> ----- Original Message ----- > From: joe.kr2s.builder at juno.com > Sent: 03/11/13 09:27 AM > To: krnet at list.krnet.org > Subject: KR> long but worth it >
-----------Actual story clipped----------------- Good write up Joe. ?I was there many years ago (1991). ?Blew up an engine in the mountains at night (in a Stinson Voyager). ?That was a long adrenal rush while trying to nurse enough life out of a failing engine to extend my glide 8 miles to the nearest airport. ?I made it with about 150' of altitude to spare. ?It's not something I ever want to repeat. ?It is also one of the reasons I became such a fanatic about what engines I will and what engines I won't fly behind and one of the reasons I got my A&P and have built every aircraft engine I have flown behind since. ?One of the things I learned over the years is that very few engines are assembled properly. ?Actually, the number of mistakes I find inside of aircraft engines built by what one would assume to be competent A&Ps and engine shops is appauling. ? -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM
