> >>>>> Ken Welter wrote:

 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>   I got some more glider time in my log book, I think I got
 >>>>>> enough for a
 >>>>  glider check ride now, no damage to the plane as it slid across
 >>>> the field
 >>>>  smoother
 >>>>>> than some water landing, nice having that bullet proof hull under
 >>>>>> there
 >>>>  as I slid it in wheels up.
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>   Blew an oil line due to chafing from the cowl, going to some
 >>>>>> better
 >>>>  line now.
 >>>>>> The worst of it was the 5 fire trucks 5 cop cars not counting the
 >>>>>> one
 >>>>  swat team member, the K_9 unit and the chaplain who the drug out
 >>>> his book
 >>>>  and started
 >>>>>> praising the lord and I just laughed and said no no no you got
 >>>>>> the wrong
 >>>>  dude and he said oh your not the pilot and I said yes but you
 >>>> still got the
 >>>>  wrong dude.
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>   Then it really pissed off the news guys as I had the plane
 >>>>>> packed up
 >>>>  and home before they got there,  five news agencies called and
 >>>> wanted an
 >>>>  interview from
 >>>>>> my girl friend and wanted my phone number as its unlisted but she
 >>>>>> told
 >>>>  them to kiss off and to get a real job.
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>  Got another engine already installed and should be running in a
 >>>>>> couple
 >>>>  of days.
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>>  Ken
 >
 >
 >>>>> This was so good I had to upload it before a bunch of other
 >>>>> messages that
 >>>>  came in before it while
 >>>>> I was in Florida :)
 >>>>>
 >>>>> Paul Lamar
 >>>>>
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> Kevin & Kim wrote:
 >>>>
 >>>>  Ken,
 >>>>  As a Chaplain wannabe, I understand why he was there!  In the
 >>>> immortal words
 >>>>  of the Unsinkable Molly Brown, "You don't see THAT everyday!"
 >>>>  A while back, I was at a Base Weather Station when an F-16 was
 >>>> making an
 >>>>  emergency landing.  The fire trucks, ambulance and an assortment
 >>>> of vehicles
 >>>>  came a runnin'.  I was there to verify weather conditions (clear
 >>>> and calm)
 >>>>  for the ensuing investigation.  Of course, there was no
 >>>> investigation
 >>>>  because the pilot landed almost perfectly and stepped from the
 >>>> plane with a
 >>>>  bit of bravado they learn there at the Academy.  I wasn't
 >>>> disappointed at
 >>>>  all (the paper work for an aircraft mishap is ridiculous).  But,
 >>>> there was a
 >>>>  bit of adrenaline rush due to all the excitement.
 >>>>  Turns out, the pilot blew a tire on take-off.  But, with all the
 >>>> commotion,
 >>>>  you would have thought someone had caught his shoe laces on the
 >>>> landing gear
 >>>>  and was being given a tow at 200KTS.
 >>>>  Bottom line:  Any landing you can walk away from is a good
 >>>> landing.  Glad to
 >>>>  hear you (and your plane) will fly again.
 >>>>  Kevin
 >
 >
 >
 >>> The vast majority of crashes we have had so far has been caused by
 >>> faulty
 >>> oil and water plumbing. Budget about a $1000 for top quality
 >>> plumbing.
 >>> Either AN or welded aluminum tube.
 >>>
 >>> Paul Lamar

 >>    Got it up and flying with top notch oil line this time, using a new
 >> Aeroquip Machmate Plus that is a double steel braided line that has a
 >> smaller outside diameter and has a tighter bending radius then there
 >> older single braided line.
 >>
 >>    Ken

 Ken, did you shut down when your oil pressure went south to save the
 engine?  I'm sort of curious how long a 13B would go on without oil.

 Hans

   No the low oil buzzer went off and I turned to the nearest airport
as there was no water in site and the engine seized after about a
minute, I then re fired it twice and milked about another 20 seconds
out of it each  time but came up about 1/4 mile short of the airport.

   Ken

Nothing lives when the life blood is gone :)

Paul Lamar
 
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