Finally got to fly my new bird

Oh no! I am not feeling cocky at all, excited as crazy but not cocky.
Tell me about it, maybe it'll make me feel better, or maybe it'll make me
sweat the days until annual. A friend of mine has a Vtail Bonanza and the
annual before he got it costed $18,000.00! He paid $55,000 for it and the
last three annuals were more than that total.

Ouch. Sounds like yet another reason to steer clear of the venerable
V-tail... Too bad, it's the coolest looking thang...

No, my tale of woe annual only added up to $4900. Of course, I only paid
$32K for that Warrior, so it was still a "high-percentage" first
annual...and it came just months after the SAME shop gave the plane a clean
bill of health at the extensive pre-buy inspection.

They replaced all sorts of things that, in retrospect, probably didn't need
to be replaced -- a piston/cylinder, front fork, muffler, brakes, brake
lines -- all because they were (unknown to me at the time) struggling
financially.

Less than a year after this debacle, this FBO snuck away in the middle of
the night, leaving the city of Iowa City in the lurch (and starting the
airport down the road toward its current financial troubles) and slithered
back up to their home base in Cedar Rapids, where they continue to fleece,
er, I mean service the public.

So, just make sure you find a quality, honest A&P mechanic, and hold on to
your wallet -- it can be a rocky road until you find someone you trust
implicitly. (For comparison, my recent annual, on a slightly more complex
aircraft, cost around $800.00.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Thanks for sharing and yeah, the Vtail's are a mix of great and oh-no
aren't they. The last annual costed around $850.00 but I intend to what I
can to keep the costs down. We usually pay $100 for ours, unless there is
some problem of course. Have you looked at the project plane I've been
helping with yet? It's a 63 172 with less than 1000TT and has been sitting
outside for 18 years! Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172

Wayne

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:9zL%a.167674$YN5.106044@sccrnsc01...
Oh no! I am not feeling cocky at all, excited as crazy but not
cocky.
Tell me about it, maybe it'll make me feel better, or maybe it'll make
me
sweat the days until annual. A friend of mine has a Vtail Bonanza and
the
annual before he got it costed $18,000.00! He paid $55,000 for it and
the
last three annuals were more than that total.

Ouch. Sounds like yet another reason to steer clear of the venerable
V-tail... Too bad, it's the coolest looking thang...

Wayne, the picture of the panel is priceless...
All you new comers take a look at how it was done before flip flop rados,
moving maps, etc...

Denny

Have you looked at the project plane I've been
helping with yet? It's a 63 172 with less than 1000TT and has been sitting
outside for 18 years! Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172

Wayne

I renamed the pic so it's easier do find now. Also did a zoom of the radios,
and the tach. You can clearly read the 997.24 but the needle covers up the 0
to I guess I'll have to get a different angle when I get a chence

I also renamed the pictures that show the power supplies for those radios,
they are huge and heavy.
Wayne
"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
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Wayne, the picture of the panel is priceless...
All you new comers take a look at how it was done before flip flop rados,
moving maps, etc...

Denny

Have you looked at the project plane I've been
helping with yet? It's a 63 172 with less than 1000TT and has been
sitting
outside for 18 years! Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172

Wayne

But now the server is down

I also renamed the pictures that show the power supplies for those radios,
they are huge and heavy.
Wayne
"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
...
Wayne, the picture of the panel is priceless...

Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172

Omigawd. That's a PROJECT, Wayne.

When did it last fly?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Yeah it is. Last flight was 1985! Got a couple new pictures today, will
add then ASAP. Learned sometime too, did you know that when all the weight
is off the front wheel, that it lockes in the straight position until it get
weight on it? I never realized it but it makes sense, otherwise during a
crosswind landing, the wheel would touch down crooked.

Wayne


Omigawd. That's a PROJECT, Wayne.

When did it last fly?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172

Omigawd. That's a PROJECT, Wayne.

When did it last fly?

I can hear it now: "Get this propeller out of here so I can take a bath!!"
:~)

(With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy).

In article ,
Wayne wrote:
Have you looked at the project plane I've been
helping with yet? It's a 63 172 with less than 1000TT and has been sitting
outside for 18 years! Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172

We should send that URL to anyone who is thinking of buying a "super
low total time!!!" plane from TAP.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Ben Jackson wrote:

In article ,
Wayne wrote:

Have you looked at the project plane I've been
helping with yet? It's a 63 172 with less than 1000TT and has been sitting
outside for 18 years! Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172

Nice project for five grand.