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Gary,

Congradulations on the new aircraft, that straight tail and in "Taildgragger Mode" looks great . You have now joined a very small but "Special Group " of 150 owners. They really look much better with their "BUM" on the ground, don't they...

All the very best with it, and, with 150 pony's up front and wing mod...Gee, your gonna have some fun it I'll bet.......

Cheers

P.S. Can't tell you how glad I am that I don't have to keep that secret any more It was killing me...

Same here good grief. Nice plane, Gary!

I just wanted to check and see if you had the proper Placards that are supposed to be on all 150/150's. It should be in plain sight, between the top of the passenger yoke and the glareshield. I think the font size is something like 20, in "bold contrasting color", but check the STC...I can't remember for sure. Anyway the warning is important for all passengers.






***WARNING*** You have entered a Cessna 150 equipped with a Lycoming O-320 150 to 160 HP engine. This aircraft has been known to create addictions in the unsuspecting that cannot be cured until such time as you deplete all bank accounts and home equity to acquire a similarly equipped aircraft. The symptoms of this condition are easy to recognize; a permanent smile that is painful to the facial muscles, a repeated "OH WOW" or "MAN OH MAN" during all climb phases of flight. A quick jerking motion of the head as you look back and forth between the altimeter and the departure end of the runway in disbelief (clinically referred to as denial) when you see that you are at pattern altitude.

These symptoms are incurable and eventually the only treatment known is to acquire or convert a 150/150 at all costs (which can be about the same as a lobotomy which may be a more acceptable approach...consult your physician)."

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Congrat's Gary. Oh...for others wanting a 150/150, the former Acme Flying Machine (my old bird) is currently advertised in California in Barnstormers. Sweet 40 gallon fuel/GPS equipped airplane (with tnwing leather seats and carpet).

This is great, Jeff! And obviously true! How long did it take Gary to acquire his own 150/150 after delivering ours to us? Less than a month?

It's too late. Bill's plane obviously wasn't properly placarded. I fell victim. I wasn't in denial when I was looking backwards and forwards at the altimeter, I was taking pictures because I just knew there would be someone who wouldn't believe me.

I think the digital video captured many of my out-loud thoughts. Jeff, the only way you could know those things is to have been subjected to the same feelings...

Yep, less than a month after I delivered Bill's, here I am, bank accounts empty, and a grin that isn't soon to be removed. The irony to this is that I had to have mine delivered to me, too. I didn't meet the insurance requirements for tailwheel time in a C-150 taildragger. Besides that, it was infinitely easier for me to buy Larry a Southwest Airlines ticket home than it was to run all the way out there, get 10 hours dual, then fly it home.

What a bundle of fun. I think I'll print the warning placard, enlarge it, and adapt a passenger hold-harmless agreement that they'll be required to sign prior to riding with me. That way, I can't be sued for divorces, lost homes and vehicles, and bankruptcies.

I am in awe, still. And, just so Bill doesn't feel guilty, Wayne put me in contact with Larry in Midland right after we got back from Clinton. Wayne says he got tired of me griping and moaning because I didn't have an airplane. Guess I should have been griping and moaning all along!!!

I think Ed Pataky will be required to sign two of those releases, both will be notarized, and one placed in a safe-deposit box so when he's flat broke with his conversion completed, he won't come after me.

Bill, I'll keep my plane here at Arlington, but if I see you near my plane with any kind of tools, I'll rip 'em outta your hand, beat you up for not calling ahead of time, and take you and Justina out for dinner and attempt to repay the hospitality you extended to me while I was in Grants Pass.

I'm glad no one is asking what rpm's I'm turning, what kind of climb rate I have, how fast, all of that. My focus will be maintaining the centerline of the runways for the foreseeable future. Actually, I'll settle for no ditches and no runway lights... Once I get that figured out, I'll post all of my numbers.

Finally, after 4 months of waiting, she's home.

Gary-

Congratulations! You've been looking for a long time and it looks like the patience paid off! Welcome to the butt-dragger side!

Here's hoping the local rabbit population isn't TOO badly decimated! Good Luck!

PS: Got some great bunny recipes if things get dicey out there

I thought a 1964-5 would look great on its rear...wasn't wrong (I've got a 1965 E model too). I mean really, Cessna didn't even have the heart to change the bottom slant to the doors til later. They were meant to be that way...Safe and fun flying, Gary! ( sound like a King video...)

Of all the tail draggers I've seen, I really like the looks of the square tail in the tail dragger configuration the most. Ha, like I'd say anything else... "Well I just bought a Ford, but the Chevy looks better..." Actually, I did say that when I bought mine new in 1994...

It's only been here at Arlington a day, and is already attracting a following of admirers. Now, I have to convince them to pay for the gas when I take 'em for a ride...

Rabbit stew. We have more coyotes here than rabbits. I'll go out to Midland where the prarie dog population is running rampant. They were fat little fellows...

Gary-

If that's the case, I'll check with my wife, Fan Ai Ling. She's got some dog recipes that (she says!) are pretty darn tasty.

As for the prarie dogs - seriously- watch out for the holes! A taildragger was seriously damaged at a local airport a year or so ago. The pilot landed on the grass strip adjacent to the runway. One wheel snagged a gopher* hole and nosed over - big time damage.

Having said that, I suppose you could que up prarie dog much like gopher. Not as much meat though.

* I stand corrected; it was a ground hog, not gopher