Vance Jaqua wrote:

I have just returned from Sun N Fun, and am I ever so
glad to be back In California.
I picked up on a bit of discouraging news.

Ed Dearwent ditched his two place [KIS] off the
Florida coast a few months ago and is offering
the plane for about $1000. He was taking a short
cut across the bay 0ver a solid "undercast"
when his Lycoming dropped a valve head and
totaled the engine. Blind down through the
 clouds and fog, the main gear folded back as
it tripped him nose over. He had opened the door
 but the water closed it, and he had to wait to open
it for exit. He floated and drifted for an hour and
a half, and watches at least two search boats
 not see him for the fog. Luckily tide was going in
and a sheriff boat spotted him about 100 yards
off the beach, and pulled him in. A friend
provided a crane and flat bed to retrieve it
the next day, but the salt and sand totalled
anything mechanical or electrical, and some
 added damage resulted from the retrieval. I
will add some pix and more detal to my web page
in the next few days.

snipps..

Vance

Welcome home Vance. I found a prop for your new six place too-short-
landing-gear Continental IO-550 powered Cruiser Limo. Here it is :-)

Paul Lamar
 
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