---------------------------------------------------------- Commander-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 03/16/03: 11 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:00 AM - Re:Commanders at Lantana (alh1@juno.com) 2. 03:39 AM - Re: Re:Commanders at Lantana (Bill Bow) 3. 05:51 AM - Commanders..commanders (Stephen Crow) 4. 06:26 AM - commanders at lantana, florida (LNA) (alh1@juno.com) 5. 12:22 PM - PLEASE READ - Pending ISP Upgrade For Matronics... (Matt Dralle) 6. 04:00 PM - Re: Gone again (YOURTCFG@aol.com) 7. 04:06 PM - Fw: Mango Airways and Hemingway (YOURTCFG@aol.com) 8. 04:31 PM - HONEY, I,M HOME (YOURTCFG@aol.com) 9. 04:52 PM - Re: HONEY, I,M HOME (YOURTCFG@aol.com) 10. 06:15 PM - Re: HONEY, I,M HOME (Randy Dettmer, AIA) 11. 08:42 PM - Re: HONEY, I,M HOME (YOURTCFG@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:00:38 AM PST US Subject: Commander-List: Re:Commanders at Lantana From: alh1@juno.com --> Commander-List message posted by: alh1@juno.com barry, i went back to the airport and it looks like the commanders have been busy at night because there are a few new ones on the field that i have not mentioned in the past. two of them do not have an installed serial plate. the one in primer has been on the field for at least 10 years without flying. i am told the n number is n303H. it is either a 500a or b, but i did not look at the engines so i am not sure. the next one is a 500 and jim has the serial plate. the number is either n722wr or n58me. in any event it is undergoing a complete restoration and will be beautiful when finished and will be n58me for the owner, marine exhaust. the third one i do not believe i have mentioned before is without an n number but has a serial plate. i am told the n number ends in 56B, but the serial plate is 808 and it is a 500. we have n6289b, n628AH (formerly n6287B) n58E and a 500a it has continental engines) n 10ME (it is also being restored)(the s/n plate says 00A-900-9) and 58ME in the hangar. outside we have 24c, 89m, 41C and 56B. those are in various stages of repair. 56B does not have the n number on the aircraft and is blue and white. it has a s/n n10me does not have the n number on the aircraft and is also a blue and white bird. it has a s/n. n303 h and n58me do not have n numbers on them nor do they have s/n plates. as i said, 303 h is in primer, zinc chromate and n58me is white with green and pink island colors. hope some of this helps. we have almost completed a kevlar nose cone for the 500 and an upper and lower cowling in kevlar for the 500. they are beautiful. jim schiller at lantana, florida is one of the most knowledgeable mechanics in the country. let me know if you need more information. do you have the ownership history of n6289b handy and it is a corrosion free aircraft that we should have ready for sale in about 60 days. al hoffman h ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:39:37 AM PST US From: "Bill Bow" Subject: Re: Commander-List: Re:Commanders at Lantana --> Commander-List message posted by: "Bill Bow" Al, What are your hours at the airport. I may try to get over this week. bilbo ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Commander-List: Re:Commanders at Lantana > --> Commander-List message posted by: alh1@juno.com > > barry, i went back to the airport and it looks like the commanders have been busy at night because there are a few new ones on the field that i have not mentioned in the past. two of them do not have an installed serial plate. the one in primer has been on the field for at least 10 years without flying. i am told the n number is n303H. it is either a 500a or b, but i did not look at the engines so i am not sure. the next one is a 500 and jim has the serial plate. the number is either n722wr or n58me. in any event it is undergoing a complete restoration and will be beautiful when finished and will be n58me for the owner, marine exhaust. > > the third one i do not believe i have mentioned before is without an n number but has a serial plate. i am told the n number ends in 56B, but the serial plate is 808 and it is a 500. we have n6289b, n628AH (formerly n6287B) n58E and a 500a it has continental engines) n 10ME > (it is also being restored)(the s/n plate says 00A-900-9) and 58ME in the hangar. > > outside we have 24c, 89m, 41C and 56B. those are in various stages of repair. 56B does not have the n number on the aircraft and is blue and white. it has a s/n > > n10me does not have the n number on the aircraft and is also a blue and white bird. it has a s/n. > > n303 h and n58me do not have n numbers on them nor do they have s/n plates. as i said, 303 h is in primer, zinc chromate and n58me is white with green and pink island colors. > > hope some of this helps. we have almost completed a kevlar nose cone for the 500 and an upper and lower cowling in kevlar for the 500. they are beautiful. jim schiller at lantana, florida is one of the most knowledgeable mechanics in the country. > > let me know if you need more information. do you have the ownership history of n6289b handy and it is a corrosion free aircraft that we should have ready for sale in about 60 days. > > al hoffman > > > h > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:51:39 AM PST US From: Stephen Crow Subject: Commander-List: Commanders..commanders --> Commander-List message posted by: Stephen Crow "......barry, i went back to the airport and it looks like the commanders have been busy at night because there are a few new ones on the field that i have not mentioned in the past. " What Airport?? ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 06:26:47 AM PST US Subject: Commander-List: commanders at lantana, florida (LNA) From: alh1@juno.com --> Commander-List message posted by: alh1@juno.com steve crow, i guess the heading did not survive the note. i am in lantana, florida, 5 south of palm beach. al hoffman (n628ah) bilbo, i am here all week, but my office is at pbi. since you have either a 500 a or b, i would really like to have you come for lunch as the guy from marine exhaust could join us. he has a 500 and a 500a. he may be able to solve your exhaust problem. my number is 561-478-7066. the shop is open from 8 to 5, and the people usually leave for lunch about 12 to 1. i will look forward to meeting you in person. al hoffman. ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 12:22:17 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Commander-List: PLEASE READ - Pending ISP Upgrade For Matronics... --> Commander-List message posted by: Matt Dralle Dear Matronics Listers, Sometime during the next 72 hours, the ISP (Internet Service Provider) for Matronics will be upgrading the level of service to 1.1Mb from the current 768k. When they reprovision the line, there will be an outage requiring that the local router here be restarted. It is also unclear whether or not the physical line will support the new rate, so some testing will be required to verify the new service at the time of installation. Unfortunately, I don't really have an idea of exactly when they will be reprovisioning the line, so I wanted to give everyone a heads up on what's going on. All Matronics List services such as email list redistribution, subscriptions, and web search and browse will be unavailable during the upgrade. In other upgrade news, last Thursday, 3/13/03 I upgraded the firewall appliance between the Internet and the Matronics systems. This new firewall represents a substantial increase in performance and hopefully reliability over the previous system. It will compliment nicely the new level of ISP connectivity. Finally, these are just two examples of the upgrades brought to you compliments of the 2002 List Fund Raiser. A special thanks to all that made a Contribution in 2002 and so far this year! Everyone that uses these Lists appreciates your generosity! I will post a short message again if I manage to get some clear direction on the time-frame for upgrade, or perhaps when its been completed. Thanks again!! Matt Dralle Matronics Email List Administrator Matt G Dralle | Matronics | PO Box 347 | Livermore | CA | 94551 925-606-1001 V | 925-606-6281 F | dralle@matronics.com Email http://www.matronics.com/ WWW | Featuring Products For Aircraft There's three sides to every story, babe. There's your's; there's mine; and there's the cold, hard truth... Don Henley Long Way Home, 1982 Do Not Archive ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 04:00:54 PM PST US From: YOURTCFG@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: Gone again --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com In a message dated 3/10/03 5:35:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, jimmyr@popsecs.com writes: > Let me know what kind of performance you get on your trip down there. I'll > use the info to plan for mine. > I averaged 160kts @ 32 gph (22 X2200) @ 7K. Went well. Had a really bad oil leak, the oil screen housing had been left loose, and a hyd leak in one main gear cylinder, but did fine 510 mile of open water jb ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 04:06:25 PM PST US From: YOURTCFG@aol.com Subject: Commander-List: Fwd: Mango Airways and Hemingway --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com In a message dated 3/13/03 1:44:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, jcs@netdoor.com writes: > Hello Jim, > > Just saw on the Mango Airways site about their Hemingway trip. If you > wish, you can pass on to them that I wrote the book ERNEST MILLER > HEMINGWAY: A WORKBOOK. Can be seen at the below URL. Am also pleased with > the way you put my "Commander tale" on the site. > > http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~mmitran/hem/workbook > From: "JC Simmons" Subject: Mango Airways and Hemingway Hello Jim, Just saw on the Mango Airways site about their Hemingway trip. If you wish, you can pass on to them that I wrote the book ERNEST MILLER HEMINGWAY: A WORKBOOK. Can be seen at the below URL. Am also pleased with the way you put my "Commander tale" on the site. http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~mmitran/hem/workbook Thanks, J.C. Hello Jim, Just saw on the Mango Airways site about their Hemingway trip. If you wish, you can pass on to them that I wrote the book ERNEST MILLER HEMINGWAY: A WORKBOOK. Can be seen at the below URL. Am also pleased with the way you put my "Commander tale" on the site. http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~mmitran/hem/workbook Thanks, J.C. ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 04:31:54 PM PST US From: YOURTCFG@aol.com Subject: Commander-List: HONEY, I,M HOME --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com HI KIDS. I arrived in PDX last night at 2;30AM so I am still a little tired but here is a real fast run down. I picked up a 500B, N6210N (Formally LV-HBA I think This is "El Pinguino"), S/N 33 at Winchester, VA last Tuesday. Flew to Benton Co. airport, SC I think. Then to Opa Loca for maintenance and radio installation. Left late Wed evening, IFR, for Kingston Jamaica. Flew over Cuba, only talked to Havana center twice, piece of cake. Landed about 11pm. Left the next morning with a fouled # 5 spark plug on the Right engine for Cartagene Columbia, 510 mile open water. The airplane did OK, but was a very "rustic" example. It will be taken to Vensuala to it's new permeant home. While there, I saw an 840 Turbo Commander with only 1800TT, very damaged VERY corroded. Also say a 560E S/N 534. The tail has been drilled off, and the engines removed but it looked like it was beeing repaired?? Also saw a 500S that was parked in transit, it flew out the next day (I have a photo and will get the reg # to you Barry). All in all, it went pretty well. glad to be home. jb ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 04:52:24 PM PST US From: YOURTCFG@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: HONEY, I,M HOME --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com In a message dated 3/16/03 4:32:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, YOURTCFG@aol.com writes: > (I have a photo and will get the reg # to you Barry). The 500S is YV-908P and the correct S/N for the 500B is 1011-32 (not 33) sorry. jb ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 06:15:34 PM PST US From: "Randy Dettmer, AIA" Subject: Re: Commander-List: HONEY, I,M HOME --> Commander-List message posted by: "Randy Dettmer, AIA" Hey Jim...great report..!! As discussed previously, I will be arriving in your neck of the woods tomorrow. We will be flying the 680F into Arlington about noon to meet up with Bill Willaims of Air Matrix. He has graciously offered to put us up in a nice dry hangar, and show us some Washington State hospitality. We are delighted to have the opportunity to meet some other Commander folks, and appreciate Bill's assistance and generosity. After some business in Ballard and Roche Harbor (San Juan Island) we will be departing sometime Wednesday morning for our return to sunny California. If you're available to meet for lunch or dinner or whatever, please give me a call on my cell 805 459 0806. It would be great to see you. Randy Dettmer 680F/N6253X ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Commander-List: HONEY, I,M HOME > --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com > > HI KIDS. > > I arrived in PDX last night at 2;30AM so I am still a little tired but > here is a real fast run down. > I picked up a 500B, N6210N (Formally LV-HBA I think This is "El > Pinguino"), S/N 33 at Winchester, VA last Tuesday. Flew to Benton Co. > airport, SC I think. Then to Opa Loca for maintenance and radio > installation. Left late Wed evening, IFR, for Kingston Jamaica. Flew over > Cuba, only talked to Havana center twice, piece of cake. Landed about 11pm. > Left the next morning with a fouled # 5 spark plug on the Right engine for > Cartagene Columbia, 510 mile open water. > The airplane did OK, but was a very "rustic" example. It will be > taken to Vensuala to it's new permeant home. While there, I saw an 840 Turbo > Commander with only 1800TT, very damaged VERY corroded. Also say a 560E S/N > 534. The tail has been drilled off, and the engines removed but it looked > like it was beeing repaired?? > Also saw a 500S that was parked in transit, it flew out the next day > (I have a photo and will get the reg # to you Barry). All in all, it went > pretty well. glad to be home. jb > > ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 08:42:20 PM PST US From: YOURTCFG@aol.com Subject: Re: Commander-List: HONEY, I,M HOME --> Commander-List message posted by: YOURTCFG@aol.com In a message dated 3/16/03 6:16:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, rcdettmer@charter.net writes: > If you're available to meet for lunch or dinner or whatever, please give me > a call on my cell 805 459 0806. It would be great to see you. > HI RANDY. I would love to see you and will call. you are welcome to spend the night at our home if it works into your schedule. In any event, the airport you will want to land at is 1W1, Grove Field. I will call tomorrow. jb