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Got Checked Out In The Spartan Today

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Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:31 pm

Got Checked Out In The Spartan Today

Flew my boss's Spartan down to the Copperstate Flyin today with a friend who is an instructor, gettin checked out in it to get on the insurance. Fun stuff.

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Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:35 pm

Re: Got Checked Out In The Spartan Today

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
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Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:46 pm

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Your name came up today Gump, I met a guy named Jerry (forgot his last name) at the show who has 28,000 hours in a Beaver on floats out of Ketchican, I asked him if he happened to know you, he said no, but he had heard your name before.
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Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:04 pm

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Whew! At least it wasn't some kid walking up to me in an Eskimo village and asking, "Are you my daddy?" :lol:

I don't know many Southeast guys. My corner of the state was a long ways away. I was going to fly for Harris Air down in Sitka when Yute Air started to self destruct, but losing my medical killed that deal.

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Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:30 pm

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Dang, awesome!!
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Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:05 pm

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What a plane, and what a ride! Congratulations, and get some video!
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Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:33 pm

Re: Got Checked Out In The Spartan Today

GumpAir wrote:Whew! At least it wasn't some kid walking up to me in an Eskimo village and asking, "Are you my daddy?" :lol:

I don't know many Southeast guys. My corner of the state was a long ways away. I was going to fly for Harris Air down in Sitka when Yute Air started to self destruct, but losing my medical killed that deal.

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Re: the Spartan--looked at an all-polished one at OSH last year--gorgeous airplane--looked like a whole lot of work to keep it looking that way. True labor of love, I would think.

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Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:26 pm

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This one buzzed my shop at 250 mph a few years ago.... Sweet airplanes...
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Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:31 pm

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Brian-StevesAircraft wrote:Image

This one buzzed my shop at 250 mph a few years ago.... Sweet airplanes...


Glad it wasn't 250KTS or he would of busted FAR 91.117! Nice looking ship!
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Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:39 pm

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Vne is 247, so he's in trouble either way. :shock: [-X
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:19 pm

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Somebody named Anna got a nice shot of us after I took off and came around for a low pass.

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Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:47 pm

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One of the guys I follow on Flickr posted this shot :D

https://www.flickr.com/photos/24526864@N03/15630083902/
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