What did you do today?

Went up early in the EZ-bake oven that I call a plane. Air was very smooth but the heat & humidity were not welcomed. A short trip to get fuel and ride the sky with a friend or two in the area ...
 
I like that. Got a couple Burr Kings and a vintage Porter Cable BG8 in addition to my kraut grinder, don't need much else currently.
 
I thought about two Citations…the last one I flew, we landed for fuel and found another way home. The one before that I had to scud run to prepurchase inspection on a ferry permit because fuel was interfering with electrical functions.
 
I turned our old reclining loveseat into a recliner. We got a new couch recently, thanks to @GoFly's generosity, and I was wanting a recliner for our upstairs office. I still need to do some work on it, including ripping the old fabric off and recovering it plus building out the right side so it is symmetrical, but it is a start.
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I spent a couple hours cleaning construction dust/dirt off of my plane. Where I had it tied down, the airport is constructing a new large taxiway - so they've been doing road grading construction within 25 yard of the tie-down area. So, two days ago I moved to another airport and put the Coupe in a hangar. Today I went to begin the cleaning process. It's not a hard job - just a bit tedious.
 
I built a cabinet shelf out of some repurposed shiplap and 1x's
 
Beachy said:
I spent a couple hours cleaning construction dust/dirt off of my plane. Where I had it tied down, the airport is constructing a new large taxiway - so they've been doing road grading construction within 25 yard of the tie-down area. So, two days ago I moved to another airport and put the Coupe in a hangar. Today I went to begin the cleaning process. It's not a hard job - just a bit tedious.
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Last summer cmi reconfigured some of the taxiways. They brought in a concrete crushing machine and parked it right behind my hangar. Even inside the closed hangar my poor airplane turned gray every time they ran it.
 
Discussed a fix for our cracked engine mount with another guy with the same issue, since our best guess for an actual fix from the manufacturer is at least six months…
 
Pulled a muscle in my back doing what I call boat yoga, contorting yourself to reach failed parts of engines that were likely installed before the entire deck of vessel.
 
Fiveslide said:
Pulled a muscle in my back doing what I call boat yoga, contorting yourself to reach failed parts of engines that were likely installed before the entire deck of vessel.
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why don't you hear people say they pulled a front muscle?
 
While visiting my AF son, I went with him to watch him do his workout on Base. As he was finishing, he was deadlifting 415 lbs, and I joked that it didn’t look that heavy. He then suggested I give it a try, never thinking I could lift it for a full rep. (Me neither) But to my surprise, I did it. I think my funeral will be Wednesday…..
 
GoFly said:
While visiting my AF son, I went with him to watch him do his workout on Base. As he was finishing, he was deadlifting 415 lbs, and I joked that it didn’t look that heavy. He then suggested I give it a try, never thinking I could lift it for a full rep. (Me neither) But to my surprise, I did it. I think my funeral will be Wednesday…..
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As long as no parts fell out, I think you should be OK. (Spoken as an IT guy, not a doctor...)

Coincidentally, today I unloaded 450 lbs of pavers, 16 at 30 lbs each. It took me exactly 16 trips from the truck, and yes, again, I'm a baby. But no parts fell out!
 
Albany Tom said:
As long as no parts fell out, I think you should be OK. (Spoken as an IT guy, not a doctor...)

Coincidentally, today I unloaded 450 lbs of pavers, 16 at 30 lbs each. It took me exactly 16 trips from the truck, and yes, again, I'm a baby. But no parts fell out!
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You being an IT guy, I would have thought you'd be better at math. :)
 
Argued with a guy who was telling me that using runway six when winds are 070 @3 is the wrong runway to use. “But 24 is the active!”
 
eman1200 said:
Argued with a guy who was telling me that using runway six when winds are 070 @3 is the wrong runway to use. “But 24 is the active!”
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"Argued with a guy..." - I hope you didn't more than a couple of minutes before either he realized his error or you realize the futlity...
 
Bob Noel said:
"Argued with a guy..." - I hope you didn't more than a couple of minutes before either he realized his error or you realize the futlity...
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Yeah I hated to take even a second of radio time for that. I was a little embarrassed for the guy.
 
Logged 3.5 - it's been a loooong time since I've done that. Flew to a former airport to pick up a buddy. Then he and I did some coastal Delaware flying. Then we had lunch and I flew home. Visibility sucked today but it was smooth. Likely by mid-week the air will be messed up with the proximity of Hurricane Erin - and that's why I moved to the airport where I have a hangar.
 
Beachy said:
Logged 3.5 - it's been a loooong time since I've done that. Flew to a former airport to pick up a buddy. Then he and I did some coastal Delaware flying. Then we had lunch and I flew home. Visibility sucked today but it was smooth. Likely by mid-week the air will be messed up with the proximity of Hurricane Erin - and that's why I moved to the airport where I have a hangar.
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3.5 in a Coupe. Good thing one can fly “open cockpit” :biggrin:
 
Spent most of the day working in the hangar to prep for moving the Ercoupe in with the Ultralight. Ultralight will be hanging from the ceiling with the Ercoupe below. This takes some airplane gymnastics but it should work. What could possibly go wrong?

Stopped at Cosco for some storage stuff to make more room in the hangar. A Gazillion people eating lunch while 2 Gazzillion more clogged the aisles.

Pictures will be become available upon success.
 
Put up some more kitschy junk in my hangar. Months ago, a friend had his shop repainted and removed all the previous owners' exterior signage ("BURT'S TRANSMISSION SERVICE") Unfortunately it's about four different typefaces and sizes, making the possibilities kinda limited. I had so many letters it crashed every online anagram generator I tried, so I started with the obvious low-hanging fruit from Wichita.
 

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eman1200 said:
Argued with a guy who was telling me that using runway six when winds are 070 @3 is the wrong runway to use. “But 24 is the active!”
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Argued with a guy who was telling me that using runway 24 when winds were 60@3 is the wrong runway to use. "But 6 is the active"
 
I got an email from a company offering me over 350K for my house, sight unseen. Should I jump on it.??

Not bad ROI since I only paid 128K for it 16 years ago...

(don't worry, I know it is a scam)
 
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