Fuselage is coming...

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:14 pm

I finally got a tracking number today from Van's. My fuselage kit is on it's way to me! It will be missing the top aft skin, but I won't need that for at least a year, I'm guessing...

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:54 pm

Chad, NICE!

Yah, top aft skin... I haven't done anything with mine yet soooo...

I was to go pick up my finish kit today but I relapsed with the flu. Today I have been napping and checking in here and that's about it. The dog and I have spent most of the day curled up in front of the pellet stove!

I hope to get my kit tomorrow if I am felling well enough.

So Chad, when is the big day? Early next week?

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:59 pm

I wondered if you were home today. You've been on almost everytime I have checked in (and that's A LOT!). I'm home today too. We had new carpet installed in the living room this morning.

Van's just shipped it (the fuse, not the carpet

) this morning, and I haven't heard from ABF yet. It'll be mid-next week I'm sure.

I need to check my tracking number to see what it says.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:13 pm

Good deal! Maybe next weekend you can get your inventory done.

4kilo · Post by **4kilo** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:53 pm

Get a big trash bin Chad. Lots more packing paper!

Have fun,

Pat

Wicked Stick · Post by **Wicked Stick** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:11 pm

CJ, hope your feeling better. Let me know if you decide to go pick it up on Saturday ? or need a hand then unpacking if you pick it up later this week.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:40 am

Don't throw that paper away! Line your paint booth with the stuff!

WS, I am taking today too. Maybe Friday afternoon I will grab it? They are closed Saturday, don'tcha know...

They need 24 hours in order to schedule a delivery. I suppose that yesterday I should have said to bring it here. I was really hoping to be better today.

CJ

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:59 am

SWEET CHAD!!! I'll be anxious to see the pics of your inventory and see what the shop looks like whith everthing unpacked!

How was Rochester?!?

- Peter

PS - Get well CJ! Invest the time to rest and it will pay off!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:06 am

I'll take plenty of pics...that's a given!

Rochester was cold and boring. We did eat at a GREAT restaurant called Prescott's. One of the BEST I've ever had, and I eat at A LOT of restaurants!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:35 am

captain_john wrote: So Chad, when is the big day? Early next week?

CJ

Just checked with ABF, and the scheduled delivery is Thursday, the 25th.

Another week of waiting...

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:38 pm

GOOD HUMOR CHAD! We say the same thing about Rochester up here! We fly there all the time but never actually land! ...just shoot the approaches and fly home. (OK sometimes we land for gas and cookies but usually don't stay long) They have a GREAT variety of approaches, VERY nice controllers and one of the only published full vector radar approaches in the area. Believe it or not, the controllers like to practice those to as they need to stay current just like we do!

Can you grit you teeth until the 25th Chad?!?

- Peter

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:28 pm

$606.14 to ship my finish kit, in case anyone was wondering. The crate is 8' x 4' by 28" tall.

I am still too sick to go pick it up but, Machine Man has offered to do it for me! The terminal is right around the corner from his shop. He will store it in there until I can pick it up this weekend! I hope that I feel better by then!

Chad, I have noticed a number of turbine engines on ebay and one Subaru while I have been home sick!

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:51 pm

captain_john wrote:$606.14 to ship my finish kit, in case anyone was wondering. The crate is 8' x 4' by 28" tall.

Holy #$%!! I know you're about as far away from Van's as you can get in the states, but JEEZ!!!! $600!!

captain_john wrote:Chad, I have noticed a number of turbine engines on ebay and one Subaru while I have been home sick!

CJ

Now CJ, after all the PM's we've had in the last 24 hours, you go and say that!

I'm gonna have to come out there and smack you around a little! That cold medicine is goin' to your head!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:13 pm

HA!

I gotta be honest, the PM's are what made me do the searches!

I think I am getting bored here all day. Nap, eat, blow my nose and repeat.

One thing I did make it to today was:

This

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:17 pm

He he! I've visited that page several times...just gotta start over to see if you missed anything!

aparchment · Post by **aparchment** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:51 pm

So Johny, buddy, pal --

You still thinking of driving to Osh this year? Do you have room for a finish kit on the way home? LOL!
Antony

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:19 pm

HA!

I AM going to OSH but ummmm, unless it fits on the roof of a Cherokee (NOT!)...

Wait one, you are going to OSH TOO!

CJ

aparchment · Post by **aparchment** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:34 am

LOL! Yup I am going to Osh as well, but ain't no way I am doing that drive both ways.

Antony

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:23 pm

We want to bring the dog. He is such a big part of our lives and it is the best way to get him there without an airplane of our own.

It brings up an issue with accomodations then too. We need a pet friendly place to stay. He is well behaved and travels with us often so, I am not worried.

Sooooo, I gotta drive this year. Ah, that's okay I s'pose.

CJ

Post by **Spike** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:37 pm

captain_john wrote:Sooooo, I gotta drive this year. Ah, that's okay I s'pose.

In all seriousness, stop frequently (~3 hours) and drink plenty of fluids.
You DONT want what happened to me last year to happen to you. Im still working through the resultant FAA medical process.

- Spike

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