Looking for a fuselage

Why not a multicolored balloon?


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Kq2Qd.65778$IV5.46402@attbi_s54...
Here's a somewhat 'famous' fuselage for sale. Price reduced, also. It
was
$8k last time they listed it...

http://tinyurl.com/54qbf

Hey -- isn't that the one that has the amazing changing "N" number? :-)

It seems to me that this movie has one of the biggest aviation gaffes of
all
time, showing a different Cessna on the ground than in the air.

(Or am I remembering a different movie?)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hey, I've got an idea! Get one of those old jetliner fuselages, and put it
out front, and do some work on the inside, turning it into a suite! Then,
you could rent out your sign!
--
Jim in NC

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:38:02 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Or a big propeller.

Now that our conversion to an aviation theme-suites hotel is almost
complete, we think it's time to make the *outside* of the place look more
aviation-ish. (We've only changed the inside, thus far.)

Anyone know where I can find an old Cessna 140 (for example) fuselage for
cheap that I could mount on a pole out front? Or a big ol' Convair prop?
Something I could hoist up onto a 3-story sign, to catch the eye of
travelers?

Anyone got any better ideas? Whatever we do, it can't be unsafe, and it
shouldn't look too kitschy...

Thanks!

Suitable ships have been mentioned in this newsgroup many times, so a
quick search of the archives might produce some leads. Which candidate
is best will depend on your answers to these questions -

If aluminum is your preference, then will something very small be OK,
and can you afford shipping from PR?

If something larger but in fiberglass might be better, are you able to
provide your own canopy latches?

Wayne :-)

Jay Honeck wrote:

Anyone got any better ideas? Whatever we do, it can't be unsafe, and
it
shouldn't look too kitschy...


Think big! I saw this one in Whitehorse, Yukon Canada :

http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/po...whitehorse.htm

Back in the mid 80s I was in the Orlando area and came across a bar
with an entire Beech Musketeer attached to the side of the building as
if it had crashed nose first into the upper side of the wall. I've got
a picture of it on my wall, but haven't been able to locate it on the
'net. Any of you Florida folks know what I'm talking about?

If it's not on the 'net, I might consider unframing and scanning my
pic. It's very cool looking!

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:38:02 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Or a big propeller.

Now that our conversion to an aviation theme-suites hotel is almost
complete, we think it's time to make the *outside* of the place look more
aviation-ish. (We've only changed the inside, thus far.)

Anyone know where I can find an old Cessna 140 (for example) fuselage for
cheap that I could mount on a pole out front? Or a big ol' Convair prop?
Something I could hoist up onto a 3-story sign, to catch the eye of
travelers?

Anyone got any better ideas? Whatever we do, it can't be unsafe, and it
shouldn't look too kitschy...

Thanks!

somewhere out in the texas desert is an eaa chapter with a smartly
painted BD5 on a pole. it looks as slick as anything I've ever seen on
a pole.

the other suggestion is to locate a disgraced Mini 500 Helicopter and
put it on a pole.

something small, smartly painted and interesting. definitely
uncrashed!!!!
the general public are still turned on by both of the aforementioned
designs.
Stealth Pilot

Anyone know where I can find an old Cessna 140 (for example) fuselage for
cheap that I could mount on a pole out front? Or a big ol' Convair prop?
Something I could hoist up onto a 3-story sign, to catch the eye of
travelers?

I think I found just the thing for you... (though you're gonna need a
really, REALLY stout pole...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...sPageName=WDVW

.... or if you prefer, item number 4532033102.

Mark "shipping's gonna cost you though" Hickey

Now THAT is cool!

The City probably wouldn't let us put it out front, and shipping would be a
killer, but...

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

Is the bird on ebay the same type as the one in the following link?
http://www.soaridaho.com/Gliders_on_Tow.jpg

Wayne

"Mark Hickey" wrote in message
...

I think I found just the thing for you... (though you're gonna need a
really, REALLY stout pole...


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...sPageName=WDVW

... or if you prefer, item number 4532033102.

Mark "shipping's gonna cost you though" Hickey

"Wayne Paul" wrote

Is the bird on ebay the same type as the one in the following link?
http://www.soaridaho.com/Gliders_on_Tow.jpg

Although it is hard to see from that picture, it very well could be. I
don't know of another biplanes that could tow 5 sailplanes.

It is the AN-2, a Russian biplane with huge proportions, and still is a
workhorse in many parts of the old Soviet Union, and elsewhere.

It was produced as late as 1970, from what I was able to find. It had a
single 1,000 HP engine, and empty weight of about 7,600, and could have a
maximum takeoff weight of over 12,000 pounds. Around 20,000 were produced,
and it is believed that around 2,00 are still flying.

Wingspan of over 59 feet, maximum speed of 160mph, and economy cruise of
115mph. It has excellent STOL characteristics, partly due to the fact that
its ailerons can droop along with its flaps.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

/snip/
It was produced as late as 1970, from what I was able to find. /snip/

I have personally been in a 1985 model.

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane