For me personally, not much going on.
I've just been working on the firewood situation with the weather getting colder. And doing what I can on the weekend days without rain in them. Hope to get a lot more done this weekend since it will be a three day one, and other than cool, highs in the 40's, its supposed to stay dry until next week.
I'd wanted to go flying on Saturday or Monday and get some new aerial pictures with the trees turning fall colors. I had some running around to do on Wednesday while at work so I stopped by to schedule the plane. BIG disappointment! Their ONLY rental is out of service for who knows how long with the entire engine firewall needing to be replaced. They were doing the required annual inspection and found that an unknown renter pilot had hit so hard with the nose wheel on a landing that it pretty well tweaked a good portion of the the lower firewall where the nose gear mounts. It had to have happened in the past 100 hours of service, but whoever landed that hard didn't report the possible damage. And although it apparently didn't change any of the planes handling, its one of those things of once its found, its grounded until fixed.
I was told an, I think, very optimistic two weeks to complete the repairs. This will require pull the engine, the complete instrument panel, the nose wheel and all that goes with that, all the wiring, tubing and sundry connectors, un-rivet the firewall, then install a new firewall and put it all back together! Right now they're just starting but waiting on parts to be shipped. So no flying for a while in any event. But I'd give them about a month for all that. My first job was at the Redlands California airport. I worked there from age 15 to age 22 so I got to see lots of various damaged aircraft and whats involved in repairs!
Stacy is, as I type, out in Iowa with Laura and family. She's enjoying seeing the grand kid as well as Laura. She's also doing something we haven't been able to get Laura to do, taking some video!
She'll be there until the 18th then home. One of their Honda cars had died a month or so back, Laura has some minor experience with working on cars, oil changes, tires, things like that I wanted her and her sister to know. But she was lost with the apparent problems her car was having. Her husband apparently doesn't know anything about cars except how to start one! I'd say I'm shocked, but I actually know that nowadays lots of people are totally clueless when it comes to cars. Nothing like when I was a kid. Since many cars have become very appliance like in reliability, when they break you take them in and get them fixed, then complain about the high cost! Stacy got it fixed though. The problem? It needed a new battery was all!
She's texting and calling so I'll know how its going for her during her visit.
Sandy and Sean have been calling and all seems to be going pretty well for them.
Others in the big family picture aren't doing so well though! Last post I talked about brother Mikes discovery of prostate cancer he's being treated for, and because it was detected so early, he will hopefully be cancer free soon. This week I was called and told that my father is having some heart issues that his pace maker isn't apparently capable of compensating for. His doctors are working to figure out the problem and fix it. And while I was being told about the heart issues, I was told that Mike's wife Brenda had to have emergency surgery for her appendix removal!
I wonder if with all these 'bad' things happening so close together, it would be worth a shot at buying some lottery tickets!
And then my uncle Joe out in Virginia, was to get married today! Except his girl changed her mind about it all just a few days before. Don't know if that will be that or not. But like he said, he still has the unconditional love of his dogs!!
Not much else to say for this installment.
I've just been working on the firewood situation with the weather getting colder. And doing what I can on the weekend days without rain in them. Hope to get a lot more done this weekend since it will be a three day one, and other than cool, highs in the 40's, its supposed to stay dry until next week.
I'd wanted to go flying on Saturday or Monday and get some new aerial pictures with the trees turning fall colors. I had some running around to do on Wednesday while at work so I stopped by to schedule the plane. BIG disappointment! Their ONLY rental is out of service for who knows how long with the entire engine firewall needing to be replaced. They were doing the required annual inspection and found that an unknown renter pilot had hit so hard with the nose wheel on a landing that it pretty well tweaked a good portion of the the lower firewall where the nose gear mounts. It had to have happened in the past 100 hours of service, but whoever landed that hard didn't report the possible damage. And although it apparently didn't change any of the planes handling, its one of those things of once its found, its grounded until fixed.
I was told an, I think, very optimistic two weeks to complete the repairs. This will require pull the engine, the complete instrument panel, the nose wheel and all that goes with that, all the wiring, tubing and sundry connectors, un-rivet the firewall, then install a new firewall and put it all back together! Right now they're just starting but waiting on parts to be shipped. So no flying for a while in any event. But I'd give them about a month for all that. My first job was at the Redlands California airport. I worked there from age 15 to age 22 so I got to see lots of various damaged aircraft and whats involved in repairs!
Stacy is, as I type, out in Iowa with Laura and family. She's enjoying seeing the grand kid as well as Laura. She's also doing something we haven't been able to get Laura to do, taking some video!
She'll be there until the 18th then home. One of their Honda cars had died a month or so back, Laura has some minor experience with working on cars, oil changes, tires, things like that I wanted her and her sister to know. But she was lost with the apparent problems her car was having. Her husband apparently doesn't know anything about cars except how to start one! I'd say I'm shocked, but I actually know that nowadays lots of people are totally clueless when it comes to cars. Nothing like when I was a kid. Since many cars have become very appliance like in reliability, when they break you take them in and get them fixed, then complain about the high cost! Stacy got it fixed though. The problem? It needed a new battery was all!
She's texting and calling so I'll know how its going for her during her visit.
Sandy and Sean have been calling and all seems to be going pretty well for them.
Others in the big family picture aren't doing so well though! Last post I talked about brother Mikes discovery of prostate cancer he's being treated for, and because it was detected so early, he will hopefully be cancer free soon. This week I was called and told that my father is having some heart issues that his pace maker isn't apparently capable of compensating for. His doctors are working to figure out the problem and fix it. And while I was being told about the heart issues, I was told that Mike's wife Brenda had to have emergency surgery for her appendix removal!
I wonder if with all these 'bad' things happening so close together, it would be worth a shot at buying some lottery tickets!
And then my uncle Joe out in Virginia, was to get married today! Except his girl changed her mind about it all just a few days before. Don't know if that will be that or not. But like he said, he still has the unconditional love of his dogs!!
Not much else to say for this installment.
Type to all later, Tad
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