Great outcome glad you made it home safely Ray... see you next year
Luis R Claudio
On Monday, September 16, 2019, 11:03:20 AM CDT, Ray_pilot via KRnet
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Hello All,
Well, we all had a great Gathering. Good fun, educational and definitely
motivational. Thanks to all who helped, attended and educated. Am
definitely looking forward to next year.
Just FYI. I have 4 shirts left if anyone didn't make it and still wants
one. One X-Large and Three Large. No hats. Please contact me off list if
you want one and we'll get it done. Thanks.
Now, brief recap of my adventure homeward. Left MVN at about 9:30 a.m.
bound for APS with a fuel stop at GNF. While refueling at GNF I noticed
oil drops on my nosewheel - and there aren't supposed to be any at all,
ever.
So, we pull the cowling and a nice oil film on everything. And this is at
a little airport in the middle of nowhere with Zero services. But had only
lost about a quart of oil so it was a very small (or very recent) leak.
Cleaned everything, ran the engine and tried to find the leak. About the
third time, we figured out it was the Hobbs sensor. But, what do you do
with no parts and no tools?
Luckily, the ONLY guy at the airport, who saw us out there on the ramp
working on the plane came out of his hangar and asked if we needed any
help. He was a retired A&P just working on his own planes (he had 3 Cessna
195's - one complete and two projects - beautiful). Allowed us to come to
his hangar and use his tools and equipment. He was so funny. Said he
could not work on the plane because he was retired and feared liability
issues but said we could use any of his tools and do whatever we wanted.
And he wouldn't even tell us what to do. But he kept looking over our
shoulders and saying, "Not telling you what to do, but if it were me, I
would do this and that". It almost became fun. And of course he gave us
any kind of tool or supply we needed. Eventually we pulled the Hobbs
sensor and replaced it with a plug for the flight home.
Our fuel stop became a 4 hour adventure and then we continued on our
journey home. Aviation people are the best in the world.
Ray_pilot
New Orleans
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