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9.5 hours on Saturday 3/16/19 north bound home 20 plus knot headwind in my Bonanza from north Florida all the way home to Minneapolis. Glad I wasn’t flying anything slower. And yes Signature flight support is expensive and over priced in KeyWest
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Round trip Oklahoma to Florida.
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First leg was speeeedy
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Found an amazing eatery in Meridian MS, we’ll deffinately be back!
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Even an Okie can set the altimeter at St. Pete FL
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A great few rainy days in Stuart FL, including an impromptu photo scavenger hunt thanks to The Tracy’s
 

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Took a short rainy side trip to Indiantown to meet Eddie and see his spam-can project. He’s doing amayzing things to outfit this old bird with all the new tricks, can’t wait to see it fly.
 

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On the way home, short final into Andalusia Alabama for fuel, we managed to break the ceeepest part on a Sky Wagon, Yup the roll pin that holds the trim chain sprocket to the left jack screw backed out and sheered off. So a short 5.5 hours later with many thanks to Steve Pierce and Ken Lamp for the remote assist(s) two really good (but not Wagoners) local mechanics got it back together. Andalusia is a really friendly place, great stop with a diner on the field. Ended up overnight and had anouther epic meal in town.

Eddie, if you’re seeing this make double sure you safety wire those bloomen roll pins in.

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Got out early the next morning to payback winds and home safe with a great fuel stop at Pine Bluff AR.
 

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Steve's son Lee spent the weekend with his sister, I flew him home this morning. He had some trouble getting strapped into my plane. Apparently, it was his first time in the back seat with a Hooker, and he didn't know what to do.

Harness, that is.

Reminds me of taking him to Hooters when he was about 5 or 6. To bad he didn't want to bar hop with us.
 
On the way home, short final into Andalusia Alabama for fuel, we managed to break the ceeepest part on a Sky Wagon, Yup the roll pin that holds the trim chain sprocket to the left jack screw backed out and sheered off. So a short 5.5 hours later with many thanks to Steve Pierce and Ken Lamp for the remote assist(s) two really good (but not Wagoners) local mechanics got it back together. Andalusia is a really friendly place, great stop with a diner on the field. Ended up overnight and had anouther epic meal in town.

Eddie, if you’re seeing this make double sure you safety wire those bloomen roll pins in.


Got out early the next morning to payback winds and home safe with a great fuel stop at Pine Bluff AR.

What was interesting is I had just had a long discussion with Bill Duncan about those aluminum pulleys, spring still roll pins and 4130 jackscrew. The pulley gets loose on the pin and they shear. More great things for Skywagons on the way from Bushwheel Bill.
 
What was interesting is I had just had a long discussion with Bill Duncan about those aluminum pulleys, spring still roll pins and 4130 jackscrew. The pulley gets loose on the pin and they shear. More great things for Skywagons on the way from Bushwheel Bill.
That is excellent news. I was lucky and the sprocket was still good, the front one was worn at the pin hole and we re-drilled it at 90 degrees on last annual. That front sprocket at the trim wheel is like $1300 from Cessna.
 
9.5 hours on Saturday 3/16/19 north bound home 20 plus knot headwind in my Bonanza from north Florida all the way home to Minneapolis. Glad I wasn’t flying anything slower. And yes Signature flight support is expensive and over priced in KeyWest
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I think you went over the top of us as we went into Saint Pete.
 
Yesterday Toledo, WA to Lone Pine, CA. About 10 hours including brief fuel stops and a couple of reroutes due to mountain pass obscuration. Today to Death Valley, with eyes wide open for those low level fast movers that Ben (SuPilot) has been informing me about.
 
On the way home, short final into Andalusia Alabama for fuel, we managed to break the ceeepest part on a Sky Wagon, Yup the roll pin that holds the trim chain sprocket to the left jack screw backed out and sheered off. So a short 5.5 hours later with many thanks to Steve Pierce and Ken Lamp for the remote assist(s) two really good (but not Wagoners) local mechanics got it back together. Andalusia is a really friendly place, great stop with a diner on the field. Ended up overnight and had anouther epic meal in town.

Eddie, if you’re seeing this make double sure you safety wire those bloomen roll pins in.
Yup, had one of those roll pins fall out on a brand new 180 with ferry time only on it. Had to take off the whole tail to get at it. This was before Cessna installed the access panels underneath.
 
An update on my Death Valley Jaunt - had a great time, except - - -

I flew to Chicken Strip, thinking to land and look around - HOWEVER, it was blocked with some large tires at two different locations in the middle, on centerline. In my opinion the blockages make it unusable, which was undoubtedly the intention of whoever put them there. Decidedly poor behavior on somebody's part.
 
Do they have the larger diameter (5/32) roll pin? When were they installed?
Eddie, my bad they are Cessna. Seller told me McFarland but the part sheet in the “big binder” says Cessna.

Not that I’d wish having to get back in there on anyone but if you have the access panel installed I’d think about putting safety wire the through the pins and around the shaft so they can’t back out over time. Mine we’re put in just before purchase, have been in about 1,000 hours.
 
Bars bars are FINALLY coming out!



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An update on my Death Valley Jaunt - had a great time, except - - -I flew to Chicken Strip, thinking to land and look around - HOWEVER, it was blocked with some large tires at two different locations in the middle, on centerline. In my opinion the blockages make it unusable, which was undoubtedly the intention of whoever put them there. Decidedly poor behavior on somebody's part.

Gordon, any chance that the strip is in poor condition and that someone put out the tires to prevent someone having a problem?
I know, an X at each end ("turning final for runway X!") is traditional, but maybe the tires were easier.
Seems like I remember that someone acts as sort of a caretaker there?
I see you posted about this on BCP also,
maybe somebody there will know about the tires.
 
any chance that the strip is in poor condition and that someone put out the tires to prevent someone having a problem?

Maybe - that possibility occurred to me also. I didn't make any low passes to look it over closely, because there were people standing around on the strip. Either way, I'd consider the strip unusable right now, until something changes.

A few pics taken by buddy Steve Chiang https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157213727841967&set=pcb.10157213728481967&type=3&theater
 
One of those snowy, cold, gray Spring days today...

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Les's Luscombe on its way to a new owner this afternoon. See ya later Luscombe!

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Flew out to the racetrack on the other side of the river from the airport. We've had a little high water here...

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Water is receding at Sherman Airport
 

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Landed there a bunch of times on land,lol, Army Helicopter landed at the Helipads on missions. Actually I don't think it was land, more like docks with the tail boom hanging out over the river.
 
Runnd trip to Kansas City for work.

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Lots of prescribed burns combined with a slow moving cold front Equels
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I know it’s good for the ranchers but I absolutely hate Spring burn season.
 

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Surprised to find a Skywagon parked next to me at Linden, NJ.
Linden is under the approach to Newark, home to news helicopters from NYC and surrounded by fuel farms.- as far from scenic as one can gett.


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