Maybe I should have posted this before.
PT Barnum, the owner of the Volpar Beech 18 suffered at the “hands” of a speeding driver a few weeks ago……….He was knocked off his Harley and badly injured.
Broken Nose, Broken Leg, Smashed Hip.
He has to have a complete hip replacement and his injuries mean he is out of action for possibly six months.
This is very sad news and we all wish the chap well i am sure.
Well regarding the Volpar. Beech Restorations will be undertaking the upkeep of the Beech until PT is back with us. We have re-installed the airbox and run both engines. All cowlings are undergoing remedial work prior to painting.
The whole aircraft will be stripped of paint and re-painted in a Blue and Cream scheme.
We would love to put her in our hanger but really that wont be possible.
More engine runs tomorrow and also some taxi runs……….my turn to learn
If anyone is interested in doing a bit of paint stripping to help us/him out we would be pleased to hear from you guys.
philip
By: Rlangham - 10th July 2006 at 11:28
No problem, was good to get involved with something plus it beats sitting at home waiting to go out all day! Should be back down tomorrow if Leo’s going (he’s giving me a lift) and should be there on Saturday as well. The ride in the Beech sure was great, looking at the scheme you’ve got planned for her she’ll look great. See you soon, Rob
By: philip turland - 10th July 2006 at 10:24
Rob, Thanks for your help yesterday, sorry it was a bit of a messy job but it is very important and extremely satisfying when a coat of paint is applied.
Hope you enjoyed your “ride” in the Beech, we don’t always do that.
We hope you can come up again, I think you would be good to have on-board
cheers
philip
anyone else out there who might want to lend a hand??
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 6th July 2006 at 09:04
😮
By: philip turland - 6th July 2006 at 08:26
I might bring it with me on friday……………… graham will pop a few off i imagine
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 5th July 2006 at 17:43
Good Work Mr Langham – dont forget your camera so you can get some snaps for the website –
Advance warning that its my housewarming on friday and various forumites will be attending so I imagine a few of us may be a bit broken come saturday morning…
Still at least there wont be any automatic gunfire from Phils FG42 this time 😉
TT
By: philip turland - 5th July 2006 at 15:54
Cheers Rob, I think Ben (TT) is gonna show you about on saturday, i/we are there on sunday this week (we usually do saturday).
The Volpar Beech is having the cowlings worked on at present, not a lot to do on those, most of that is done already.
We need to get the stripping underway, this might be relatively easy. You will see what i mean on saturday…..there are a couple of other chaps with us working on the new hanger, T-6, Beech 18 x 2 and such like……..ANY help you can give is really appreciated.
hope to see you on sunday………..
cheers
philip
By: Rlangham - 5th July 2006 at 10:17
When abouts do you need help? If I can get to Bruntingthorpe i’d be willing to lend a hand at anything you need doing
By: Fouga23 - 5th July 2006 at 10:08
I would love to help, but I live in Belgium 🙁
By: philip turland - 5th July 2006 at 08:26
So i assume we will be doing this work alone again as usual…………. I thought some forum types would love to get their hands on a plane………maybe i shouldn’t be surprised
By: T J Johansen - 5th July 2006 at 00:30
T J,
whats with the Uriah Heep album cover? Abonimog isnt it?
Pretty much. It’s only Rock n’ Roll but I like it… 😎
T J
By: Rob68 - 4th July 2006 at 18:59
T J,
whats with the Uriah Heep album cover? Abonimog isnt it?
By: T J Johansen - 1st July 2006 at 06:49
Does that mean I don’t have to ask, will it be……… 😀 😉
T J
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 30th June 2006 at 13:14
:p :p :p :p :p :p :p
oh and :p !
TT
By: The Blue Max - 30th June 2006 at 13:11
And coming out with bah, or did you mean baaah!!!! 😮
By: Fouga23 - 30th June 2006 at 13:00
spent last sat humping stuff
Well, everyone has his thing I guess :p
By: David Burke - 30th June 2006 at 12:37
Is that a PM that got a little misdirected?
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 30th June 2006 at 12:10
bah, taxying her. Sod. girlfriends sisters bbqs – spent last sat humping stuff about when you werent there now you get to play whan I’m not! 🙁
TT
Phil – why not post the profile pic of the scheme?
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