Glad you made it back on the same day! Carolyn & I returned from Mt.
Airy yesterday at noon, dropped her off in Concord to get her car, then
I took off for Rock Hill and had to pick up an IFR from CLT to get to
Rock Hill! Was able to cancel 5 miles from UZA. Not a good VFR day!
See ya soon!
Randy Utsey
D.J. Distributing Co.
1429 Bryant St.
Charlotte, NC 28208
800-585-4126
djdist@bellsouth.net
www.djdist.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Boyd
To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: stormy & miriam
Yeah, Ocracoke is a repeatable trip, to be sure!
I'm looking to things that need doing on the 6A, and it's a long and
growing list. Know of a source for SS wheel pant brackets for nose
wheels? Attawayair evidently makes them only for the mains. Darned
aluminum is not up to the punishment on a Van's nose gear. My brackets
are once again cracked about all the way through. (Turf strips...)
It's also battery replacement time, transponder troubleshooting time,
and of course, time to repack the wheel bearings. Maybe it's time to
get out of aviation with my sanity!
-Bill
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Larry Bowen <Larry@bowenaero.com>
wrote:
Welcome home. We've all had trips like that. Pam and I spent two
unexpected days in SE Ohio on the way back from MI once.
One of my favorite beach trips was staying at that cottage on
Ocracoke.
.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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From: "Bill Boyd" <sportav8r@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:44:27 -0400
To: <rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com>
Subject: stormy & miriam
We came on home today, so no plans for us to grab BBQ in Carthage
tomorrow.
The return home took 8 hours, of which 2.4 were airborne, and the
remainder in various FBO's waiting for the radar to show a clear path.
We stopped 30 miles from Grand Strand for cheap fuel at KCPC, and had
the worst case of vapor lock I have ever experienced. It too an hour
and a half before the engine would start and stay running more than a
second or two. As an aside, I believe my second Facet boost pump is all
show and no go, so time to replace it with my third one in 700 hours.
Might explain why the electric solenoid primer system didn't seem to
help getting any fuel to the engine while attempting a hot start.
Later, we had not red but pink (really bad) radar returns blocking out
final 75 miles home this afternoon, so we got to know the Danville FBO
real well while we waited it out.
Safe home now, shortly before the temp/dewpoint spread snapped shut
like a trap and filled out valley here with thick fog which is blocking
the full moon and any chance we might have had of seeing the left-over
Perseids tonight. Myrtle was wall to wall people, mostly of the
squealing toddler variety, and not a beach we will be doing again any
time soon. Glad to be back, and looking forward to the next get
together, whether by plane or motorcycle :-)
Stormy
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