A few weeks back my A&P told me about a flight school in SoCal that was looking for an IFR 152. I told him that they should look at 49l. Well they came over to L12 and had a look. Last week they came back for a quick flight. Today they came back with the money. After 20 months of ownership, 200 hours of flight time and all of the improvements I made to her, I broke even, not including hanger rent. Now I have room for the 1960 C150 project I purchased last month on Ebay. They did not perform a pre-buy, nor did they do a title search. They bought the airplane on the recommendation of my A&P who also does the wrenching on their aircraft. Will I miss her? A little. I look forward to the challenge of completing the 150 in short order and once again being able to open the hanger door, pull out the plane and go flying with a big smile on my face.
Who the heck owns those MIGs??? Sure hope they don't fire up the turbines with 49L in the background!
A couple flight schools in Canada are training pilots for the Indian and Chinese governments (expecting a large increase in air travel as their economies grow).
The training must be done in 152's or 172's...not 150's. Might be a good idea to get a 152 and lease it back to them for a couple of years to pay down the aircraft??
Rob, Those are the RedBull Airshow Migs. I fly the support aircraft, maintain the aircraft while on the road, and do the pryo. I fly to work and leave the plane in the hanger when we're gone.
Bill, The 150 is still up in Redding. The ebay seller is an A&P and had some paper work to finish up before I would pick it up. It seems to be all that he said, but we will see how it goes when I pick it up on Thur. Jim
Jim, That has to be the most facinating hanger door I have ever seen. How does it work? When you get a minute take a picture of it when it is at mid closing a closed. I have never seen doors like that. Bob Martila
I saw doors like those at Camarillo, CA also at Sky Blue Air. They are old F-4 alert hangars...or some kind of old fighter jet. They use 55 gallon drums filled with concrete for counterweights. The whole assembly pivots down. It's kinda like the old garage doors that move out then back in when they're closed.
They are very impressive. I'd hate to see what it would take to open one if the counterweight cable broke...
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I saw doors like those at Camarillo, CA also at Sky Blue Air. They are old F-4 alert hangars...or some kind of old fighter jet. They use 55 gallon drums filled with concrete for counterweights. The whole assembly pivots down. It's kinda like the old garage doors that move out then back in when they're closed.
They are very impressive. I'd hate to see what it would take to open one if the counterweight cable broke...
That?s them. The counterweight are at the lower left and right of the picture sitting on the floor and are about 200 gal each and are filled with concrete. The doors rotate back hydraulics on a cam as they rise. You can see the outline of the closed door painted on the floor in front of the picture. There is a crank handle for backup.
