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bootless(at)earthlink.net Guest
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:23 am Post subject: Kitplanes Request - Buying Used Zenith A/C - Part 2 |
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Thank you for that, Dave. That's an important point to consider. Would
you mind if I quoted you in the article? You may contact me offline, to
keep the list traffic down.
best,
Cory
do not archive
Dave wrote:
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It's not quite what you asked for, but I did intend to buy a Zenith
and the deal fell through. For me the show stopper was transportation.
The plane is about 900 miles away. I would not fly an unfamilar
aircraft on such a journey, and the owner could not manage it. Truck
rental was far more expensive than even my worse nightmare, and none
of the transporting companies were interested. Even Ferry pilots were
not interested in flying homebuilts. I had arranged to get time to go
look at it but without a way to get it here, there seemed little
point. I've since found a plane, not a Zenith. I certainly had not
anticipated that something seemingly so simple would be a show stopper.
As far a structural weak spots in earky Zeniths, examine the sheet
metal where the motor mount pass through the firewall carefully on
both sides, there is sometimes a little bending. While you are at the
firewall have a look at the nose gear for evidence of hard landings.
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bootless(at)earthlink.net Guest
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:38 am Post subject: Kitplanes Request - Buying Used Zenith A/C - Part 2 |
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Hi Dave,
How are you? I used your "transportation problem" in the story, and
would like to put a little more identification in the story, such as
where you live (city and/or province is fine) and what you fly now.
Thank you!
best, Cory
Dave wrote:
[quote]
It's not quite what you asked for, but I did intend to buy a Zenith
and the deal fell through. For me the show stopper was transportation.
The plane is about 900 miles away. I would not fly an unfamilar
aircraft on such a journey, and the owner could not manage it. Truck
rental was far more expensive than even my worse nightmare, and none
of the transporting companies were interested. Even Ferry pilots were
not interested in flying homebuilts. I had arranged to get time to go
look at it but without a way to get it here, there seemed little
point. I've since found a plane, not a Zenith. I certainly had not
anticipated that something seemingly so simple would be a show stopper.
As far a structural weak spots in earky Zeniths, examine the sheet
metal where the motor mount pass through the firewall carefully on
both sides, there is sometimes a little bending. While you are at the
firewall have a look at the nose gear for evidence of hard landings.
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d.goddard(at)ns.sympatico Guest
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject: Kitplanes Request - Buying Used Zenith A/C - Part 2 |
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Hi, I live in Nova Scotia. The aircraft was in Ontario. In the States it
might well have been an easier problem to solve as there are several
agencies that can provide transport service. Here in Canada it is even
difficult to rent a truck for one way transport.
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