Club Homepage Forums Classified Ads Buy & Sell - Everything But Airplanes Who is this man and what is he doing to that 152?

I'll let y'all ponder that till this afternoon, I have to run an errand and do some work at the airport.

Sure looks like trouble!!

Looks like he's polishing the wing!!

That's Gary Shreve changing a fuel sender.

But I don't know why he's so far out on the wing

Looks like a guy misusing tools to me - everyone knows that is a right handed pipe wrench and the fool has it in his left hand.... Poor form...
Dave

My question is - what is that on the wall of the hangar?

Score: 1 out of 2. It's Gary, but inspecting the flap. *I* did the fuel sending units. This is the annual Gary mentioned earlier on the Tech forum. And this was before we pulled up the skin over the left tank. But I get ahead of myself, you're wondering now what this is doing here.

Rewind. Beginning. The morning that Ed picked up Gary to go get Bill's latest acquisition . . .

I joined Gary that morning at the FBO and, while waiting for Ed, Gary and I looked at 152's on the tie downs. I had asked if Gary would show me the major kinds or things to look for on a first once over of the model series, more than just a preflight, and this was a convienient opportunity (AND I got to meet Ed!:wave:). There was one there on GKY for sale by a flight school, but it turned out to be in poor shape - it wouldn't pass a preflight.

Looking at another one for example of good shape, Gary mentioned he had time logged in it - and thought the owner might be interested in selling it as he has a larger airplane, and this one it had not been flown very much in the last couple of years. The once over on the tie down did not come up with any major issues. Gary gave me the phone number of the owner and Ed arrived shortly after, and they were off to Houston.

Later, I contacted the owner of that 152 and tho surprised at the call said yes he was thinking about it but had not really done anything about it yet. And it needed a transponder check and an annual. Told that Gary would be helping me with a closer look, he asked if Gary had an IA (yes) and would he might be interested in doing the annual (check with Gary, but I think he might be).

So, after getting the transponder done and schedules aligned, here we are, with me getting probably one of the best C152 pre-purchase inspections a prospective owner could hope for - standing in for the current owner on the assist of an annual done by a 150/2 enthusiast. Thank you, Gary!!!!

There has not been any show stoppers. The (temporarily) dead cylinder would have been just a negotiating point for me, but it came back up after staking the valves. For a ~9000 hr/24 yr old airframe, while by no means perfect, is in pretty good shape; Gary has been mildly surprised. It also has the Sensenich prop and spinner.

I believe this is "the one," barring any last second surprises. The owner has a realistic asking price for it, but we have some dickering to do. When we have a final look in the wings thru the wingtips and I can collect my thoughts into coherence, I am going to call to negotiate a deal for it. I don't have a good "beauty" picture yet, but this one can give ya the idea.

And, Jeff, that is spray on insulation on the walls of the hangar.

Blown in insulation covering tin. You Florida guys don't know nuttin 'bout needin' insulation.

I'm out here visiting Wayne for the weekend. It's really me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Looks like Y'all Texas guys have all the fun... but do you get the chance to race swamp boats in your planes??

It's fun beating something that has a Bonanza motor in it.

Dang, reading this post makes me want to go out and buy an airplane. I have to admit, airplane shopping is fun.