Re: Selling the airplaned

[Dan Luke]

"C J Campbell" wrote:
> I sold my first airplane yesterday, N9636B. I hated to do it, after all
the
> time it seemed to take to get this plane in reasonable condition,...

ISTR that you once said this airplane was slower than other 172RG's. Did you
ever figure out why?
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

[C J Campbell]

"Dan Luke" > wrote in message
...
| "C J Campbell" wrote:
| > I sold my first airplane yesterday, N9636B. I hated to do it, after all
| the
| > time it seemed to take to get this plane in reasonable condition,...
|
| ISTR that you once said this airplane was slower than other 172RG's. Did
you
| ever figure out why?

I had a small exhaust leak in one cylinder. The cylinder was developing full
compression, but still did not seem to be performing properly. I discovered
this after the cylinder cracked. I replaced it with a new one.

[Leland Vandervort]

I felt a little like that when I sold my Italian sports car to buy my
Arrow-II... until I thought "I'd get more use out of the PA28R than I
do out of the Fer..." I must admit that it didn't really console me
that much, but hey...

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:43:21 -0700, "C J Campbell"
> wrote:

>I sold my first airplane yesterday, N9636B. I hated to do it, after all the
>time it seemed to take to get this plane in reasonable condition, but the
>fact is I could not justify keeping two airplanes. I hope the new owners
>learn to love it as I did. I never met them; first of all I do not like
>selling my own stuff and secondly it seemed a little like meeting an
>ex-wife's new husband.