Thursday, September 06, 2007
"Dilemma" Of The Day.........
This past week I had to take UKN for her 100 Hour "Medical". We had a few "Snags", so we decided to use Riverside Aircraft Maintenance's facilities on the Red River, as they were convenient and well-equipped. I landed on the "Red", and tied up. I gazed down-river......
Selkirk Air's Otter CDX wearing her "Babushka", to keep her "Mags" dry. Now for the "dilemma". How do you get a "straight-floated" Otter from the "Red" to the hangar, which is 50' higher? I knew the answer, just as Gary Polinuk showed up with an "old Massey" and "Otter beaching gear"!
Installing the "inboard" beaching gear........
Kelly, one of Northway's Engineers, installs the "tail gear"......
The outboard gear.....
....installed by Gary Polinuk.....
......and locked into place.
We had a "spectator", a Canada Goose with a "bad wheel"......
As we pulled UKN to shore, we got "hung up" because of the wind.
Time for someone to "get wet"....
....but not me.
Harness attached, the Massey "yanked" UKN......
Gary and the Massey....
Up the hill.......
...over the highway.........
....under the Hydro wires......
...and into the "hangar yard".
"Success"!
.....and the "last word" of my "Post" goes to the goose with a "blown mocassin"......
"That's how you do it, "Folks"! Crazy humans"!
"Adios"!
LINK - Riverside Aircraft Maintenance
Selkirk Air's Otter CDX wearing her "Babushka", to keep her "Mags" dry. Now for the "dilemma". How do you get a "straight-floated" Otter from the "Red" to the hangar, which is 50' higher? I knew the answer, just as Gary Polinuk showed up with an "old Massey" and "Otter beaching gear"!
Installing the "inboard" beaching gear........
Kelly, one of Northway's Engineers, installs the "tail gear"......
The outboard gear.....
....installed by Gary Polinuk.....
......and locked into place.
We had a "spectator", a Canada Goose with a "bad wheel"......
As we pulled UKN to shore, we got "hung up" because of the wind.
Time for someone to "get wet"....
....but not me.
Harness attached, the Massey "yanked" UKN......
Gary and the Massey....
Up the hill.......
...over the highway.........
....under the Hydro wires......
...and into the "hangar yard".
"Success"!
.....and the "last word" of my "Post" goes to the goose with a "blown mocassin"......
"That's how you do it, "Folks"! Crazy humans"!
"Adios"!
LINK - Riverside Aircraft Maintenance
