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Hi Ed,
Maybe he's the guy who wrote that famous WWII song, "Comin' In On A
Wing And A Prayer". Remember
that one? ("Though there's one motor gone, we can still carry
on.........)
Bob Saville
Ed Burkhead wrote:
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>
> Joa,
>
> Your comment about trying the primer might be a worth-while thing to do.
>
> I once knew a pilot back in Iowa who was having some chronic,
intermittent problems with his carb that
> they were having a devilish time figuring out.
>
> He wasn't too worried because he had several times flown back to his
airport on the primer alone.
>
> I thought he was pushing his luck, but they did figure out the problem
and fix it and he never had an
> off-airport landing.
>
> I have a vague memory of a story from WW2 in which a military plane lost
the fuel line and the pilot
> flew from Germany back to England on the primer. Bet he had an
industrial strength primer on that
> thing!
>
> Ed
>
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> > Well I guess it finally had to happen- my engine quit on me in
flight.
> > I was flying over Santiam pass from Independence OR to
Prineville
> > when I got to the top of the pass and my engine started dying. I
> > thought it was carb ice and applied heat but that didn't do it.
Thank
> > the Lord that I was near an airport and I turned to it and set up
for
> > best glide. Unfortunately the State doesn't plow this runway in
the
> > winter (why is beyond me since it's the only one around and the
guys
> > at the ODOT station are right next to the runway) and it was
covered
> > in two feet of snow.
> >
> > I did a soft field landing and kept the nose off as long as
possible
> > but as soon as the nosegear dug in it bent backwards and broke
the
> > lower part of the engine mount and the plane swapped ends the
long
> > way. Zero damage to me and minimal damage to the plane
(relatively
> > speaking of course.) I'm amazed at how stout the Coupe is- the
> > cockpit was hardly dented and I was able to climb out through a
back
> > window (which I did in a real hurry since I've heard many horror
> > stories of Coupes catching fire after hard landings.)
> >
> > One good thing is that I had just been practicing engine-idle
landings
> > at an empty airfield. It sure helps when setting up the pattern
cause
> > boy you only get one chance.
> >
> > One sort of funny thing is that as soon as I got out and took a
look
> > at things I saw two big snowblower trucks heading towards me
throwing
> > snow about 100' in each direction. My friends were flying their
Maule
> > just ahead of me and when the engine started dying I had them
report
> > an emergency for me to the Redmond tower. Apparently at about
the
> > same time there was a report of a missing 12 passenger (I think
that's
> > the right number) plane so the ODOT guys thought I must be it so
they
> > were plowing the runway so emergency vehicles could get into the
crash
> > site. The first thing the guy asked me as I walked over to him
was
> > how many passengers I had :) It all worked good because they
plowed a
> > road right to my plane and some EAA friends and I were able to
load it
> > up on a trailer the next day very easily.
> >
> > Yesterday the FAA sent a very nice inspector (I'm not being
sarcastic,
> > he was really informative and friendly, surprised the heck out of
me
> > after all I've heard about the FAA!) to find the problem. It
seems
> > like a glob of what appeared to be sloshing compound had gotten
by the
> > screens and managed to plug fuel entering into the carb jet.
Neither
> > he nor I were able to figure out how it got there but knowing
that
> > other items on the plane done by the previous owner(s) weren't
exactly
> > the greatest it doesn't surprise me (like sloshing the wing
tanks.)
> > My mechanic and I had just replaced the float needle and he said
we
> > did a good job and it had absolutely nothing to do with the
engine
> > quitting.
> >
> > I plan on rebuilding the tanks as well as fixing the other
components
> > that were damaged. Anybody happen to have a list of folks who
sell
> > used Coupe parts?
> >
> > Keep em flyin (and runnin'!)
> >
> > Joa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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