Cruising the neighborhood

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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Sonerai13 » Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:04 am

Bryan Cotton wrote:Nice cub collection:
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Is that Bill Rusk's place? If you see Bill, say "hi" to him for me.
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:31 pm

Joe,
I haven't met Bill, but from the neighborhood directory that is his place. If I meet him I will say hi!
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Sonerai13 » Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:55 pm

Bryan Cotton wrote:I haven't met Bill, but from the neighborhood directory that is his place. If I meet him I will say hi!


Bill's a great guy, and a heck of a homebuilder. He's built a couple of Super Cubs, and at least one Hatz Biplane. You'd do well to go introduce yourself to him. I'm sure you'd enjoy chatting with him, and he's very willing to share his knowledge and talents.

Tell him "Joe sent you"!!
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:36 pm

The boys wanted to try this:
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Initially it worked. We got some weird looks!
http://youtu.be/qKpGHd4EHJo

It killed the skirt though.
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We abandoned the hovercraft back at the hangar and went on another cruise. Amphibs on a Skyhawk:
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Another 3 wheeler. It is for sale.
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:43 pm

Adam and I did 2 hours of deburring this AM. That makes for 4 man-hours. Does not make for exciting pictures. He did take an opportunity to learn about ice, low traction, open differentials, and the importance of momentum.
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Feb 20, 2016 2:36 pm

The hangar neighbors were pulling their polished 140 out:
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Beautiful day. God I miss flying.
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby samiam » Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:53 pm

Well Bryan, there's your motivation to keep polishing!! :)
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby aferddaberts » Sun Feb 21, 2016 12:37 pm

Hi Bryan,

Regarding the photo of the C-140 you posted yesterday, reminded me of the plane I learned to fly in. That was many years ago. After I got my Private, I got into a flying club that had a 140. I won't say how long ago that was, but to give you an idea, I logged many hours at $3.00 an hour (WET).
Coming right along now with my Waiex, now that I've decided to continue with the build. Will be starting on the Wings next. Seriously thinking about a Viking up front. And I miss flying too.

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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Mar 19, 2016 2:04 pm

We had our first Sonex fly-in visitor today. Josh Bardell stopped by in his Sonex!
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He said it was a whopping 9 minutes to get here behind the turbo. Nice to see his panel, we are definitely going to add a subpanel.
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We didn't get a great picture of the departure as he was too quick for us!
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Re: Cruising the neighborhood

Postby jjbardell » Sat Mar 19, 2016 5:12 pm

Bryan,

It was a pleasure meeting you both! Your project looks incredible: the detail, precision and polish are the finest I have ever seen. Looking forward to many visits and getting you up in the air with me in 30 more hours so you guys can get a little time in the Sonex. Nothing motivates more than flight time in the make/model (I have Bill to thank for that)!

I dug out my template for the sub-panel and put it in the cargo bay. My goal is to drop it off tomorrow afternoon when I pass back through.

Cheers!
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