Pool Installation Part 2

More pictures of the new pool. Water has been going for about 16 hours now, and probability another 7 hours to go before it is filled. We has to use some water from both next door neighbors to get it started.

Then I had to hard plumb the filter and new clorinator. The clorinator uses salt to produce clorine. Almost no chemicals to add.

Got to put up the ladder this morning, then get packed to go to work.

Pool Installation

the pool installers came last night at 6:00 pm to start the pool installation.

They first cleaned out the area where the pool is going, then started laying the concrete blocks that the wall supports will go.

They are supposed to be back sometime this morning.

I need to re-wire the electrical and once they are finished, I need to plumb the pool for the pump and filter. And redo part of the deck.

More later...

FLYING & MEETING NEW FRIENDS

Flew from St. Charles (KSET) to Moberly, MO (KMBY) today.

I met up with a couple of guys from the Cessna 150/152 Club.

I met Hung and Jim. Hung is Vietnamesse and lives in Topeka, Ks. Jim is American and in Rogers, AK. Both of them fly 152's. So, when we got airborne, they kind of left me in their dust. Hung did try to get some aerial photos of "Snoopy". But we were just too far away.

Just before departure from KMBY, I got a phone call from the pool installers. They wanted to start installing the pool at 6:00 pm today. So after about 50 miles of flying with Hung and Jim, I broke off and headed back home to meet the pool installers.

Still had a good time meeting Jim and Hung. Both are great guys.

Jim's Cessna is the Red/Silver/White one. His wife designed the paint scheme. It has an outstanding paint job. The red and silver are metal flake! It looks awesome! He is in the process of redoing his interior also. So we swapped ideas.

More photos later and info on the pool install tomorrow.

Just about done...

But, ready to FLY...

Got the brakes repaired. Just needed to bleed both sides.

Went for a short flight this morning, just to test hop "Snoopy" for tomorrows trip. Everything seems to be "A-OKAY".

These are some new photos of "Snoopy". And one with "Snoopy" and "Colorado Red"

Interior finished

Well got the interior finished for now.

The 1st picture is of the panel that separates the cabin from the tail section of the fuselage. It was yellowed and cracking. I repaired the cracks and installed extra cabin ventilation. I then cover the panel with cloth from my seats on my Piper Cherokee that was left over. Used contact cement to glue the cloth to the panel. Worked quite well.

Also,took some pictures of the new CESSNA decal on the wingtips.

Rained again today, But got "Snoopy" in a hanger for the rest of the week.

Kalitta Air B747

I am home and okay.

For those who are wondering, I was not involved in the mishap in Belgium yesterday.

I only know what the news says and what I read on the Internet.

Please do not speculate or guess of what might have happened to this aircraft and it's crew. Let the Belgium CAA and the USA NTSB do their investigations. It is not fair to the company or crew to Monday morning quarterback on pictures and innuendo.

Spring Planting...

We have Scott's little girl Natalie this weekend. So we stopped at Lowe's and got some plants for her and Nana to put in the flower beds in the front yard.

She is a prissy girl. She doesn't like her hands to get dirty. So we put some gloves on her and that was better.

And she and Nana got busy planting all the flowers and putting water in the pond and feeding the fish.... UNTIL.....

It started RAINING!!!!!

I was out on the back deck repairing the privicy fence that we have on the west side of the upper deck. Got about half way done before the rain started. Hoping it will end in a little while so we can finish.

Natalie and Nana are going over to Shannon's house