Moving a C172 to Australia from California

wow! talk about an interesting read (http://www.clahen.com.au/ ). i
just lost an hour somewhere out in the pacific. thanks for the link.

dan



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Comments on shipping a plane in a container.

I was a principal in removing a plane from a container after it had been
shipped from England to the west coast of the US and re-assembling it.

Upon re-assembly, the plane looked real good. However within the next two
years so much corrosion developed that the plane was ultimately scrapped.

My theory is that the ship rode through rough weather and salt spray or
corrosive salt laden air wound up penetrating the container.

The owner assured me that the plane was NOT exposed to a salt atmosphere in
England.

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A

This time he was the one orbiting and giving advice while his assistant
went down...

http://www.avweb.com/newswire/12_24a.../192443-1.html

I'm sorry, but that's too interesting a life for me...

(still amazing)