Pietenpol-List: nothing in particular
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:21 pm
Original Posted By: "CatDesigns"
Okay=2C Pieters- it's been a sad weekend=2C what with Vi Kapler leaving this earth for judgement. May God find him to have been a good and faithful servant.We had our first sunny afternoon in a long while here in southern Oregon so I went out to the hangar and changed out the bent fork end fitting on the lower port side forward strut (one of the squawks at the last annual). Easier than I thought=2C but then again I had a helper to wiggle the wing and hand me tools=2C so it went well. Re-tensioned the X-brace cables=2C safetied them=2C and then taxied out to the fuel pumps to warm up the oil and top off the tank. It was nice to have the A75 come to life and carry me here and there without complaint. At the pumps=2C I took on about 10 gallons when a Taylorcraft came taxiing up after an easy out-and-back flight to do what I had done on the ramp... warm up the oil and knock off a little of the rust. We talked about A65s and starters (he wants to upgrade to a C85 on the T-Cart)=2C and how the runway surface was at one of our nearby unpaved fields (Beagle Sky Ranch).Even without flying=2C Scout provided enough sensory input to keep me going for another week or two of fall and winter weather. Just firing up the engine was enough=2C but taxiing out with gloves and flying helmet on and fueling and restarting and taxiing some more was just gravy. These airplanes are so rewarding. ________________________________________________________________________________
Okay=2C Pieters- it's been a sad weekend=2C what with Vi Kapler leaving this earth for judgement. May God find him to have been a good and faithful servant.We had our first sunny afternoon in a long while here in southern Oregon so I went out to the hangar and changed out the bent fork end fitting on the lower port side forward strut (one of the squawks at the last annual). Easier than I thought=2C but then again I had a helper to wiggle the wing and hand me tools=2C so it went well. Re-tensioned the X-brace cables=2C safetied them=2C and then taxied out to the fuel pumps to warm up the oil and top off the tank. It was nice to have the A75 come to life and carry me here and there without complaint. At the pumps=2C I took on about 10 gallons when a Taylorcraft came taxiing up after an easy out-and-back flight to do what I had done on the ramp... warm up the oil and knock off a little of the rust. We talked about A65s and starters (he wants to upgrade to a C85 on the T-Cart)=2C and how the runway surface was at one of our nearby unpaved fields (Beagle Sky Ranch).Even without flying=2C Scout provided enough sensory input to keep me going for another week or two of fall and winter weather. Just firing up the engine was enough=2C but taxiing out with gloves and flying helmet on and fueling and restarting and taxiing some more was just gravy. These airplanes are so rewarding. ________________________________________________________________________________