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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 16:00
by mike newall
joea wrote:Robert,
The issue in Tripoli was the #2 engine blew an oil seal and all the oil exited the engine in flight. Normally this would be a simple engine change but as Libya is embargoed by most countries in the world, getting spare parts shipped in there, not to mention a complete engine is going to be difficult. This was on an airplane with 35 hours total time.
Joe
Oh, you Colonials................. In Blighty, we would have calculated the single engine take off perf and beat a hasty retreat !
Seriously, a mate of mine blew an engine on a Britten Norman Islander (8 place twin piston). Mmmmmmmmmm Big decision as the maintenance place was 70 miles away. Still, a long runway, no freight, let's give it a go. Airborne, he called the destination, declared a mayday and arrived on 1 engine.
6'5", 260lbs - You go tell him he is an A*se
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 22:07
by Robert Henley
Nathan K. Hammond wrote:Robert, Dennis; are you guys coming to Middletown? I'll keep you tanked up at the camp fire if you'll keep talking.
nkh
Nathan
Right now my wife, Ann, and I are planning on being in Middletown in June. I won't be flying my Champ but I hope to arrive in my 1947 Bonanza. Hopefully fuel costs won't become outrageous by then. We hope to arrive on Wednesday and leave on Sunday. The Bonanza is strictly VFR so the weather has to cooperate.
Regards
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 22:21
by Nathan K. Hammond
Excellent! Hope to see you there.
nkh
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 22:27
by joea
Mike,
The BRITISH pilot I was flying with on this airplane tried to get me to fly the airplane SINGLE ENGINE over 200+ miles of open ocean to Malta to get the engine changed after #2 blew the oil in Tripoli.
My comment to him was: "is anyone shooting at us? Is Bin Laden coming after us? Does someone have a nuke bomb that is going to go off in 30 minutes?" If none of these are going to happen then you can take the airplane off single engine and fly 45 minutes over water yourself while I watch from the ground.
Maybe this is something British but I see no reason to risk my life in this manner as well as do something that is illegal as hell, risking every pilots license I have in the process!
Joe
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 13:19
by mike newall
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 18:40
by joea
Jim,
Dennis is trying to get ahold of you.
Pls see his post:
http://www.joea.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2376
Joe
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 16:02
by Dennis
Thanks Jim for the numbers. Followed your instructions and they went on with no hassle at all. It was a piece of cake. They look great, thanks a million.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 16:22
by joea
Boy that does look nice!
Jim, we might have to talk here! I was happy with my "N" numbers until I saw these!
Joe
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 18:27
by jkvincent
...here's a couple of "new" ideas, ...HUBCAP logo/decals.
If you have a different idea, or think they (or
any graphic I do) needs to be more authentic looking, ....send me a photo.
Colie (a.k.a. colie85857) put me on to these, so I sent him a set for his Chief.
Hope to see a photo when he gets 'em.
Jim
Goodyears - no screw
Clevelands - screw
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 19:33
by N3840E
I would like to have some for my brain bag too. I get tired of looking at the cheesy Boeing 747, 757,767 etc. etc. I want people to know that I'm an Aeronca pilot, not a Boeing driver.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 23:14
by joea
N3840E wrote:I would like to have some for my brain bag too. I get tired of looking at the cheesy Boeing 747, 757,767 etc. etc. I want people to know that I'm an Aeronca pilot, not a Boeing driver.
Kevin,
If you are walking through the airport terminal, wearing 3 or 4 stripes, they know you drive a Boeing. Now having an Aeronca on the Jepps bag shows that you really know how to fly, not just let the autopilot and yaw damper control things!
Joe
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:07
by Paul Agaliotis
It,s a good thing the pilots stopped at 3 or 4 stripes. Any more and you might mistake them for convicts.
Paul
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 16:17
by joea
Paul Agaliotis wrote:It,s a good thing the pilots stopped at 3 or 4 stripes. Any more and you might mistake them for convicts.
Paul
Paul,
We had a guy at our old airline in Europe who got his uniforms made at a custom shop. They used really wide stripes on the jacket and it really looked funny.
We started calling him "Commodore" and it stuck... After about a week or so he took it back to the normal shop and got it re-done. Years afterwards we were still calling him Commodore....
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 23:23
by jkvincent
...what do you think ?
thanks for the photo Colie, not bad
(...if I say so myself)
Next week, I'll do some with "Chief" in script. I'll drop a set in your snail mail.
Jim
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 00:38
by joea
Jim,
You are not helping. My budget is tight, I am overseas and not coming home for a while and those look excellent!
Going to have to get you to make some of those for my Chief when I get back home!
Joe
