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05-11-2018, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Arlington, TX (DFW)
Posts: 1,164
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WINGS
Didn't I sell you those wings? Like what, 10+ years ago? I think it was you?
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Gary Robertson
Arlington, TX
RV-12 Built / Sold / Flying
Currently Flying: Cessna Skyhawk 172
Rebuilding a true barn find J-3 Cub
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05-11-2018, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Cedar Park, TX
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Originally Posted by txaviator
Didn't I sell you those wings? Like what, 10+ years ago? I think it was you?
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...and, if I squint really hard, they might be sitting in my original wing stand  .
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Scott Card
CQ Headset by Card Machine Works
CMW E-Lift
RV-9A N4822C flying 2200+hrs. / Cedar Park, TX
RV8 Building - fuselage / showplanes canopy (Done!)
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05-11-2018, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyle, TX
Posts: 566
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Quote:
Originally Posted by txaviator
Didn't I sell you those wings? Like what, 10+ years ago? I think it was you?
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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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Fred Magare
GySgt, USMC (Ret.)
PP-ASEL, A&P
Frederic.magare "at" gmail.com
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[Engine purchased]
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05-11-2018, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyle, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scard
...and, if I squint really hard, they might be sitting in my original wing stand  .
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Indeed they are, Scott! 
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Fred Magare
GySgt, USMC (Ret.)
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Frederic.magare "at" gmail.com
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05-12-2018, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Landing field "12VA"
Posts: 1,530
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Quote:
Originally Posted by daddyman
Gunny,
A little elbow grease would make them good as new.
I do however, suggest 20g target rounds for the birds.
Daddyman
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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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Bill Boyd
Hop-Along Aerodrome (12VA)
RV-6A - N30YD - Built '98 / sold '20
RV-10 - N130YD reserved - under construction
donating monthly to the VAF - thanks, Doug
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05-12-2018, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: N.E. Wyoming
Posts: 113
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Pigeons-starlings
.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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05-12-2018, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Eagle, Id
Posts: 102
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Fake Owl
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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Steve Hamer
RV-6
Eagle, ID
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05-12-2018, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: CT
Posts: 284
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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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Last edited by Turbo69bird : 05-12-2018 at 06:25 PM.
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