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Adios, Delta
After seven years and 900+ hours of faithful service, my sweet-flying Cutlass
RG 9387D has left for her new home in Texas. "Delta" carried family home for the holidays in Houston, took Angel Flight patients to medical care from Jacksonville to Tulsa and everywhere in between, enabled me to show up for business meetings out of town and be home the same day, and spread her sheltering wings over our tents at Oshkosh. In Delta I ran from hurricanes, dodged thunderstorms, flew approaches to minimums and sometimes just goofed around looking at the scenery. Never once was a trip scrubbed because of mechanical trouble. Thanks to Delta I went places, saw sights and made friends I couldn't have without her. Thanks to her I've had a vastly richer life. How many of our possesions give us that much? So, adios, Delta. Here's hoping you keep helping people enjoy life for many more years. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...3_P1010262.JPG -- Dan |
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Adios, Delta
On Jun 2, 5:55 pm, "Dan Luke" wrote:
After seven years and 900+ hours of faithful service, my sweet-flying Cutlass RG 9387D has left for her new home in Texas. "Delta" carried family home for the holidays in Houston, took Angel Flight patients to medical care from Jacksonville to Tulsa and everywhere in between, enabled me to show up for business meetings out of town and be home the same day, and spread her sheltering wings over our tents at Oshkosh. In Delta I ran from hurricanes, dodged thunderstorms, flew approaches to minimums and sometimes just goofed around looking at the scenery. Never once was a trip scrubbed because of mechanical trouble. Thanks to Delta I went places, saw sights and made friends I couldn't have without her. Thanks to her I've had a vastly richer life. How many of our possesions give us that much? So, adios, Delta. Here's hoping you keep helping people enjoy life for many more years. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...3_P1010262.JPG -- Dan Well said...good luck in the future! Robert |
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Adios, Delta
So what are you replacing Delta with..
BT "Dan Luke" wrote in message ... After seven years and 900+ hours of faithful service, my sweet-flying Cutlass RG 9387D has left for her new home in Texas. "Delta" carried family home for the holidays in Houston, took Angel Flight patients to medical care from Jacksonville to Tulsa and everywhere in between, enabled me to show up for business meetings out of town and be home the same day, and spread her sheltering wings over our tents at Oshkosh. In Delta I ran from hurricanes, dodged thunderstorms, flew approaches to minimums and sometimes just goofed around looking at the scenery. Never once was a trip scrubbed because of mechanical trouble. Thanks to Delta I went places, saw sights and made friends I couldn't have without her. Thanks to her I've had a vastly richer life. How many of our possesions give us that much? So, adios, Delta. Here's hoping you keep helping people enjoy life for many more years. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...3_P1010262.JPG -- Dan |
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Adios, Delta
So, adios, Delta. Here's hoping you keep helping people enjoy life for many
more years. Geez, that's depressing, Dan. I don't even know ya, and I've not flown your plane -- but it sure feels like a funeral nonetheless. Good luck. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination |
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Adios, Delta
"Jay Honeck" wrote: So, adios, Delta. Here's hoping you keep helping people enjoy life for many more years. Geez, that's depressing, Dan. I don't even know ya, and I've not flown your plane -- but it sure feels like a funeral nonetheless. heh It's not that bad! Airplanes come and go. That one was a good'un and I felt like saying 'bye. Good luck. Same to you. -- Dan "You spend money to buy aggravation." -Chinese proverb |
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Adios, Delta
"BT" wrote: So what are you replacing Delta with.. Dunno, yet. I'm going to see how I like life as a non-owner for a little while. -- Dan “You spend money to buy aggravation.” -Chinese proverb |
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Adios, Delta
On Jun 2, 5:55 pm, "Dan Luke" wrote:
After seven years and 900+ hours of faithful service, my sweet-flying Cutlass RG 9387D has left for her new home in Texas. "Delta" carried family home for the holidays in Houston, took Angel Flight patients to medical care from Jacksonville to Tulsa and everywhere in between, enabled me to show up for business meetings out of town and be home the same day, and spread her sheltering wings over our tents at Oshkosh. In Delta I ran from hurricanes, dodged thunderstorms, flew approaches to minimums and sometimes just goofed around looking at the scenery. Never once was a trip scrubbed because of mechanical trouble. Thanks to Delta I went places, saw sights and made friends I couldn't have without her. Thanks to her I've had a vastly richer life. How many of our possesions give us that much? So, adios, Delta. Here's hoping you keep helping people enjoy life for many more years. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...3_P1010262.JPG -- Dan could you please (if you have the time) let us in on any problems you had? I have little experience in retractrable gear Cessna singles...although a bit of time with O-2's and the folks who maintained those worked on the gear all the time... Robert |
