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Old 05-11-2018, 10:00 AM
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Didn't I sell you those wings? Like what, 10+ years ago? I think it was you?
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Old 05-11-2018, 10:37 AM
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Didn't I sell you those wings? Like what, 10+ years ago? I think it was you?
...and, if I squint really hard, they might be sitting in my original wing stand .
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Old 05-11-2018, 02:43 PM
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Didn't I sell you those wings? Like what, 10+ years ago? I think it was you?
Yes, Sir! I'm going to have to spend some time working the corrosion off of the flaps and ailerons now....

What are you flying now?
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Old 05-11-2018, 02:44 PM
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...and, if I squint really hard, they might be sitting in my original wing stand .
Indeed they are, Scott!
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Old 05-12-2018, 07:54 AM
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Gunny,
A little elbow grease would make them good as new.
I do however, suggest 20g target rounds for the birds.

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My li'l buddy and I go starling hunting at the hangar door all the time. 2 x 12gauge shotguns. Some really fast wing shooting.

Rascals nest in the hangar every spring, drop pillaged robin eggs and their own poo all over the plane and floor. At least they don't roll the plane with toilet paper after they egg it. They are shown no quarter, though.
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Old 05-12-2018, 02:15 PM
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.22 birdshot quieter than my 20 ga., dep. on noise allowed. Saw a big chute draped high near the roof, over a twin in the corner yrs. back. Kept the droppings off it. Another Mont. airport mgr. uses poisoned bird seed for pigeons...maybe the Farmer's Co-Op knows where to get it, or has it.
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Old 05-12-2018, 03:30 PM
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Put an Owl in your hanger. I know several guys that have them and sat they work well.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...saAvm8EALw_wcB
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Old 05-12-2018, 04:21 PM
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I bought one of those Owls and it kind of worked but not how you would expect. The birds would land on its head and poop all over it instead of the plane.
(Funny thing, I originally wrote c r a p but it was censored).
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Old 05-12-2018, 06:11 PM
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SO down at an airport local to me there’s a Comanche 250that looks like it’s been there for 50 years, the plane is destroyed, Corroded something awful. So I asked if it was the salt air because it’s 1 mile or so from the beach. My buddy who owns a large hangar for his aviation business (banner towing etc) says nope, it’s the bird poo. I asked how long it had been sitting in the hangar he said 2 years, ��

He said it was mint condition when parked there and the owner has yet to be back to see it. Imagine that Guys surprise when he sees that airplane.

All the airplanes in the open hangars around it are in good shape and been there longer just get washed off regularly. Who knew bird poo could be so corrosive and this was a painted airplane. The whole roof Truss area is filled with bird nests above it.


Wasn’t about to post this until after I read your outcome was OK BTW. Glad it mostly worked out for you,

Figured I’d post this so more people knew how much of an issue this can be.
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