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stein(at)steinair.com
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 Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: Camping at OSH - Couch Disaster |
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The sad thing is the motorized couch might not make it this year...see...it
met an unfortunate fate last fall. When loaned to a friend, his teenage son
and some friends took it out for a joyride (against everyones explicit
instructions) and had an incident between the couch and a hangar. They
didn't realize that losing control of the sofa and hitting a hangar at 40mph
with a couch would result in both personal injury as well as completely
totalling the couch. The hit the hangar with the couch so hard that it put
a dent in the hangar, as well as literally shearing the crankshaft on the
engine. Bent everthing including the frame, and just generally ripped the
couch apart into little pieces.
Thankfully, the FAA or NTSB wasn't called (as this technically would have
been an "accident"), but sadly the couch and all it's complement of drive
gear was destroyed.
So, the couch is almost completely re-built from scratch, but it's still
awaiting upholstery. If it gets re-upholsetered by OSH, the we'll try to
have the couch there. It'll have lost some of it's charm since the covering
will not be vintage 1950's anymore, but it should still be a nice motor
vehicle for both traveling around the campground and relaxing on for a few
adult beverages.
Anyway, just thought you might like to know what has happened to the sofa in
case we don't get it there this year!
Cheers,
Stein.
DO NOT ARCHIVE this useless story!
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neal.george(at)mchsi.com
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: Camping at OSH - Couch Disaster |
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Useless story !?
That's like saying Jack Hooker never owned a van...
That couch embodies aviation history, and deserves a lofty place in legend
and lore.
Neal
Cheers,
Stein.
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LloydDR(at)wernerco.com
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: Camping at OSH - Couch Disaster |
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You can always go to good will and find an interesting 70's shag carpet
or such...
Dan
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Mark Phillips in TN
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Columbia, TN
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject: Camping at OSH - Couch Disaster |
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In a message dated 7/4/2007 2:50:31 PM Central Daylight Time, stein(at)steinair.com writes:
| Quote: | Anyway, just thought you might like to know what has happened to the sofa in
case we don't get it there this year! |
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This could be better than Reno- I wanna participate in the OSH-07 Couch Potato finals! Seventy knots down 18, pull back on the remote and exit at Golf! Yeehah!!!!!!
Mark do not archive
See what's free at AOL.com.
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