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Adios, Delta
"Luke Skywalker" wrote: could you please (if you have the time) let us in on any problems you had? I have little experience in retractrable gear Cessna singles...although a bit of time with O-2's and the folks who maintained those worked on the gear all the time... I bought the plane in 2000 with a runout engine and an AD coming to inspect the gear pivots for cracks. The engine was o'hauled by a local shop shortly after I bought the airplane. I had bad exhaust valve guide leaks twice within 300 hours of overhaul. That turned out to be the fault of the shop that resurfaced the rocker arms -- they ground the wrong angle on them. After we figured that out, I had no more engine problems. I had the gear AD done and the break line o-ring seals replaced for a total cost of about $2,000. After that, I never had any gear trouble in the next 900 hours, and never spent any more money on the gear unless you count what it cost to inspect it every year at annual. Never even burned out an annunciator bulb. Most of my repair costs were avionics and instruments. The Cessna radios needed work regularly; the HI and AI failed; the S-Tec autopilot always worked perfectly except for two times when the cheap test-off-on toggle switch failed. I replaced the vacuum pump at 500 hours just to be on the safe side. The voltage regulator failed once in IMC. The airplane was remarkably trouble-free. I followed Lycoming's recommendations about leaning, max temperatures and shutdown procedures carefully. I made sure I flew the airplane at least once a week, and it was in top notch shape when I sold it. -- Dan |
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Adios, Delta
Luke
My personal airplane in VN was a 0-2. In the year I had it (got new and we put about 500 hours on it) never had any gear problems with it. Used it pretty hard at times and flew off hard runways and laderite strips. Big John ************************************************** ****** On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:48:10 -0700, Luke Skywalker wrote: On Jun 2, 5:55 pm, "Dan Luke" wrote: After seven years and 900+ hours of faithful service, my sweet-flying Cutlass RG 9387D has left for her new home in Texas. "Delta" carried family home for the holidays in Houston, took Angel Flight patients to medical care from Jacksonville to Tulsa and everywhere in between, enabled me to show up for business meetings out of town and be home the same day, and spread her sheltering wings over our tents at Oshkosh. In Delta I ran from hurricanes, dodged thunderstorms, flew approaches to minimums and sometimes just goofed around looking at the scenery. Never once was a trip scrubbed because of mechanical trouble. Thanks to Delta I went places, saw sights and made friends I couldn't have without her. Thanks to her I've had a vastly richer life. How many of our possesions give us that much? So, adios, Delta. Here's hoping you keep helping people enjoy life for many more years. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...3_P1010262.JPG -- Dan could you please (if you have the time) let us in on any problems you had? I have little experience in retractrable gear Cessna singles...although a bit of time with O-2's and the folks who maintained those worked on the gear all the time... Robert |
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Adios, Delta
On Jun 3, 1:44 pm, "Dan Luke" wrote:
"Luke Skywalker" wrote: could you please (if you have the time) let us in on any problems you had? I have little experience in retractrable gear Cessna singles...although a bit of time with O-2's and the folks who maintained those worked on the gear all the time... I bought the plane in 2000 with a runout engine and an AD coming to inspect the gear pivots for cracks. The engine was o'hauled by a local shop shortly after I bought the airplane. I had bad exhaust valve guide leaks twice within 300 hours of overhaul. That turned out to be the fault of the shop that resurfaced the rocker arms -- they ground the wrong angle on them. After we figured that out, I had no more engine problems. I had the gear AD done and the break line o-ring seals replaced for a total cost of about $2,000. After that, I never had any gear trouble in the next 900 hours, and never spent any more money on the gear unless you count what it cost to inspect it every year at annual. Never even burned out an annunciator bulb. Most of my repair costs were avionics and instruments. The Cessna radios needed work regularly; the HI and AI failed; the S-Tec autopilot always worked perfectly except for two times when the cheap test-off-on toggle switch failed. I replaced the vacuum pump at 500 hours just to be on the safe side. The voltage regulator failed once in IMC. The airplane was remarkably trouble-free. I followed Lycoming's recommendations about leaning, max temperatures and shutdown procedures carefully. I made sure I flew the airplane at least once a week, and it was in top notch shape when I sold it. -- Dan Dan. It was very gracious of you to do this. I've saved your reply in my file. The electronic issues seems to track with both my experience and some others. Cessna radios are just not so hot...the STEC is super. it is just hard to toss to many "rahs" at that device. flying the airplane as frequently as you did was probably a big help in the gear issues. Everyone who I know who has actually had gear trouble in like the 210...didnt fly it all that much. Thanks again. Robert |
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