OT Where I've been

[Kandace]

Hi all, I just got back to my apartment at 10:30 pm last night! I had a bit of an adventure.....

I was asked to fly a Grumman AA-5 out to Syracuse, NY for a friend. It is his daughters plane and she has wanted it back out there but wasn't able to take it out herself due to weather and time commitments.

So anyway I departed on Friday and got as far as Findlay OH, when I was stopped in my tracks by a snowstorm. Long story short I was stuck in OH for 2 days.

Sunday morning I woke up and the weather didn't look to bad so I headed out. I made it Sunday afternoon. I spent the night and then woke up on Monday morning and headed out to Hartford in an Excursion I was asked to drive back.

It took 12hrs of driving. So to all those that are waiting for BEE information or wondering where I've been that is the story.

Kandace

[Scary Gary]

Aint flying an adventure ?
I'm jealous .

[barnstorm2]

Congratulations on experiencing the worst snow storm in Ohio for over 20 years!

Photos in the photos topic...

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[RotoPlane]

Shoot Kandace, I wish I had known....I live only fifteen miles from Findlay! Could have/would have shown you around, could have stayed in my church (with no hankly panky), shown you my gyro drawings, put you to work on them, etc....sigh.

[giro5]

Not sure what an AA5 is but I had an AA 1b that I flew from Nevada to Pennsylvania to sell. Buy the time I got there I had so much fun that I really didn't care if it sold or not. I was looking forward to flying it back. But it sold and I didn't fly again till years later when I started UL flying in a trike.

Right now there is an old J3 on ebay that needs recovering and the engine checked out. Wish i had some cash laying around.

[Gyropilot007]

Kandice:

That sounds like a great adventure....one you'll remember for a long, long time.

Bob

[Chuck Roberg]

Not sure what an AA5 is

I believe it's a Grumman Traveler, 4 place, 150 hp engine. Later replaced by the Cheetah model.

I had a Traveler for about 3 years. It has a wet wing. I had the model year with the bad sealant. Kept on leaking fuel. Not a lot. Just enough to be an irritation. Had the leak(s) fixed several times. Would last anywhere from 4-8 months and start leaking again.

If it wasn't for the leaks I would have kept it.