Windy Weekend

Saturday was much too gusty to fly to the Open House at AvServe, Donaldson. So we drove over. It's not like I don't know the way since it is just down the street from school. We had a hotdog each and looked at the planes in the pretty & clean hanger. The Cessna SP had nice avionics and Bill was checking that out. Scot (from the first year class) actually flew up with his instructor in his C150-- a sweet plane, if a bit simple in avionics. Just right for a trainer, IMHO.

But the best thing there was an Aeronca Chief that one of the FBO owners had restored from scratch. It had been in a barn for 29 years-- the classic story. We spoke and I examined it all. I mentioned that I was looking for a Champ and he mentioned that he had a project available in his hanger in CEU.

OH MY GOD!!!

Plus, he worked for Randy VanSurdam, the guy in Clemson with the vintage place. Where I want to work. Now I have an added (if it is possible) incentive to get to CEU and meet Randy and see the plane. Bill was his usual unexcited self, but was not negative about it, so I take that as positive. I have such good feelings thinking about the possibility of actually working on vintage aircraft. Of course, Randy runs the FBO, so work would be standard 100 hour stuff, but I just feel that there will be experience on wood and fiber.

PLEASE LET THIS WORK OUT

Now I have to wait all week and hope that Friday is nice flying weather (which so far the wx map doesn't indicate...)

Meanwhile, we purchased a little power tug for N53187. It came with "some assembly required" plus some problems. I got it mostly together while Bill was still in Pennsylvania but got stuck with a few bugs. When he got home, good ole Bill fiddled with it and got the bugs out. Now I just have to practice getting the plane into the hanger with it. No more struggling and pushing on the prop uphill backwards.

YEAH!