Meanwhile up in Duluth

[Guest]

I’m up in Duluth taking training at the other company.  This was a section of the ramp today.

Clarence

[EricJ]

New stock waiting for delivery, or...?

The United school here (formerly Lufthansa) has taken delivery of some new ones lately, I think.

 

[Guest]

Mostly new waiting on a trip to the customer delivery centre.  We were told a back log of almost 1000 piston and nearing 500 jets.  The ramp is littered with them.

Clarence

[LANCECASPER]

2 hours ago, M20Doc said:

I’m up in Duluth taking training at the other company.  This was a section of the ramp today.

Clarence

I grew up 80 mi. W of there (KGPZ)

[Guest]

Not exactly warm up here in summer.  Winter must have been a treat.

Clarence 

[LANCECASPER]

8 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

Not exactly warm up here in summer.  Winter must have been a treat.

Clarence 

My dad worked construction and he said the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in Duluth

[KSMooniac]

I interned up there for 8 months long ago... Starting the first week of January! I don't think we ever broke 80 before it started cooling down in August. Moving back to southeast Texas was very hard on my body until it cooled off in October!

I've never been back. That winter was enough. Lots of -40 temps and -70+ wind chill. I don't understand why people live there, at least year-round.

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[LANCECASPER]

6 minutes ago, KSMooniac said:

I interned up there for 8 months long ago... Starting the first week of January! I don't think we ever broke 80 before it started cooling down in August. Moving back to southeast Texas was very hard on my body until it cooled off in October!

I've never been back. That winter was enough. Lots of -40 temps and -70+ wind chill. I don't understand why people live there, at least year-round.

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I lived 21 winters in Northern Minnesota and 5 in North Dakota before moving to Texas.

[M20F]

1 minute ago, LANCECASPER said:

I lived 21 winters in Northern Minnesota and 5 in North Dakota before moving to Texas.

Montpelier ND Represent. 

[LANCECASPER]

1 minute ago, M20F said:

Montpelier ND Represent. 

That's in the Southern Tropical part of North Dakota. I was in Grand Forks.

[aviatoreb]

31 minutes ago, LANCECASPER said:

That's in the Southern Tropical part of North Dakota. I was in Grand Forks.

Can I put a bid in for Adironacks region of upstate NY?

[aviatoreb]

1 hour ago, LANCECASPER said:

My dad worked construction and he said the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in Duluth

"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." This astute statement has often been attributed to legendary American storyteller Mark Twain, with his characteristic hyperbole. Whoever first said it, he or she knew from whence they spoke.

https://www.anchorbrewing.com/blog/the-coldest-winter-i-ever-spent-was-a-summer-in-san-francisco-say-what-says-who/

...but who knows?  Maybe Mr Twain got the idea from a traveler from Duluth?

[Hank]

Ya'll come on down to Sweet Home! My Parr of Alabama gets a dusting of snow every several years . . . . .

Then again, we often have 80° days in March. 

[LANCECASPER]

18 minutes ago, aviatoreb said:

"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." This astute statement has often been attributed to legendary American storyteller Mark Twain, with his characteristic hyperbole. Whoever first said it, he or she knew from whence they spoke.

https://www.anchorbrewing.com/blog/the-coldest-winter-i-ever-spent-was-a-summer-in-san-francisco-say-what-says-who/

...but who knows?  Maybe Mr Twain got the idea from a traveler from Duluth?

I'm sure my dad plagiarized it.

[Ragsf15e]

2 hours ago, M20Doc said:

Not exactly warm up here in summer.  Winter must have been a treat.

Clarence 

Says a Canadian?!

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

Says a Canadian?!

I’m from southern Canada.  About 1/3 of the US is north of me.

Clarence

[LANCECASPER]

2 hours ago, M20Doc said:

I’m from southern Canada.  About 1/3 of the US is north of me.

Clarence

Exactly, I grew up in Minnesota, North of Canada and now Iive in the part of Texas which is South of Mexico.

[steingar]

At one point there were lots of Lancairs (the certified ones) waiting for some avionics (Garmin screwed the pooch).  While they were waiting serenely on the ramp a nasty hail storm came through and damaged every one of them.  After that Lance Neibauer threw in the towel.

[Fly Boomer]

2 hours ago, M20Doc said:

About 1/3 of the US is north of me.

Now I have to go look at a map.  Used to think Alaska was pretty close to Washington and Oregon until I flew (commercial) up there a few times.  Sometimes the Mercator Projection maps are misleading.

EDIT:  Well that was unexpected!  All or part of 27 US states are north of the southern-most point in Canada:

http://www.barelybad.com/north_of_canada_map.htm

[aviatoreb]

11 hours ago, Hank said:

Ya'll come on down to Sweet Home! My Parr of Alabama gets a dusting of snow every several years . . . . .

Then again, we often have 80° days in March. 

I cross country ski almost every day for 4 months of the year.  

And the most important thing on any cross country skiers mind - what kind of wax are you using?

[Hank]

8 hours ago, aviatoreb said:

And the most important thing on any cross country skiers mind - what kind of wax are you using?

I uses to use something in a neon yellow bottle that was supposed to last a year or two.

Now I use Aero Cosmetics Wash n Wax on the plane and all vehicles. 

[aviatoreb]

5 minutes ago, Hank said:

I uses to use something in a neon yellow bottle that was supposed to last a year or two.

Now I use Aero Cosmetics Wash n Wax on the plane and all vehicles. 

You missed the opportunity to say something about ear wax.

 

[Guest]

Returned from a week of maintenance training at the Cirrus factory.  You guys will be happy to know that even Cirrus uses PRC to add additional sealing to their fuel tanks.  

Clarence

[N201MKTurbo]

What’s that strange shinny composite material in the corner?

[Guest]

9 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

What’s that strange shinny composite material in the corner?

On the right side is the middle flap hinge fitting on the aft spar, bolted to the spar and the rib.  On the main spar is the jacking point/ tie down anchor.

Clarence