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by N728E
Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:36 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: So where do Y'all live and fly?
Replies: 22
Views: 28586

Location is everything

Bisbee is smaller than it sounds. The elevation is 4780 so in the summer we frequently get a DA higher than 7K. It's also only a couple miles from the Mexican border so we get regular traffic from the Border Patrol and other LE organizations. The North, East, and West sides of the field have mountai...
by N728E
Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:25 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: So where do Y'all live and fly?
Replies: 22
Views: 28586

Greetings from AZ

Hey y'all, I live in Hereford, AZ(nothing but an intersection) on 4 acres at the end of 3/4 mile of dirt road. (No one goes past my place to get to theirs.) My C172 is based out of Bisbee, AZ (P04), a great, little non-towered airport with a paved 5,900' strip(17/35), approx. 3,000' dirt (2/20) and ...
by N728E
Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:48 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Tricycle gear vs. tail dragger
Replies: 11
Views: 19891

'Nother Nancy

I've had my PPL for about 3 years, bought a square-tail 172 as a 13-hour student who hadn't even soloed yet, fly it almost every weekend, have put almost 600 hours on it in 3-1/2 years and after rides in a -7 and a -9A I like the ground visibility on the -A much better. The taildragger looks better,...
by N728E
Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:36 pm
Forum: Flight Tales
Topic: Friday Afternoon
Replies: 5
Views: 10434

Very encouraging

I've been driving a straight-tail 172 since I was a 13-hour student; hadn't even soloed yet when I bought it! Within a couple months my -7A should be skinned to the firewall. It'll be done when it's done but stories like yours sure do help keep the momentum up. Thanx!

"hawk"
by N728E
Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:30 pm
Forum: Propellers
Topic: Sterba wood prop
Replies: 8
Views: 22208

Thanx

Hey hngrflyr, Thanx for the reply. The Sterba I got only had a few hundred hours on it but I wanted it blessed by the master so I sent it back to Ed and he refinished it to like new condition for next to nothing. I've already made arrangements to acquire a used Sensenich metal prop but I think I mig...