Airplane detailing?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Another opinion, please:

What would you pay to have your plane "detailed"?

What, in your opinion, should be part of the "detailing"?

Scrubbing every nook and cranny of the bottomside, and removing all remnants
of oil, exhaust, and other gook for one! LoL!
--
Jim in NC

What, in your opinion, should be part of the "detailing"?

Scrubbing every nook and cranny of the bottomside, and removing all
remnants
of oil, exhaust, and other gook for one! LoL!

Well, that's exactly what my son does as a little business on the side.
He's been too busy to pursue it much recently, but when he's advertised he's
found a ready market of guys who absolutely don't want to clean the bottom
of their planes -- especially low-wing pilots -- and are willing to pay to
get out of having to do it!

I'm just trying to think of something else to add to a "getaway weekend
package for pilots" -- or whatever the heck we call it.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

I'm just trying to think of something else to add to a "getaway weekend
package for pilots" -- or whatever the heck we call it.

Check with the local Scout troops. The EAA chapter over at Sky Manor has an
arrangement that allows the scouts to earn money by washing planes. Perhaps you
could arrange something similar. Find someone with a typically dirty aircraft
and offer them the amount that Mike W. listed in his post. Let 'em do that one
for that amount and see if they want to do more.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Well, that's exactly what my son does as a little business on the side.
He's been too busy to pursue it much recently, but when he's advertised
he's
found a ready market of guys who absolutely don't want to clean the bottom
of their planes -- especially low-wing pilots -- and are willing to pay to
get out of having to do it!

I'm just trying to think of something else to add to a "getaway weekend
package for pilots" -- or whatever the heck we call it.

That sounds like a good thing to have as an option for any of your weekends
that don't involve using their planes. Perhaps you could take them for a
guided tour through your city's new "rain forest" while they are getting
their plane detailed? smirk
--
Jim in NC

that don't involve using their planes. Perhaps you could take them for a
guided tour through your city's new "rain forest" while they are getting
their plane detailed? smirk

We are all hopeful that this embarrassment will be cancelled due to Katrina,
or Iraq, or *any* other good reason.

I can't believe Congress is appropriating $50 million (and that's just the
start!) to build a friggin' RAIN FOREST -- in Iowa!

Worse yet, I can't believe a voted for the idiot that is spear-heading the
effort.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Worse yet, I can't believe a voted for the idiot that is spear-heading the
effort.

Effort? Somehow I got the impression that this was a done deal. If it's still
under discussion, do you have more details? What's the strategy? Is this a
particular bill, or is your congresscritter attempting to attach it to
everything he can?

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:15:19 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in
bJJZe.366220$x96.19631@attbi_s72::

Well, that's exactly what my son does as a little business on the side.


If your entrepreneurial blood courses through your son's veins,
perhaps he'd be interested in formalizing his business:
http://www.wingwaxers.com/bizopp.html
http://www.wingwaxers.com/bizopp.html#sector

Hey, Jay it is like spark plugs, you are better off doing it yourself.
Clyde
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:PeEZe.402587$xm3.345796@attbi_s21...
Another opinion, please:

What would you pay to have your plane "detailed"?

What, in your opinion, should be part of the "detailing"?

Thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"