinity and looking for an instructor.