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09-17-2009, 07:38 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
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Always a work in progress ...
It ain't purty, but it's paid for! Insulated, heated (y'all in Texas wouldn't understand the need for that), well, drain, tools and a mural on the wall ... and someday I'll even repaint the ceiling and floor.
Maybe.
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Don McNamara
Peoria, AZ
Builder: RV-8 "Smokey"
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09-17-2009, 07:48 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Milwaukee, WI area
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Chad Jensen
Astronics AES, Vertical Power
RV-7, 5 yr build, flew it 68 hours, sold it, miss it.
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09-17-2009, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Milwaukee, WI area
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Originally Posted by N8RV
It ain't purty, but it's paid for! Insulated, heated (y'all in Texas wouldn't understand the need for that), well, drain, tools and a mural on the wall ... and someday I'll even repaint the ceiling and floor.
Maybe.
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Oh man!! My friend Larry (f14rio on VAF) will be TOTALLY jealous of the mural on your wall!! He LOVES the Jolly Rogers!!! Nice!!
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Chad Jensen
Astronics AES, Vertical Power
RV-7, 5 yr build, flew it 68 hours, sold it, miss it.
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09-17-2009, 08:13 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
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Originally Posted by cjensen
Oh man!! My friend Larry (f14rio on VAF) will be TOTALLY jealous of the mural on your wall!! He LOVES the Jolly Rogers!!! Nice!!
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Thanks. Many years ago, we had an occasionally-employed artiste on the field. He was bored one day, so I told him what I wanted and he got started.
"How about a VF-84 Tomcat right down on the water, with a MiG 29 going down in the background?" I asked.
"No problem," he said.
Weeks later, I have this incredible VF-84 Tomcat on my wall. Unfortunately for me, however, he lost his muse. I begged, I cajoled, I offered money ... no go. So, I painted a blue background and called it a day.
Maybe someday he'll pop back in, brushes in hand, and feel compelled to finish his masterpiece.
Naaaaahhhhh .... 
Here are a couple of closeups of the mural ...
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Peoria, AZ
Builder: RV-8 "Smokey"
Last edited by N8RV : 10-12-2009 at 06:56 AM.
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09-17-2009, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands
Posts: 54
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Officially, I'm not allowed to work in my hangar at EHHV. Some environmental thing - they're afraid I'll spill oil or something when working on electrical wiring inside my cockpit , I guess. Plus I'm still waiting for the electricity that I was promised 9 months ago.
I really want to build a decent hangar/workshop there, but no more planning permissions will be handed out.
And so I'm thinking of moving back to EHLE, which is some 45 miles from home. Planning permissions available, but only if I build something that has grandeur and standing, oh, and big enough to house a 737...
Sigh...
The next-closest airport/airfield/airstrip is 55 miles from home. Far from ideal for that quick two-hour evening let-get-that-little-job-finished stints...
Sometimes this place sucks....
Hans
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09-17-2009, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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Hangars
Ouch! 55 miles way too far. I could save a bundle by driving, but having my hangar 10 minutes from home is worth the expense. Nothing fancy, it is rented (for the last 18 years and 3 airplanes.)
John Clark
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
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09-17-2009, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Originally Posted by John Clark
Ouch! 55 miles way too far. I could save a bundle by driving, but having my hangar 10 minutes from home is worth the expense. Nothing fancy, it is rented (for the last 18 years and 3 airplanes.)
John Clark
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
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Right now, I'd kill for something like your "nothing fancy" John...
And yes, 55 miles is too far. Not sure what I'll do. For now, I just close the hangar doors when I'm working and hope they won't kick me out... |
09-17-2009, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Saint Simons Island , GA
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My home away from home
Never thought I'd have an 8 or a hangar, but here it is.
In the foreground of the first one is Craig Swanson's brand new 7A, and there is also a Remos G3 out of the photo.
6 minutes from home always with a stocked refrigerator. You all stop in and visit if you're ever near Dahlonega, GA. 9A0
from the front
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Jerry "Widget" Morris
RV 8, N8JL, 3,000+ hours on my 8.
VAF #818
Saint Simons Island, GA. KSSI
PIF 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
 I just wish I could afford to live the way I do 
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09-17-2009, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Nice!!
Looks very sharp, Jerry! Lots of room for a third plane too! |
09-17-2009, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Super crappy cellphone pic of my place, with Heinz' Robin and my airport cruiser parked in front. If only I had electricity and was allowed to work here, it would have been perfect...
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