morid(at)northland.lib.mi
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 Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: kitfox list: age |
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Thank you Tony for the picture. Nice paint job. How could I forget something that I put that much of my life into building and flying? All good memories. Every minute of it. I hope Tweety is still being well cared for.
Deke
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deke? so you still remember her ?
a little history for you..... the third owner (florida) was ex military and painted your pretty yellow plane this gosh awful camo scheme.... i purchased it at a good price and flew it til the next annual at which time i went all the way thru it, including a new paint job.... back to yellow with orange trim....i ended up putting about 175 hours on the plane. little kids loved the plane... they called it an army plane, but the guys i flew with always complained because if i was below them, they would lose me because of the lack of contrasting colors with the ground and trees. especially dangerous on short finals over trees.
i decided to sell her bacause of the limited fuel range.
i put her up for sale and a mexican bought the plane, sight unseen. we met in arizona and he took her south of the border to add it to his other 3 planes. he planned to use it for beach flying. the plane was approaching 1000 total hours when i sold it. the engine was zero timed once... i think it was on its third set of tires, 2nd windshield, the doors were recovered with full plexiglass, and those aluminum fuel tanks had to be slosh sealed twice due to stress cracks. it sputtered a couple of times at altitude from trash in the gas during 175 hours of flying time, but i never had the engine die on me. i did make a hasty landing once after a hose clamp loosened and i lost some of the engine coolant.
after several owners and nearly a 1000 hours, she was going strong. you should be very proud of your construction, even if it is 700 miles south of the border now.
i've attached a photo of how she looked when i sold it.
Fox5flyer <morid(at)northland.lib.mi.us> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi Tony. Where did my "baby" go off to this time?
Deke Morisse
Mikado MI
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