On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:27:32 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Well, my 2007 annual condition inspection ends tomorrow... Yee Old
Crusty Mechanic has been increasingly hard to contact for the past two
months and now has disconnected his phone, his airplanes are gone, and
his hangar has been sold...


If Ye Ol' "crusty" mechanic is who I think he is, last I heard he was
working with the trucking business with which he used to have
connections, but he was still working out of his hangar.

Hmmm. Doesn't sound like said Crusty Mechanic is your friend, to me.

Tis a long story, but he was a pretty good mechanic and would let you
work along with him IIRC. I thought he was a good guy to work with
and had no complaints except for one guy who helped him some years
back.


I don't get out there near as often as I'd like and usually enough
happens between visits it takes a while to catch up.

Since my first flight there's only been one really good day and I
wasn't able to fly that day. Maybe tomorrow BEFORE the big storm
comes in. :-))

Roger (K8RI)

Maybe you should fly Fat Albert to Iowa City, Denny. Our FBO here is going
great guns, with four or five full-time A&Ps.

I prefer to use my old friend who is now semi-retired (he only works on
planes of his choosing, in between wrenching full time on jets and building
his next airplane), but I've heard that the shop on the field here is quite
good.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com