Marauder Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Can we run this like Pilots N Paws? Maybe Pilots N Bob? Someone run you up to the Mid-Atlantic area and we figure out how to shuttle you up the rest of the way? What airport is the plane at? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Minuteman in Stow MA 6B6. I'd be happy to buy gas of course. Weather looks pretty good for the next few days. Sent from my XT1060 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantom Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Are they afraid to fly the plane to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Are they afraid to fly the plane to you? I don't think so. I will discuss that possibility. Presumably the head of the flight school has "thousands of Mooney hours" including the J. Bar gear. He was going to take it up today but winds were 40 mph. He plans to fly it tomorrow morning.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Well, I'm sure y'all are getting bored but I am delighted to report that the Mooney flew for an hour this afternoon! They'll remove the cowl and do a final once over but the report is that all systems went well. It looks like the guys there will be able to ferry the plane home in the next few days. (We are getting snow this afternoon.) How many pages did the take-off flaps thread rack up? I must be getting close with my little saga... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 I'm disappointed to see that more people didn't step up to make Pilots N Bob a reality. I checked out the Delaware to Boston route and it certainly is doable (weather permitting) for me. If the ferry thing doesn't work out, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 I'm disappointed to see that more people didn't step up to make Pilots N Bob a reality. I checked out the Delaware to Boston route and it certainly is doable (weather permitting) for me. If the ferry thing doesn't work out, let me know. That would be fun. And I probably could get someone here to get me to your neighborhood since they could go and come in the same day. As it turns out, the owner of the Flight School @ Minuteman has a meeting in NC Tuesday and can delivery the plane. I'll know for sure tomorrow. If that's not going to happen we'll talk. It actually looks like there's going to be a break in the weather Thursday/Friday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBill Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I'd offer to help but no medical for a year. I'd need a pilot to ride back!! BILL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I'd offer to help but no medical for a year. I'd need a pilot to ride back!! BILL Thanks Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob_Belville Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 My long lost mistress is resting in her own hanger @ KMRN tonight. Thank you, Lord. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Congrats on getting the details taken care of. And thanks for sharing the details. Best regards, -a- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Welcome back, Bob! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Excellent news Bob! Glad it worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Now you got to drone around for a while to get that engine broke in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantom Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 All of us learned much from your 'experience'. Now it's time to get back in the saddle and tame that bird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triple8s Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Is it just me or when your bird is out of service or not in its hangar you have this feeling that a piece of you is missing? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesg Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I am the same. Yves 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 I have a daughter here in Acton near 6B6 and I am satisfied with the maintenance manager here so I probably will not try to ferry it out. Looking at these pics I feel a little stupid to not have stayed on the line. I did not see the manhole cover. (The cones came out after my scrape.) Well Bob, not to bring up bad memories, but I flew to Stow today on a Pilots N Paws trip. Got current pictures of the offending pothole. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Well Bob, not to bring up bad memories, but I flew to Stow today on a Pilots N Paws trip. Got current pictures of the offending pothole. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Funny! "not like". How was the newly paved runway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 The runway was awesome. The pucker factor clearing those trees at the end on a 90+ day wasn't Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DXB Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Old as this thread is, it was new to me, as well as educational and vicariously traumatic. That rut looks inconsequential. I will worship the yellow line going forward. My ill-maintained FBO ramp is full of ruts that I never gave much thought to previously - some not far from the yellow line... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 Old as this thread is, it was new to me, as well as educational and vicariously traumatic. That rut looks inconsequential. I will worship the yellow line going forward. My ill-maintained FBO ramp is full of ruts that I never gave much thought to previously - some not far from the yellow line... I was moving quite slowly, but going a little uphill. The small hole, kind of a washout, beside the drain allowed the nose to drop a couple of inches which was enough for the prop to just brush the pavement. I looked over at Nancy: "Did you hear that?" yes... so I turned left and taxied to the maintenance shop ramp and shut it down. Sure enough a fraction of an inch was milled off the end of each blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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