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Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The
hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real nice stack now. Patrick Javier wrote: For anyone following, I found a cheap avionics place near RDU, as well as a cheap hangar which I'll be moving into within the week. Which is the avionics shop, and at what airport did you find a cheap hangar? -jav |
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patrick wrote:
Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real nice stack now. Thanks for the info. I've heard good things about Causey's shop. They supposedly have a Mooney specialist there. I'll be interested in hearing how you like the work. Yeah, 5W5 is some piece of work. Been in there at night yet? Have you seen the pictures of the flooding there after one of the hurricanes (Fran?)? IMO plan on moving out of there if there's a hurricane coming. Dave |
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dave
causey is real nice. real great people. donny is the mooney specialist, knows what he's doin. if you hang around long enough you'll see their jets come in and out-real impressive. work should be done shortly. haven't been at 5w5 at night-any experience there? tell me all you know please. haven't seen the pictures of flooding, if you have any i'd be real interested in seeing them. my insurance stipulates i have to leave hurricane watch or warning areas, so I will be sure to leave 5w5. i've been wondering lately on flying out of the country. whats the deal with flying to the bahamas? obviously cuba is embargoed, but the other nearby caribbean countries. thanks patrick Dave Butler wrote: patrick wrote: Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real nice stack now. Thanks for the info. I've heard good things about Causey's shop. They supposedly have a Mooney specialist there. I'll be interested in hearing how you like the work. Yeah, 5W5 is some piece of work. Been in there at night yet? Have you seen the pictures of the flooding there after one of the hurricanes (Fran?)? IMO plan on moving out of there if there's a hurricane coming. Dave |
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dave
causey is real nice. real great people. donny is the mooney specialist, knows what he's doin. if you hang around long enough you'll see their jets come in and out-real impressive. work should be done shortly. haven't been at 5w5 at night-any experience there? tell me all you know please. haven't seen the pictures of flooding, if you have any i'd be real interested in seeing them. my insurance stipulates i have to leave hurricane watch or warning areas, so I will be sure to leave 5w5. i've been wondering lately on flying out of the country. whats the deal with flying to the bahamas? obviously cuba is embargoed, but the other nearby caribbean countries. thanks patrick Dave Butler wrote: patrick wrote: Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real nice stack now. Thanks for the info. I've heard good things about Causey's shop. They supposedly have a Mooney specialist there. I'll be interested in hearing how you like the work. Yeah, 5W5 is some piece of work. Been in there at night yet? Have you seen the pictures of the flooding there after one of the hurricanes (Fran?)? IMO plan on moving out of there if there's a hurricane coming. Dave |
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dave
causey is real nice. real great people. donny is the mooney specialist, knows what he's doin. if you hang around long enough you'll see their jets come in and out-real impressive. work should be done shortly. haven't been at 5w5 at night-any experience there? tell me all you know please. haven't seen the pictures of flooding, if you have any i'd be real interested in seeing them. my insurance stipulates i have to leave hurricane watch or warning areas, so I will be sure to leave 5w5. i've been wondering lately on flying out of the country. whats the deal with flying to the bahamas? obviously cuba is embargoed, but the other nearby caribbean countries. thanks patrick Dave Butler wrote: patrick wrote: Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real nice stack now. Thanks for the info. I've heard good things about Causey's shop. They supposedly have a Mooney specialist there. I'll be interested in hearing how you like the work. Yeah, 5W5 is some piece of work. Been in there at night yet? Have you seen the pictures of the flooding there after one of the hurricanes (Fran?)? IMO plan on moving out of there if there's a hurricane coming. Dave |
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Hi Patrick,
