Damaged aircraft - should I pay?

Morgans wrote:

Listen, all, I'm not trying to say that it will work all the time for
everyone. But ya' gotta' try, IMHO.

Lots of folks keep at least half tanks all the time, right? That ought to
get you 60 to 100 miles, for any plane, right?

"You fly it, you refuel it." We always had full tanks...

now all the hypotheses about leaving on time and in the
right direction and all that, kindof fail if the local
FBO (the nice folks from whom you buy fuel had decided to
play it safe, pack up and leave before you did...

Ah, yet another reason to fuel after each flight...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

You don't have to buy anything Jim. Just saying that during crisis times
things happen and they add up . Before you know it you are out of time. And
if you flew your plane 60 miles from Key West airport to get away from the
storm...where exactly would you be safe? The odds of finding a hangar to put
the plane inside at an away from home airport can be a challenge as well.
You just can't say you can or would do this or that....you would have to be
in the situation and do all you could do. I am sure when it comes down to
it, you'd chose your familie's absolute safety over getting an airplane to
where it MIGHT be safe...and only 60 miles is a big might . Not saying there
is no way to get a plane to safety, only saying that alot of times during
those crisis times alot of things come about that you do not count on.
Even with the best of planning mother nature can give you one heck of a wake
up call.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"W P Dixon" wrote

Let's see I have 4 or 5 days notice. I have to spend most of one day
standing in line getting enough plywood to cover the house to try to
protect
that major investment..that by the way the entire family benefits from.

I don't buy it. You would only have to move the plane 60 miles or so.
There is time in there to move "that" major investment, also.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

I don't buy it. You would only have to move the plane 60 miles or so.
There is time in there to move "that" major investment, also.

You don't know if you have to move the plane or where that safe spot is until
the last few hours. When it's too late. If you want to move the plane a few days
in advance, you're talking several hundred miles to be safe, and you have to
figure out how to get back home.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

"Morgans" wrote in news:G2e7f.13583$xk2.4989
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"W P Dixon" wrote

Let's see I have 4 or 5 days notice. I have to spend most of one day
standing in line getting enough plywood to cover the house to try to
protect
that major investment..that by the way the entire family benefits from.

I don't buy it. You would only have to move the plane 60 miles or so.
There is time in there to move "that" major investment, also.

4 or 5 days before touchdown they don't know for certain where it's going
to hit with 60 mile accuracy!

W P Dixon wrote:
Correct!,
Let's see I have 4 or 5 days notice. I have to spend most of one day
standing in line getting enough plywood to cover the house to try to
protect that major investment..that by the way the entire family
benefits from.


If you live in a hurricane area and you are in Home Depot 3 days before
the hurricane hits trying to buy plywood you are a moron.

If you live in a hurricane area you have a problem with humidity and
mold. Most folks might not have inside storage with or without AC so
storing plywood at Home Depot may be the cheapest alternative.

"Newps" wrote in message
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W P Dixon wrote:
Correct!,
Let's see I have 4 or 5 days notice. I have to spend most of one
day standing in line getting enough plywood to cover the house to try
to protect that major investment..that by the way the entire family
benefits from.


If you live in a hurricane area and you are in Home Depot 3 days
before the hurricane hits trying to buy plywood you are a moron.

sfb wrote:
If you live in a hurricane area you have a problem with humidity and
mold. Most folks might not have inside storage with or without AC so
storing plywood at Home Depot may be the cheapest alternative.


Then what do you do with $400 worth of plywood?

It seems old fashoned storm shutters would be the way to go.

Old fashioned may be just that: old fashioned. The two problems are
debris breaking the windows and the wind literally pushing in the entire
window frame which is why plywood is anchored to the outside walls.
After Andrew in 1992, there were extensive upgrades to building codes
since what was thought to be sufficient wasn't. One example is a frame
attached to the inside walls under he wallboard to keep windows from
being pushed in by the wind and rain. After Charley in 2004, you could
spot developments build pre and post Andrew from the air.

"JohnH" wrote in message
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sfb wrote:
If you live in a hurricane area you have a problem with humidity and
mold. Most folks might not have inside storage with or without AC so
storing plywood at Home Depot may be the cheapest alternative.


Then what do you do with $400 worth of plywood?

It seems old fashoned storm shutters would be the way to go.

sfb wrote:
Old fashioned may be just that: old fashioned. The two problems are
debris breaking the windows and the wind literally pushing in the
entire window frame which is why plywood is anchored to the outside
walls.

I was referring to storm shutters which, last time I saw them, were not made
of glass.