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April 26th 08, 04:39 AM
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Owning in retirement
Bob Fry wrote:
All "hack"ers are listed in the logbooks... So you think.... Well there was that one mouse out in the right wing... Its only the 2nd time all of its fabric skin has come off, getting ready to put it all back on again... 
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April 26th 08, 05:55 AM
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:39:00 GMT, Darrel Toepfer
wrote: Bob Fry wrote: "RG" == Robert M Gary writes: If you don't mind flying something an unknown person built. As opposed to flying a 40-year old antique that many unknown persons have hacked at over the years.... 55 years young, but whose count'n... All "hack"ers are listed in the logbooks... I'm but the 3rd owner... The builder planned to fly it himself
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April 26th 08, 10:41 PM
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Probably a couple of dozen people built my Cherokee..
......and then got somebody else to test fly it..  Dave On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:55:56 GMT, (Drew Dalgleish) wrote: On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:39:00 GMT, Darrel Toepfer wrote: Bob Fry wrote: "RG" == Robert M Gary writes: If you don't mind flying something an unknown person built. As opposed to flying a 40-year old antique that many unknown persons have hacked at over the years.... 55 years young, but whose count'n... All "hack"ers are listed in the logbooks... I'm but the 3rd owner... The builder planned to fly it himself
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April 26th 08, 05:51 AM
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:57:09 -0700, Bob Fry
wrote: "RG" == Robert M Gary writes: RG 160 knots on 10 gal/hr is hard to best though. Any RV (except the -12) will easily best that. Buy a used one for less than the Mooney. Hey he's retired . What's the rush to get there? The RV 12 will get way better miles per gallon
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April 26th 08, 03:46 PM
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"DD" == Drew Dalgleish writes:
DD Hey he's retired . What's the rush to get there? The RV 12 DD will get way better miles per gallon Not necessarily. It's been demonstrated often that RVs with different size engines get similar mpg when operated at the same power (hp) settings. What the bigger engine gets you is a much better reserve for climb and cruise, if you want to use it. -- Why can't the ant and the caterpillar just get along? One eats grass, the other eats Caterpillars... Oh, I see now. - Jack Handey
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