It's been a long time since I've been into 5W5 at night. I'm a RDU kind of guy, and tend to avoid the short, obstructed, etc. airports. Your comfort zone may be different from mine. What I remember is nonstandard runway markings, nonstandard lighting, and the trees under the approach. Those trees are enough to raise my pucker factor in broad daylight. IIRC the lights are only on part of the runway, no lights toward the south end at all. I couldn't find any pictures of the flooding, but if I can find them, I'll put them somewhere for you. Not sure whether it was hurricane Fran or Floyd, but one of them put the airport under several feet of water. There was a nearby dam that burst. Hurricanes and airplanes can make for strange stories. I think it was Hugo, the only airplane damaged at the RDU airport was one that had been flown in from Wilmington to get it out of the way of the hurricane. There have been hangars that collapsed on top of airplanes that were hastily hangared to keep them safe. You never know. Haven't flown myself to Bahamas yet, but it's on my list of things to do. Thanks for the info on Causey. Dave patrick wrote: dave causey is real nice. real great people. donny is the mooney specialist, knows what he's doin. if you hang around long enough you'll see their jets come in and out-real impressive. work should be done shortly. haven't been at 5w5 at night-any experience there? tell me all you know please. haven't seen the pictures of flooding, if you have any i'd be real interested in seeing them. my insurance stipulates i have to leave hurricane watch or warning areas, so I will be sure to leave 5w5. i've been wondering lately on flying out of the country. whats the deal with flying to the bahamas? obviously cuba is embargoed, but the other nearby caribbean countries. thanks patrick Dave Butler wrote: patrick wrote: Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real nice stack now. Thanks for the info. I've heard good things about Causey's shop. They supposedly have a Mooney specialist there. I'll be interested in hearing how you like the work. Yeah, 5W5 is some piece of work. Been in there at night yet? Have you seen the pictures of the flooding there after one of the hurricanes (Fran?)? IMO plan on moving out of there if there's a hurricane coming. Dave -- Dave Butler, software engineer 919-392-4367 |
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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote: First oil change? After 44 years? D00d! You are WAY overdue! There's an operator in Alaska who only changes oil at overhaul. He swears by it and was the subject of some research about 10 years back. Not sure what the results were but he claimed to be able to reach TBO much easier on the original oil. -Robert |
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I have an update to my avionics install at Causey. It's now been 8
weeks-and still not done. The mechanics at Causey are amazing-pushing planes in and out everyday with great speed. Avionics on the other hand, I've never seen molasses move so slowly. When I was told the plane would be ready today at 1pm, I get a call at 11am saying-well, there are some problems, maybe this coming friday. This is what I've heard every week for the past 4 weeks. I'm starting to think I should put my plane in a museum becuase I'll never be able to fly it again. In other news, I found a hangar at Johnston County for $275. It's quite nice-motorized door, no flooding problems like 5W5. Plus, the airport has an ILS, a mile long runway, quite a nice place. Hope everyone else is having fun flying their planes. Patrick Dave Butler wrote: Hi Patrick, It's been a long time since I've been into 5W5 at night. I'm a RDU kind of guy, and tend to avoid the short, obstructed, etc. airports. Your comfort zone may be different from mine. What I remember is nonstandard runway markings, nonstandard lighting, and the trees under the approach. Those trees are enough to raise my pucker factor in broad daylight. IIRC the lights are only on part of the runway, no lights toward the south end at all. I couldn't find any pictures of the flooding, but if I can find them, I'll put them somewhere for you. Not sure whether it was hurricane Fran or Floyd, but one of them put the airport under several feet of water. There was a nearby dam that burst. Hurricanes and airplanes can make for strange stories. I think it was Hugo, the only airplane damaged at the RDU airport was one that had been flown in from Wilmington to get it out of the way of the hurricane. There have been hangars that collapsed on top of airplanes that were hastily hangared to keep them safe. You never know. Haven't flown myself to Bahamas yet, but it's on my list of things to do. Thanks for the info on Causey. Dave patrick wrote: dave causey is real nice. real great people. donny is the mooney specialist, knows what he's doin. if you hang around long enough you'll see their jets come in and out-real impressive. work should be done shortly. haven't been at 5w5 at night-any experience there? tell me all you know please. haven't seen the pictures of flooding, if you have any i'd be real interested in seeing them. my insurance stipulates i have to leave hurricane watch or warning areas, so I will be sure to leave 5w5. i've been wondering lately on flying out of the country. whats the deal with flying to the bahamas? obviously cuba is embargoed, but the other nearby caribbean countries. thanks patrick Dave Butler wrote: patrick wrote: Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real nice stack now. Thanks for the info. I've heard good things about Causey's shop. They supposedly have a Mooney specialist there. I'll be interested in hearing how you like the work. Yeah, 5W5 is some piece of work. Been in there at night yet? Have you seen the pictures of the flooding there after one of the hurricanes (Fran?)? IMO plan on moving out of there if there's a hurricane coming. Dave -- Dave Butler, software engineer 919-392-4367 |
