Recent content by Jim K

I have a couple of these. They work well. https://www.sportys.com/slap-on-sun-visor-extra-large.html

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My plane has a placard on the panel stating "Rough Air or Maneuvering Speed 125MPH (109KTS)". This always seemed oddly slow to me, but I don't fly at maneuvering speed much, so I didn't think too much about it. Studying for the commercial (and having a couple hairy weather experiences) has led...

There's a historic hotel downtown called The Seelbach. It's incredible. Ask for a tour. It's about a 10 minute Uber ride from Bowman to downtown, and the hotel to the museums and bars is walkable. It's a special memory for me, as it's the first place I took my wife on an overnight in the...

Don't threaten me with a good time :biggrin:

"Color" is done. Has a little too much texture compared to the old paint, so I guess I'll have to wet sand it after it cures for a bit, but overall I'm pretty happy with it. Hard part is done, just simple reassembly from here on out. And yes, I did test fit it before I painted it.

Was just talking about Bowman. @Lance F stopped there during rough river. I haven't been there since 2020; funny how time flies. Anyway, don't miss the restaurant, "Le Relais", and bring something nice to wear.

Wow I thought all those were long out of service. They replaced the ones in my pop. 600 town in about 1987. I've got one around here....somewhere. One of the things I find fascinating about FedEx is the apparently total separation of different services. Last week I had two identical fedex...

Isn't flying the Mooney basically free?

What, are you going to the airlines now, too?

That makes a lot of sense. I always wondered what they did if a plane gets grounded for a mx issue or something.

Had a few pinholes and imperfections, so using high build primer to get it nice & smooth. I don't know much about painting, but I do know that getting the surface perfect is the key to having remotely decent looking paint. I'll block sand the primer and shoot it. I'm thinking I'm going to use...

Necessity is the mother of invention, or in my case, figuring out how to do ****. I'm close, my mechanic gave it his imprimatur this morning, and paint is going on (after I moved my workspace out from under the Carpenter bees): My mechanic also mentioned that he was estimating 20-30 hours...

Ironically I'm taking it up there this afternoon lol. The air conditioner quit Saturday and I have a long list of things I'd rather be working on. Like my airplane :biggrin:

Yes. Also, you'll be out of town.