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Larry L wrote:
http://www.thetroutshop.com/blog/view/643 Yet another data point in favor of the Duct Tape Can Fix Anything theorem. On the other hand, given the choice between flying home on a plane held together with duct tape and walking, I'd be on foot every damn time. -- Ken Fortenberry |
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On Apr 23, 11:56*am, Larry L wrote:
http://www.thetroutshop.com/blog/view/643 That's the Alaska spirit. The spray can paint job is a nice touch, but wholly decorative. Dave |
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On Apr 26, 3:32*am, DaveS wrote:
On Apr 23, 11:56*am, Larry L wrote: http://www.thetroutshop.com/blog/view/643 That's the Alaska spirit. The spray can paint job is a nice touch, but wholly decorative. Dave The most essential repair that he had to do was the right rear elevator. That serves as both a control and lift structure...hell, he could have stripped the fuselage down to the support members and flown the plane. Its too bad the photos didn't show how he fixed the tail. But I bet he was at pucker factor 10 on the flight back...no way to see if the patchjob was holding up, and unable to listen for flapping plastic over the engine noise. I wonder if he flew as low and slow as possible, or else strapped on a chute and flew as high as possible to give him more time to get out in case of catastrophic failure. --riverman |
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On Apr 27, 11:21*pm, riverman wrote:
On Apr 26, 3:32*am, DaveS wrote: On Apr 23, 11:56*am, Larry L wrote: http://www.thetroutshop.com/blog/view/643 That's the Alaska spirit. The spray can paint job is a nice touch, but wholly decorative. Dave The most essential repair that he had to do was the right rear elevator. That serves as both a control and lift structure...hell, he could have stripped the fuselage down to the support members and flown the plane. Its too bad the photos didn't show how he fixed the tail. But I bet he was at pucker factor 10 on the flight back...no way to see if the patchjob was holding up, and unable to listen for flapping plastic over the engine noise. I wonder if he flew as low and slow as possible, or else strapped on a chute and flew as high as possible to give him more time to get out in case of catastrophic failure. --riverman Fly in that thing or on Aeroflot. Its a toss up. Frank Reid |
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On Apr 28, 8:04*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Apr 27, 11:21*pm, riverman wrote: On Apr 26, 3:32*am, DaveS wrote: On Apr 23, 11:56*am, Larry L wrote: http://www.thetroutshop.com/blog/view/643 That's the Alaska spirit. The spray can paint job is a nice touch, but wholly decorative. Dave The most essential repair that he had to do was the right rear elevator. That serves as both a control and lift structure...hell, he could have stripped the fuselage down to the support members and flown the plane. Its too bad the photos didn't show how he fixed the tail. But I bet he was at pucker factor 10 on the flight back...no way to see if the patchjob was holding up, and unable to listen for flapping plastic over the engine noise. I wonder if he flew as low and slow as possible, or else strapped on a chute and flew as high as possible to give him more time to get out in case of catastrophic failure. --riverman Fly in that thing or on Aeroflot. *Its a toss up. Frank Reid "Airplane" and "toss up" are two words that don't go well together. --riverman (OK, thats three words, but who's counting?) |
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