Fairchild Club Forum

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Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] give me a brake

Hi Cliff!

> Boy you stirred up quite a bit of traffic over the brake question.
> Afterward I have decided to just swap out the dot 3 or 4 each year by
> pumping it thru without breaking the flow with air. From my limited
> experience the installed method works quite well if it is pressurized
> during the bleeding procedure.

I'm really good at stirring things up unintentionally, but maybe it'll help
out several of us in the long run. I sometimes worry that I'm overusing
this list with my questions, but no one has fussed at me yet. I rely on the
Fairchild list and the expertise of its members a LOT!
>
> Yes I did buy the Mineola PT-26 without canopy. What did you discover
> wrong with the ship that I might ought to look for. Could you share
> what you did not like about it?

I loved that airplane Cliff, but didn't have the money in hand at the time
to buy her. I don't know of anything that was wrong with the ship. I
honestly can't think of anything I didn't like about it. I recall getting a
ride in it on a 30 degree morning, but I never felt the cold, I was to
excited. As things later turned out the deal on the 19 from New Jersey came
together just right and I went with it, plus I had a gentleman that was
willing to ferry it to Texas for me. Can't name names, but he likes
redheads.
>
> I am still trying to get the consumption down. I think it is blow by on
> a couple of cyl. and am trying to loosen the rings up.
> Hope that is all there is to it. ]

I have that same problem with my current 19. I have good compressions, but
maybe it's the rings, ring gap, cylinder walls, I just don't know. I'm not
going to worry about it much till I have 400 to 500 hours on it, then maybe
a top end. In the meantime, I've gotten used to adding oil at each stop,
whether I'm getting gas or not ) I think my rate is closing in on three
plus quarts per hour of 60 wt.
>
> Ok on the Burnett fly in. We always try to go to the one in the spring.
>
> Do you have any knowledge of why Richard wants to sell his PT. Did he
> run into some trouble at the Keokuk formation clinic or something else?
>
> Hope to see you in due course.
>
> Have a happy holiday season.

And a good season and prosperous New Year to you and yours also!
Robert
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> Cliff McCluney
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Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] give me a brake

Count me in for sure on the clinic!
Robert Hensarling
rhrocker@hilconet.com
www.mesquiterocker.com
Uvalde, Texas


> Hay! Are you guys talking about me behind my back?
>
> As for selling the PT-19. I have had it for 5 years and flown almost 600
> hours in her. I have taken her to Sun 'n Fun 4 times and Oshkosh 5
times -
> both a long way from Texas. I received my first tail-wheel time in her,
have
> attended 12 to 20 airshows a year, and earned a formation card in her. No
> one has more recent cross-country time in a PT-19, I dare say. But about
> this time last year, I realized that I was not "current" for the first
time
> in the 10 years I had flown. While I did ferry another PT from
Philadelphia
> to Texas for that sawdust manufacturer in Uvalde, I had not flown my plane
in
> 6 months.
>
> I love the plane! But, these planes need to be flown. Letting one sit
does
> damage to them and that I could not abide. If I had to let someone else
fly
> her to keep it alive then I was willing to unselfishly pass her on to
> another. Of course, the reality is that the market for PT-19s is
relatively
> small, and to date no one has stepped forward who is willing to pay a fare
> price for such a nice airplane.
>
> Now as for formation flying in Keokuk, that was terrific. We need more
that
> 2 Fairchilds to attend next year. Or, maybe we should try to hold a
> formation clinic in Texas. If we could get 2 or 3 from Corsicana, Bob
from
> Nacogdoches, and Mr. Mesquite from Uvalde along with the 2 who live in
> Austin, we could have a terrific school. As I am now the newsletter
editor
> for the Joint Liaison Formation Committee, I bet I could arrange to get
some
> check pilots here to handle the school. What do you guys thing?
>
> Richard H. Smith
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Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [fairchildclub] give me a brake


> Bob,
> I am based at Tampa Bay Exec. east of New Port Richie. I live in Tarpon
> Springs.
> (727)-937-6592 There is a FSAACA (EAA Antique and Classic) Fly in in New
> Symerna on the !@th of Jan.Be good to see you and your ship there.
> Ed Hoffman
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