Jimmy M wrote:Another northern Ontario floatplane

Nice 172 Jim. What lake are you based at?

Any relation to the late John Martin who had a Super Cub?

Just say "no" to paint.


Mike

Just say "NO" to hard labor of polishing!!

Just kidding!! Sweet looking polished plane!

58Skylane wrote:Just say "NO" to hard labor of polishing!!

Just kidding!! Sweet looking polished plane!

Thanks! Here in Puget Sound country, it only needs polishing once a year. I usually start around the first of January, and finish up just after Christmas.

skywagon63d wrote:

58Skylane wrote:Just say "NO" to hard labor of polishing!!

Just kidding!! Sweet looking polished plane!

Thanks! Here in Puget Sound country, it only needs polishing once a year. I usually start around the first of January, and finish up just after Christmas.

I know from experience the hard work you put into your polished plane. During my younger years of driving a racing transporter, I would wash, wax, AND polish the wheels, tanks, anything aluminum on the rig about every week for 30 events a year Now a days, we still wash the rigs ourselves, but we use DI water tanks and polish the wheels about 2-3 times a year. Maybe get the wheels polished at the truck stop for $5.00 a wheel if the boss let's me spend the money. We have the new DuraShine wheels on one of our new trailers, but nothing bets nicely polished aluminum.

907 flyer...........I'm using Edo 2000 floats,....Mac prop..1A200 81/44....works really well, I can slow her down pretty slow with the Sportsman kit. I'm pretty light too.
Tried a 76/60 prop on skis this winter.......got 135 cruise at 2400, little slow out of the hole.
Put her back on floats today.......we're having an early spring here in northern Ontario, ice looks like it may be off next week.......yee hooooo

Nofate..............the pic of my plane on floats is at Moose lake...........yeah, you know the lake.
I keep it at my camp on Long Lake.............right in front of the log sauna that I bought from you
about 20 years ago.......small world eh ??
Did Ernie take you for a ride in that turbine 206 ?? I've been in it a couple times.....what a monster !!

Jimmy M wrote:Nofate..............the pic of my plane on floats is at Moose lake...........yeah, you know the lake.
I keep it at my camp on Long Lake.............right in front of the log sauna that I bought from you
about 20 years ago.......small world eh ??
Did Ernie take you for a ride in that turbine 206 ?? I've been in it a couple times.....what a monster !!

Yeah, I know Moose Lake. I landed on Long Lake not too long ago too. Can't recall selling you a log sauna, but I've sold a bunch in the past 20 years, hope you are enjoying it as much as I enjoy mine.

I haven't been for a ride in Ernie's turbine 206, but I took pics of it when it was at Dyment Lake last summer. I hear he had a prop strike and now has a 5 blade prop on that thing.

I see you have the Avcon conversion on your 172. I had that on my 170 (CGGIH) and it really performed well. Is that 170 still around Sudbury since (can't remember his name) died suddenly? Lost track of it. Maybe I'll see you around the north, your plane is very distinctive and hard to mistake for another.

There sure is a lot of jawing going on for a photo thread....

The bird I got my Private in...I still sort of consider her mine.

The bird I got my Private in...I still sort of consider her mine.

...kind of like a woman, uh Zane?

My old ex, 46' Cessna 140 with Lyc O-235.



What it looks like now. (The new owner put a LOT of work into it)

This is the first plane I ever owned. I bought this Flaglor Sky Scooter in 1981. 3505 was owned by an eye doctor at Eureka, SD. It had a VW engine with a home made wood prop, go cart size 3.50 X 4 mains and a grocery cart tail wheel that could make a half dozen landings on the gravel before it got egg shaped and would just slide. The skis were made from a pair of railroad cross bucks. I made the mistake of thinking I could three point it down in a soft bean field like the step dad's cub. With the engine high like that it was like trying to land a VW powered 6 foot step ladder in beach sand. The bottom stopped and the top kept going. I am just barely able to claim a nose over. After I fixed it I flew it a little more and then sold it to a man that was scared of heights. No, its true.

Me and "my" first taildragger...



and a retractable to boot.

dirtstrip wrote:This is the first plane I ever owned. I bought this Flaglor Sky Scooter in 1981. 3505 was owned by an eye doctor at Eureka, SD. It had a VW engine with a home made wood prop, go cart size 3.50 X 4 mains and a grocery cart tail wheel that could make a half dozen landings on the gravel before it got egg shaped and would just slide. The skis were made from a pair of railroad cross bucks. I made the mistake of thinking I could three point it down in a soft bean field like the step dad's cub. With the engine high like that it was like trying to land a VW powered 6 foot step ladder in beach sand. The bottom stopped and the top kept going. I am just barely able to claim a nose over. After I fixed it I flew it a little more and then sold it to a man that was scared of heights. No, its true.

Don't mean to rain on your parade, but I found some more pics and info on the plane you had. I had a hard time trying to see what your plane looked like so I Googled and found some pictures. Neat little plane!



http://www.pimaair.org/collection-detail.php?cid=107

Mine looked more like the beat up photo I posted that went through the wash.

Not on floats these days, but wheel skis and wheels are fun too.

MTV

mtv wrote:

Not on floats these days, but wheel skis and wheels are fun too.

MTV

Good looking airplane, Michael.

Here is how I am currently configured. Looking forward to some spring skiing.
Chet

mtv wrote:

Not on floats these days, but wheel skis and wheels are fun too.

MTV

Sweet Honey Pumpkins! Thats a nice lookin ride. I'm becoming a fan of backcountry planes painted yellow. Looks like a sweetheart.

Yellow is the color of money!
We might have to put a Sorensen belly tank, pump and booms on that Mike.