Simviation Forum - The transformation of N2894H is now complete...

May 31^st, 2011 at 11:24pm

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Took a while, but we finally got the wings (and struts) re-painted. This time, the club jobbed it out to a pro... a very nice job, and as part of the deal, we got the painter's 13-yr-old son, Cameron, as a new member. Gus gave him his first lesson Saturday, after the first test flights, and based on his performance, he's sure to be ready to solo by his 14th birthday. The club even splurged on a new cover... Andy's home-made one had done well for two winters, but it was time to replace it.

Here's ol' "Granmaw", looking much younger... with one of her oldest friends, and her newest.
It's hard to believe it's the same glider I started out in a couple of years ago. All she needs now is a good wash'n'wax, although it's hard to tell how dirty the fuselage is in this photo.

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Reply #1 - Jun 1^st, 2011 at 9:30am

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She looks great Sean. I sure hope you didn't go flying with the way the grass looks, it'd be a shame to fudge up that nice paint job with a nice green streak of grass on the wingtip. Grin

Can't wait to get back up there sometime this summer. Hopefully... Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Jun 1^st, 2011 at 6:09pm

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Very nice looking glider. I especially love the shark mouth nose art. How many calls are the local police going to get over a flying shark I wonder....

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Reply #3 - Jun 1^st, 2011 at 8:26pm

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Looks good Sean... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #4 - Jun 8^th, 2011 at 5:11pm

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with that storm in the background, looks like you had plenty of updrafts to float on for a while. (just watch out for the Giant sparks of light)

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Reply #5 - Jun 9^th, 2011 at 8:25am

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It does look good Sean.

But I can't help noticing, the way you are standing and looking reminds me of someone on a boat that has just landed a shark. Roll Eyes

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #6 - Jun 9^th, 2011 at 9:12am

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patchz wrote on Jun 9^th, 2011 at 8:25am:

It does look good Sean.

But I can't help noticing, the way you are standing and looking reminds me of someone on a boat that has just landed a shark. Roll Eyes

LOL- but that's not me, it's our "chief flight instructor", Herb aka Gus! Grin

the youngster is our newest member, Cameron. He'd just returned from his first lesson with Herb.

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Reply #7 - Jun 9^th, 2011 at 9:53am

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beaky wrote on Jun 9^th, 2011 at 9:12am:

patchz wrote on Jun 9^th, 2011 at 8:25am:

It does look good Sean.

But I can't help noticing, the way you are standing and looking reminds me of someone on a boat that has just landed a shark. Roll Eyes

LOL- but that's not me, it's our "chief flight instructor", Herb aka Gus! Grin

the youngster is our newest member, Cameron. He'd just returned from his first lesson with Herb.

Well, I wasn't sure. It's been quite a while since I've seen a pic of you and my memory....is a memory. Grin

Good to see youngsters start early.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #8 - Jun 19^th, 2011 at 5:57am

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Looks good, but its missing some sort of spinning doohickey on the front... Grin

But that's just a prerequisite for anything I fly...

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Reply #9 - Jun 28^th, 2011 at 10:41am

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beaky wrote on Jun 9^th, 2011 at 9:12am:

patchz wrote on Jun 9^th, 2011 at 8:25am:

It does look good Sean.

But I can't help noticing, the way you are standing and looking reminds me of someone on a boat that has just landed a shark. Roll Eyes

LOL- but that's not me, it's our "chief flight instructor", Herb aka Gus! Grin

the youngster is our newest member, Cameron. He'd just returned from his first lesson with Herb.

Now it would have really look like that if they had it hanging by the tail!! Grin

It look great Sean!! For the 100th time I said this but I need to get up there one day!!

Cory

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