Night flying - Page 2

FastDoc · 12-29-2015, 12:49 PM

You must be a very talented mechanic. Even if it was only a ball of aluminum, that was an amazing deal on a 180. Your gift of lessons for your daughter shows amazing parenting and insight. Good on both of you!

BTW once you fly floats, wheels seem primitive and barbaric in comparison (except on grass :-). The sensation of floats touching down on rippled water is almost religious in its sweetness and purity.

Bruce's · 12-29-2015, 01:58 PM

There was a little damage to the struts on the bottom ,I guess the old owner hit a rock in a field and kind of scared himself .He put it in his barn in 1980 and just left it there .I bought it from his son who was very happy to see it fly again ,and we have taken him up in it a few times .I got lucky and found another in a field and pretty much left for dead ,and that fellow sold me the struts and everything underneath the plane for a song ,and he had a set of new unused floats and the skis which is what I wanted as I have a few cottages and camps around .I had it certified and we have enjoyed it ever since .

FastDoc · 12-29-2015, 02:46 PM

Amazing circumstances with an excellent outcome. I appreciate you took the son for a ride to let him appreciate the plane and your hard work, and doubless bring back happy memories of flying with his father.

BTW I bey you are making your own 'luck' with paying attention and working hard. Any pics? Are you on any airplane forums? Backcountrypilot.com?

Bruce's · 12-29-2015, 03:19 PM

I retired at 35 ,I keep busy fixing up broken stuff ,and since I was about 4 or 5 I have bought and sold things ,usually broken that I fixed up and resold .
I am not on any aircraft sites ,I am not a real pilot so I guess a lot of it will be over my head .just a hillbilly with probably 3-400 hours flying time dipping into the thousands of lakes in northern ontario .
Plane is sitting at my camp with skis on it ,last night we got a foot of snow ,the lakes are not frozen yet but I will get you some pictures when I get back to camp .

wheelbender6 · 01-03-2016, 09:31 AM

I never liked flying at night, even with the better night vision goggles. Stay safe.

12-29-2015, 12:49 PM	#16
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	You must be a very talented mechanic. Even if it was only a ball of aluminum, that was an amazing deal on a 180. Your gift of lessons for your daughter shows amazing parenting and insight. Good on both of you! BTW once you fly floats, wheels seem primitive and barbaric in comparison (except on grass :-). The sensation of floats touching down on rippled water is almost religious in its sweetness and purity. __________________ Happy to serve.
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12-29-2015, 02:46 PM	#18
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Amazing circumstances with an excellent outcome. I appreciate you took the son for a ride to let him appreciate the plane and your hard work, and doubless bring back happy memories of flying with his father. BTW I bey you are making your own 'luck' with paying attention and working hard. Any pics? Are you on any airplane forums? Backcountrypilot.com? __________________ Happy to serve.
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01-03-2016, 09:31 AM	#20
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	I never liked flying at night, even with the better night vision goggles. Stay safe. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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12-29-2015, 01:58 PM	#17
Bruce's Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sudbury ,Ontario Posts: 855	There was a little damage to the struts on the bottom ,I guess the old owner hit a rock in a field and kind of scared himself .He put it in his barn in 1980 and just left it there .I bought it from his son who was very happy to see it fly again ,and we have taken him up in it a few times .I got lucky and found another in a field and pretty much left for dead ,and that fellow sold me the struts and everything underneath the plane for a song ,and he had a set of new unused floats and the skis which is what I wanted as I have a few cottages and camps around .I had it certified and we have enjoyed it ever since .
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12-29-2015, 03:19 PM	#19
Bruce's Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sudbury ,Ontario Posts: 855	I retired at 35 ,I keep busy fixing up broken stuff ,and since I was about 4 or 5 I have bought and sold things ,usually broken that I fixed up and resold . I am not on any aircraft sites ,I am not a real pilot so I guess a lot of it will be over my head .just a hillbilly with probably 3-400 hours flying time dipping into the thousands of lakes in northern ontario . Plane is sitting at my camp with skis on it ,last night we got a foot of snow ,the lakes are not frozen yet but I will get you some pictures when I get back to camp .
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