Now what do I do?
- Thread starter nesincg
- Start date
1 Month
26 States
7258 Miles
99.8 Hours
141 Landings
459 Gallons of gas
3 oil changes
7 wingmen
420 Gigabytes of pictures and video
Highest airport: Greater Green River Intergalactic (48U) - 7182 feet
Lowest airport: Calexico (CXL) - 6 feet
Number of electronic device battery charges: 324
Number of pens lost inside cabin: 3
Number it times having to go back to last stop: 2
I'm thinkin' you might have to go back to work to pay for that trip! Following the spot for you and your mom was great fun, still watching your moms spot in upper Mich. Epic trip, and well done to everyone that had a hand in it.
26 States
7258 Miles
99.8 Hours
141 Landings
459 Gallons of gas
3 oil changes
7 wingmen
420 Gigabytes of pictures and video
Highest airport: Greater Green River Intergalactic (48U) - 7182 feet
Lowest airport: Calexico (CXL) - 6 feet
Number of electronic device battery charges: 324
Number of pens lost inside cabin: 3
Number it times having to go back to last stop: 2
I'm thinkin' you might have to go back to work to pay for that trip! Following the spot for you and your mom was great fun, still watching your moms spot in upper Mich. Epic trip, and well done to everyone that had a hand in it.
105 Special
Registered User
Council, NC
Good job Chris. Congrats and well done.
Patrol Guy
FRIEND
east of the river
did your mom's car hang in there pulling the trailer?? and how many miles did she drive?
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Tom needs some help with hios plane but he has the same problem you had until you sol your J3. 
flylowslow
Registered User
STL
Congrats Chris and April, what a journey!!! I bet you sure have some stories. Going to OSH? Now, how about selling me those Bushwheels?
Blue Skies,
Denny
Blue Skies,
Denny
cubdriver2
FRIEND
upstate NY
nesincg
BENEFACTOR
Chattanooga, TN (KAPT)
There was kind of a point to the waterbag. The argument between Rink on the payphone in El Paso with his father back at home was one of the funniest parts of the book for me.
In the spring of 2012 at the Pierce Aero seminar, I was speaking with Bill Duncan. I was going to buy one of his 5 gallon bags that an also be a water bag. We were talking about what I was going to use it for when he said that his product wasn't the best for met. "What you need is one of those canvas waterbags. You'll be able to find those anywhere out west here." I was trying to hold a straight face, as he is a pretty serious guy, and I didn't think he would see the humor. What it took to find was ebay or friends from the internet to find one for the journey west bound.
Missing from our Video with Rinker the day we left was him talking about the waterbag. "After I did the book I'd get a few waterbags per week in the mail. My daughter would come from the mail box and say 'Daddy we got another waterbag'. Damn all the F$&&$*ing waterbags. I got a ton of them."
Just FYI, I did use a plastic waterbag on the return trip. My mom had purchased it with the clear label "WATER BAG" on the front of it. I had only about a gallon in it and would use it for Lenny and for safety sake since I was traveling alone. I can tell you that due to the amount of cotter pins throughout the cockpit, that water bags do not make sense. I held some water but there was certainly some leaking out the drain holes at every stop.
In the spring of 2012 at the Pierce Aero seminar, I was speaking with Bill Duncan. I was going to buy one of his 5 gallon bags that an also be a water bag. We were talking about what I was going to use it for when he said that his product wasn't the best for met. "What you need is one of those canvas waterbags. You'll be able to find those anywhere out west here." I was trying to hold a straight face, as he is a pretty serious guy, and I didn't think he would see the humor. What it took to find was ebay or friends from the internet to find one for the journey west bound.
Missing from our Video with Rinker the day we left was him talking about the waterbag. "After I did the book I'd get a few waterbags per week in the mail. My daughter would come from the mail box and say 'Daddy we got another waterbag'. Damn all the F$&&$*ing waterbags. I got a ton of them."
Just FYI, I did use a plastic waterbag on the return trip. My mom had purchased it with the clear label "WATER BAG" on the front of it. I had only about a gallon in it and would use it for Lenny and for safety sake since I was traveling alone. I can tell you that due to the amount of cotter pins throughout the cockpit, that water bags do not make sense. I held some water but there was certainly some leaking out the drain holes at every stop.
RaisedByWolves
FRIEND
Tx
Tom needs some help with hios plane but he has the same problem you had until you sol your J3.
Chris, I Hope you didn't burn up all your vaca time. I "helped" you for two weeks, so... Ha ha
