Sunday, April 13, 2008

This Old Airplane....


Didn't get to work on the Cessna yesterday or today.


Yesterday, we went to see our granddaughter Kalleigh test for her white belt in Tae Kwon Do. She did find, will find out next week if she passed.


Then we went to R & S Pool Supply to get a new pool. Ours is 21 years old this summer. Liner needs to be replaced, And the railings and walls are shot. We got a really great deal from Bob, the owner, whom we have known since moving to St Louis 19 years ago. Now we have a meeting with an installer on Tuesday morning.


Progress is slow but sure with the Cessna. Repairing interior plastic and repainting. But had to order 3 new pieces. The 3 pieces I am replacing just crumpled in my hands when I removed them to run wiring for the new Landing Lights and Strobes I am also installing.


These plastic parts just take a beating with the hot sun beating threw the windows. They become very brittle. Got to get a hanger!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Cessna 150






Started working on my airplane yesterday afternoon. Got a good start on things. Will be out at the airport all day today and tomorrow. Only got the hanger space till Monday.




I got lots to do by then.




Installing a different Directional Gyro, ADF (Automatic Direction Finder, AM radio), Indicator of ADF, Electronic Tachometer, new wing tips with strobe lights, new started, re-painting some interior parts, wheel pants, tail hold down bolt.




Will try and take pictures everyday to show progress.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Home

Got in late last night.

Went out tot he airport to do a couple of minor things to the Cessna.

NO KEYS!!!!!!!!!!

I HATE THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS!!!!!! Especially when gas is $3.25 per gallon.

Will try again tomorrow. Plus the weather might be better.

Raining here again today.

Didn't God promise something about no more 40 day and night raining?

Monday, April 7, 2008

New York, New York...

Got back last night. Very clear night all the way across the Atlantic. Very smooth ride all the way.

Scheduling is getting me home tonight.

Then got to see about a hanger to do some work on my plane this week and weekend.

Also got to talk to a friend of mine about teaching Scott (my son) to fly. Scott is want to follow his dad's foot steps into aviation.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Amsterdam

We got into Liege, then took ground transportation to Amsterdam. We are here for about 26 hours. Then back to JFK.

Weather here is a lot like what we have been getting back home in the Mid-West. Cold, damp, cloudly, rainey, etc. etc. etc....

Friday, April 4, 2008

New York, New York...

Made it to JFK this morning. We depart for Liege, Belgium @ 11:00 pm tonight. Once we get to Leige, we ground travel to Amsterdam. Head back to JFK on Sunday. Spend 2 days in JFK then back home.

Nothing much happening.

OH... I did get to fly my Cessna around St Louis for an hour Wednesday. And installed a different ADF that I had purchased off Ebay. Worked great. Now I just have to get the plane in a hanger to install all the other stuff I got for her.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER
1. Sag, you're It.
2. Hide and go pee.
3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear.
4. Kick the bucket.
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.
6. Musical recliners.
7. Simon says something incoherent.
8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy.

SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE:

1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.
2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids' names on them.
3. You change your underwear after a sneeze.

OLD IS WHEN:

1. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
2. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.
3. Getting a little action means I don't need fiber today.
4. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.
5. An all-nighter means not getting up to pee!

Thoughts for the weekend

Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctr Alt Delete' and start all over?

Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

If raising children was going to be easy, it never would havestarted with something called labor!

Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

But Most Of All, Remember ! A Good Friend Is Like A Good Bra. Hard to Find, Supportive, Comfortable, And Always Close To Your Heart!

============ Ponderisms

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.


Garden Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?'

Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt.'

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why isthere a song about him?

Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if he's going to look up there anyway?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?