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11-02-2006, 08:39 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
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Special Parts ?
I made a post yesetrday in another thread showing the "special" nature of the vinyl graphic on Valkyrie's canopy skirt - a small piece of the plane that was carried into earth orbit and back. Someone responded that pieces of his airplane had come from parts of a C-5A which obviously had special meaning to him.
Which raised my curiosity....What other things have people put into their aircraft that have special meaning? We can all be sentimental about things, and many make or install special bits and pieces from previous aircraft (or from other meaningful parts of their lives) in their RV's.
Anybody else care to share?
For instance, I have used the same key ring for the keys of each aircraft I have owned - the ring is the same, only the keys change....
Paul
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Paul F. Dye
Editor at Large - KITPLANES Magazine
RV-8 - N188PD - "Valkyrie"
RV-6 (By Marriage) - N164MS - "Mikey"
RV-3B - N13PL - "Tsamsiyu"
A&P, EAA Tech Counselor/Flight Advisor
Dayton Valley Airpark (A34)
http://Ironflight.com
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11-02-2006, 08:47 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
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I have a trim tab made from a piece of "My Gal Sal" - a B-17 that spent 50 something years sitting on the icecap in Greenland.
Sal has been restored for static display. The aircraft's owner and sponsor was planning on using Sal as the centerpiece of a museum, but the city is apparently dragging its feet on meeting some committments, so the aircraft remains in more or less private storage.
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Kyle Boatright
Marietta, GA
2001 RV-6 N46KB
2019(?) RV-10
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11-03-2006, 04:55 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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A small fortune of my hard-earned cash...
Liters of salty sweat...
CC's of blood...
Sleepless nights...
Endless hours that should have been spent with my family...
All are precious to me!
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Don Alexander
RV-8 Finished After 8 1/2 Years (2496 hours) of Loving Labor
Summerville, SC
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11-03-2006, 05:16 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
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This
Divorce decree! 
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Pierre Smith
RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
Dues gladly paid!
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11-03-2006, 05:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Savannah, GA
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I don't have anything sentimental in my plane but I am building with some tools that are. My grandfather built planes on Long Island during WWII. He gave me a bunch of tools a few years back that I really didn't know what they were for until I started building my -10. The countersinks I use now were the same ones that were used to build planes over sixty years ago. He died, at age 95, the day returned from LOE this year and the tools have even more value now. I was hoping to take him up in my -10. I took him up at age 93 in a C172.
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Todd
N110TD
RV-10 Vesta V8 LS2/BMA EFIS/One formerly flying at 3J1 Hobbs stopped at 150 hours
Savannah, GA and Ridgeland, SC
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11-03-2006, 06:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: south carolina
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what he said
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Originally Posted by tinman
A small fortune of my hard-earned cash...
Liters of salty sweat...
CC's of blood...
Sleepless nights...
Endless hours that should have been spent with my family...
All are precious to me!
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i'll second that
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William Weesner/ still kicking.
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11-03-2006, 07:00 AM
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Location: Houston
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Well... I've got a piece of noseart from a B-17 on my glovebox that looks a lot like the gal who financed the plane. I think I'd be breaking Doug's rules if I posted her, though. She's in a little racy. Put it this way -- my kids tease me that I should have named the plane "Beautiful Butt".
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Jon Baker
RV6A sold, RV4 in-progress
Houston
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11-03-2006, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 625
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I'm a retired Marine. I have a bottle of sand from the landing beach at Iwo Jima and I'm planning to use a bit to make my own non-skid. Iwo Jima is a sacred place for Marines.
Jekyll
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11-03-2006, 09:14 AM
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Well not really a "part" but I think my Dad's (who passed away in 2001 just before I started this project) Pan American Captain's wings are going to find a home in the RV.
Jim
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11-03-2006, 09:27 AM
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Registration C-FSIS (Canadian)
In memory of my lovely sister that passed away 2 years ago.
Steve
RV7A
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