New here and have questions

[AKbrew]

Re: New here and have questions

Amen Bill! Preach it!

[Paul Hester]

Re: New here and have questions

Ok well maybe I should look into the costs of dual in a bc12d

[crispy critter]

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I got close.....I own N43116

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: New here and have questions

My 45 is NC-43196 and the 41 is NC-36296. Don't you think I call the wrong last 3 digits in the pattern once in a while?
Hank

[Pearson]

Re: New here and have questions

Oops! Can't even remember my own serial number. Thanks for pointing that out.

[VictorBravo]

Re: New here and have questions

Ok well maybe I should look into the costs of dual in a bc12d

I know a nice old retired police officer in Ohio who gives dual instruction in T-crafts...

[Paul Hester]

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Well first thing is to figure out if I can even pass a physical and or what I can qualify as;

Sport pilot seems my only option if i can get it.

[d.grimm]

Re: New here and have questions

Paul,
Buy that good looking T-Craft in the For Sale section and I know a guy (me)
in NW Ohio that would gladly teach you to fly it.
Dave

[crispy critter]

Re: New here and have questions

Well first thing is to figure out if I can even pass a physical and or what I can qualify as;

Sport pilot seems my only option if i can get it.

If there is any question about passing a 3rd class medical then go Sport...there is no medical required for the Sport license as long as you have never failed a flight physical before and it would be hard to fail if you never take it.

[Paul Hester]

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That is my only option at this point in my life

Kevin do you know where Russell KY is?

I did a white pages search on mr Snodgrass and it looks like he is 89 years old now.


I also checked on n numbers to see what was availible.

Where is the SN on the airframe? if it is a project somewhere or in baskets can it be identified?

[crispy critter]

Re: New here and have questions

Yes, I do know where Russell,Ky is,and yes you can find the s/n on the back of the throttle plate at the bottom of the insturment panel. Did you try to call Mr. Snodgrass?

[Paul Hester]

Re: New here and have questions

Have not called yet, will try tomorrow.

Not even shure they would sell it, let alone if I really want to take that step.

My two boys seem interested in what ever it would take to get it airworthy but then there is where to keep it and all.

The hardest part is yet to come, getting my wife to buy into the idea of owning an airplane when she has never flown in anything smaller than a 737.

Myself? I have had all kinds of stuff running through my head, from finding it and buying it to restoring it and recertifying it with an N number close to original. I wonder what the statis of the Piper is that has the original N number, and would the FAA allow that N number to come back to the original aircraft for historical value.

Not that the thought of restoring it back to the paint and trim and N number that dad had originally done when he recovered it has not run through my head a thousand times already.

this is something I wish I had done 20 years ago but you know hind sight.

[crispy critter]

Re: New here and have questions

If you do get lucky and find it in Kentucky or WV,let me know and I'll try to take a look at it for you.

[Paul Hester]

Re: New here and have questions

Kevin,

Thanks for the offer.

I was looking at your profile, I bet the Beach 18 is a fun bird to fly.

Oh and by the way you were born the same year I graduated high school

[crispy critter]

Re: New here and have questions

Be careful....you might tell everyone how old you really are,lol. As for the Beech....well,she's a beech. She flies great but I haven't had it for a while. I leased it to a jump school and they were supposed to buy it when the lease expired....that was in January.