Prepping for Harvey

[gsxrpilot]

17 minutes ago, peevee said:

Share your recipe? Scaled down of course.

I'll get it for you.

[Yetti]

Rockport, Aransas pass airports directly in path had hangar failure. 

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[Tommy]

10 hours ago, RLCarter said:

No drift at all, it's all the same....

Yes. They all can ruin your day. 

[Jim F]

I snapped this last night. Unreal

KRKP in the eye

thoughts and prayers to all

[Steelstring]

6 hours ago, Jim F said:

I snapped this last night. Unreal

KRKP in the eye

thoughts and prayers to all

 

 

Looks like KRKP didn't fare so well.  This image from CNN...is that a Mooney in the background under the rubble?

 

[LANCECASPER]

6 hours ago, Jim F said:

I snapped this last night. Unreal

KRKP in the eye

thoughts and prayers to all

The eye took almost 2-1/2 hours to go over Rockport - that must have been eerie going through the violent front end of it, then 2-1/2 hours of calm, knowing that it's coming back with a vengeance.

[Danb]

Jeez. How far u from there lance 

[LANCECASPER]

I'm up in Fredericksburg about 70 miles W of Austin

[carusoam]

http://on.rgj.com/2wRHWjQ

See photo 10 of 23 for the Mooney parked on the Playa at Burning Man....

Put that in the creative ways to escape crummy weather category...

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[gsxrpilot]

This is me parked on the playa at BurningMan, safe and very dry.

[Hank]

How safe is your parking spot on all of that alkali sand? I prefer to park where I don't need to tape up the plane to keep it from being damaged.

What are you doing for the gear? Lots of joints and moving parts there. To say nothing of all of the various air intakes for the cabin.

Have fun anyway! At least you are now dry . . . . . 

[HRM]

Here was this morning:

So I got cabin fever and decided to drive down and check out the airport (KBPT). Stopped in the hangar to see just a bit of water, but no Mooney. The Mistress is in <wait for it> Houston! Had a text from my IA, she is high and dry <whew>.

 

[peevee]

1 hour ago, gsxrpilot said:

This is me parked on the playa at BurningMan, safe and very dry.

don't drink too much rum punch

[thinwing]

On 8/25/2017 at 10:01 AM, Marauder said:

You need a bubble! Used to keep my Corvette in this:

Nothing stops that alkali playa dust once the wind starts blowing!!Question on prebuy..."ever flown to burning man or high Sierra flyin??

[thinwing]

My hanger neighbor goes every year.He keeps a pop up camper and bicycles just for burning man.They are in storage in the corner of hanger when not in use.All steel parts are corroded and rusty from their week once a year on the playa.Landing gear parts,brakes and any vent openings fair no better.Using the Bruce custom cover is worst than no cover...the fine dust gets blown inside ,with the wind slapping against the plexiglass...he finally stopped going even though he loves checking out all the T andA

Edited August 29, 2017 by thinwing

[Raptor05121]

Paul is failing to mention the sex tents they have there

[flyntgr1]

On 8/25/2017 at 9:11 AM, Txbyker said:

The last big flood I had a water line 1 inch below the axle.  Hopefully this will help.  Any issues leaving it like this for a week?

Russ

Have been able to go out and check your plane?  

[Txbyker]

2 hours ago, flyntgr1 said:

Have been able to go out and check your plane?  

Yes, thanks for asking.  The water only came up to the front jack and not anywhere on the plane or the things in my hanger.  That last big flood came up much higher.  I think we are in the clear here in Houston now at David Wayne Hooks as the forecast calls for more clearing.  The water seems to be receding around the airport.

Russ

[rpcc]

Glad that worked out ok.

[neonbjb]

Looks like Harvey got another Mooney:

[jetdriven]

I dont think thats a Mooney, maybe a PA32.  But it will buff right out.

Edited August 29, 2017 by jetdriven

[1964-M20E]

14 minutes ago, jetdriven said:

I dont think thats a Mooney, maybe a PA32.  But it will buff right out.

 

a little Rust Eze will work on that.

 

Byron

How did you make out?

 

 

[jetdriven]

At the house. No flooding in this neighborhood or at the plane, so I'm just moping about.

[1964-M20E]

Ok good to hear

[neonbjb]

1 hour ago, jetdriven said:

I dont think thats a Mooney, maybe a PA32.  But it will buff right out.

Ah you might be right. I've seen a couple of Mooney's with that paint scheme and had assumed it was type-specific.