Wow! Love the panel! Jones is right about the next gathering and potential awards!
We need to start planning. I've been looking at a route that goes through Jeff Scott's airport. If anyone else wants to join me going through the mountains from the Midwest to Chino let me know. Rob Schmitt N1852Z Kansas City Robert7721 at aol.com > On May 25, 2014, at 7:06 AM, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet at > list.krnet.org> wrote: > > Ray almost wrote my progress report for me, except I'm a lot closer to > flying! I towed N891JF it out to the airport late Friday (see > http://www.n56ml.com/n891jf/140524_028m2.jpg ), by replacing the tailwheel > with the receiver from my Harbor Freight trailer and towing it on the gear. I > got a lot of waves, thumbs up, and people who followed me for miles without > passing, despite plenty of opportunities. I pulled off the road at one point > to let a guy by in a hilly curved part (I was only doing 25 mph) and rather > than pass, he pulled up next to me and asked "does it run?". I could only > blurt out "oh YEAH!". I was a very happy boy when I got home from the > airport. > > I spent most of yesterday helping with the airport workday, but got the wings > on it last night. The panel turned out pretty nicely...see > http://www.n56ml.com/n891jf/panel/panel_final_hdr.jpg for the final shot of > that. The belly board speed brake is totally done. I expect a huge > difference. I'll do the weight and balance today, but expect no surprises. > Afterwards, I'll do some taxi testing to test out the brakes and that sort of > thing, and spend some time getting more familiar with the MGL Explorer, as > well as the general layout of the controls (which is very similar to N56ML). > > I would fly it tomorrow if the condition inspection was signed off...but it's > not. Although I'm surrounded by A&Ps at my airport, none of them do it > professionally, and don't have the insurance for it. I can't blame them, but > it now looks like I'm going to have to pay somebody to do it to get it over > with, and after finishing up the details today, that'll be the only holdup. > It won't take me long to get this straightened out though, and if the > weather's decent next weekend, I should be back in the air. It's even > possible that I may get it signed off tomorrow, and if so, I could be flying > in time to capture the sunset tomorrow! > > And like Ray, getting that airplane out of my basement opens up a lot of > space. I'm also moving all the boxes of airplane support stuff back to the > hangar, so my workshop is getting a whole lot less cluttered in a hurry! I > foresee a summer of cleaning up and reorganizing my basement, and a dose of > the same for the neglected hangar. I feel like I'm alive again... > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