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Patrick,
You are a very patient guy. I would have had the bird out of there 4 weeks ago and left them a bill for inconvenience. We need to weed those type of operators out of the industry ! In comparison, I just had a complete Avionic refit in the Archer done in Michigan. New Garmin GMA340, GNS530, GTX327 and a Dacint GDC31 interfaced to the Century IIB AP. We flew the Archer into Mayday Avionics, Inc at KGRR on Monday August 21 and flew it out, IFR certified on Thursday 31st Aug. And they also did a great job of overhauling the Century IIB done before and waiting for the new avionics install. I can't speak highly enough about their professionalism and attention to detail while keeping right on schedule at a competitive cost. -- Roy Piper Archer N5804F Beloit, OH "patrick" wrote in message ups.com... I have an update to my avionics install at Causey. It's now been 8 weeks-and still not done. The mechanics at Causey are amazing-pushing planes in and out everyday with great speed. Avionics on the other hand, I've never seen molasses move so slowly. When I was told the plane would be ready today at 1pm, I get a call at 11am saying-well, there are some problems, maybe this coming friday. This is what I've heard every week for the past 4 weeks. I'm starting to think I should put my plane in a museum becuase I'll never be able to fly it again. In other news, I found a hangar at Johnston County for $275. It's quite nice-motorized door, no flooding problems like 5W5. Plus, the airport has an ILS, a mile long runway, quite a nice place. Hope everyone else is having fun flying their planes. Patrick Dave Butler wrote: Hi Patrick, It's been a long time since I've been into 5W5 at night. I'm a RDU kind of guy, and tend to avoid the short, obstructed, etc. airports. Your comfort zone may be different from mine. What I remember is nonstandard runway markings, nonstandard lighting, and the trees under the approach. Those trees are enough to raise my pucker factor in broad daylight. IIRC the lights are only on part of the runway, no lights toward the south end at all. I couldn't find any pictures of the flooding, but if I can find them, I'll put them somewhere for you. Not sure whether it was hurricane Fran or Floyd, but one of them put the airport under several feet of water. There was a nearby dam that burst. Hurricanes and airplanes can make for strange stories. I think it was Hugo, the only airplane damaged at the RDU airport was one that had been flown in from Wilmington to get it out of the way of the hurricane. There have been hangars that collapsed on top of airplanes that were hastily hangared to keep them safe. You never know. Haven't flown myself to Bahamas yet, but it's on my list of things to do. Thanks for the info on Causey. Dave patrick wrote: dave causey is real nice. real great people. donny is the mooney specialist, knows what he's doin. if you hang around long enough you'll see their jets come in and out-real impressive. work should be done shortly. haven't been at 5w5 at night-any experience there? tell me all you know please. haven't seen the pictures of flooding, if you have any i'd be real interested in seeing them. my insurance stipulates i have to leave hurricane watch or warning areas, so I will be sure to leave 5w5. i've been wondering lately on flying out of the country. whats the deal with flying to the bahamas? obviously cuba is embargoed, but the other nearby caribbean countries. thanks patrick Dave Butler wrote: patrick wrote: Avionics shop is over at Causey (2A5), install rate is $45/hr. The hangar is at Triple W (5W5) and hangar rent is $225. Piece of crap airport, but finding a cheap hangar around RDU has been a tough task so I'll take it. I get my plane back today from the shop, should be a real nice stack now. Thanks for the info. I've heard good things about Causey's shop. They supposedly have a Mooney specialist there. I'll be interested in hearing how you like the work. Yeah, 5W5 is some piece of work. Been in there at night yet? Have you seen the pictures of the flooding there after one of the hurricanes (Fran?)? IMO plan on moving out of there if there's a hurricane coming. Dave -- Dave Butler, software engineer 919-392-4367 |
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patrick wrote:
I have an update to my avionics install at Causey. It's now been 8 weeks-and still not done. The mechanics at Causey are amazing-pushing planes in and out everyday with great speed. Avionics on the other hand, I've never seen molasses move so slowly. When I was told the plane would be ready today at 1pm, I get a call at 11am saying-well, there are some problems, maybe this coming friday. This is what I've heard every week for the past 4 weeks. I'm starting to think I should put my plane in a museum becuase I'll never be able to fly it again. In other news, I found a hangar at Johnston County for $275. I can't hear "hangar at Johnston County" without being reminded of certain notable hangar tenants... It's quite nice-motorized door, no flooding problems like 5W5. Plus, the airport has an ILS, a mile long runway, quite a nice place. Hope everyone else is having fun flying their planes. Patrick Sparkchasers at JNX does very good (I won't say cheap) avionics work. -- Don Poitras k |
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