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08-11-2011, 07:17 AM
Mike | Welcome Pete
Hi Mike,
We have most of kit# 127, WE ARE 68, Grew up with dad as a machinist, journeyman, Have A&P, Commercial license, worked Eastern airlines in 60's and early70's, ran mtc at college park md airport at same time, started our Business in 72 Peek Performance, a VW machine shop, parts and rebuilding, had events and drag race VW's, at college park. We rebuilt a gear up Bonanza, rebuilt a 7dc champ, 140 Cherokee, 7-5 cub cruiser, sold em with advent of business. Sold the business in 95 and came home, built cars and got a 68 Cardinal to rebuild and fly. Sold a 959 Porsche turbo Speedster we built, a MG TD kit car we built, took that cash a 24' box truck, trailer and a 1947 Lincoln Continental Coupe we rebuilt over 15 Years to California to trade for this kit, in 2004. What an experience, am glad the Creator is with me I now have learned and took care of Me a 1 man trip over 12 days out and back...
The guy was nice, we went to a big farm where he had 3 of the 4 Seawind kits he bought finished 2 , Home flying, The Hangar finished on trailer with wings pulled, 3rd had a lot of Composite work done, and silly me chose the one no one had done anything to, he hustled us on anf off farm, loaded the wings in truck with some other parts and the fuselage on the shipping skid on to the trailer, the canopy was all taped on and he said everything we needed was inside.......
Silly me, he never personally did a inventory, some hours work, took me 12 days and bucks and life to do my part. Got home and have 1 set of flap skins, no aileron skins, no wheels tires, brakes, no horiz stabilizer, no elevator, some stuff badly corroded, fuselage was taped up and had water in belly. No engine mount, cowling to date, as finished Cardinal and now have flying and listed for sale am getting into the Seawind...
A pretty expansive kit
Have kept in touch with the guy, have just communicated with him in effort to get the rest of the parts when he can get to the $200,000 of value the farmer holds is release to him, the farmer has pretty much confiscated the #2, # 3 and the rest of Blogs for exorbitant storage fees....
I am working thru him but also would appeal to other seawind owners that may have parts by what ever means, loose parts, spare parts , from damaged or defunct seawinds.
So there ya have it, he was going to run a business building seawinds, said the financier and him put $500,000 in to the first one, never work.
I am dry fitting parts, sorting, organizing and assembling assemblies to reduce the sheer quantity of parts, this plane needs a machinist, a lot is just material and have to cobble you know where we are a technical question the resin they talk about, is that old terminology, A/C spruce list a different resin.
Thanks,
Pete
Mike | Welcome Pete
Hi Mike,
We have most of kit# 127, WE ARE 68, Grew up with dad as a machinist, journeyman, Have A&P, Commercial license, worked Eastern airlines in 60's and early70's, ran mtc at college park md airport at same time, started our Business in 72 Peek Performance, a VW machine shop, parts and rebuilding, had events and drag race VW's, at college park. We rebuilt a gear up Bonanza, rebuilt a 7dc champ, 140 Cherokee, 7-5 cub cruiser, sold em with advent of business. Sold the business in 95 and came home, built cars and got a 68 Cardinal to rebuild and fly. Sold a 959 Porsche turbo Speedster we built, a MG TD kit car we built, took that cash a 24' box truck, trailer and a 1947 Lincoln Continental Coupe we rebuilt over 15 Years to California to trade for this kit, in 2004. What an experience, am glad the Creator is with me I now have learned and took care of Me a 1 man trip over 12 days out and back...
The guy was nice, we went to a big farm where he had 3 of the 4 Seawind kits he bought finished 2 , Home flying, The Hangar finished on trailer with wings pulled, 3rd had a lot of Composite work done, and silly me chose the one no one had done anything to, he hustled us on anf off farm, loaded the wings in truck with some other parts and the fuselage on the shipping skid on to the trailer, the canopy was all taped on and he said everything we needed was inside.......
Silly me, he never personally did a inventory, some hours work, took me 12 days and bucks and life to do my part. Got home and have 1 set of flap skins, no aileron skins, no wheels tires, brakes, no horiz stabilizer, no elevator, some stuff badly corroded, fuselage was taped up and had water in belly. No engine mount, cowling to date, as finished Cardinal and now have flying and listed for sale am getting into the Seawind...
A pretty expansive kit
Have kept in touch with the guy, have just communicated with him in effort to get the rest of the parts when he can get to the $200,000 of value the farmer holds is release to him, the farmer has pretty much confiscated the #2, # 3 and the rest of Blogs for exorbitant storage fees....
I am working thru him but also would appeal to other seawind owners that may have parts by what ever means, loose parts, spare parts , from damaged or defunct seawinds.
So there ya have it, he was going to run a business building seawinds, said the financier and him put $500,000 in to the first one, never work.
I am dry fitting parts, sorting, organizing and assembling assemblies to reduce the sheer quantity of parts, this plane needs a machinist, a lot is just material and have to cobble you know where we are a technical question the resin they talk about, is that old terminology, A/C spruce list a different resin.
Thanks,
Pete