Just purchased 1946 140

[6643]

Yeah posting pictures on this site is a pain in the backside.

We are working on correcting that. Remember, we're all volunteers, worth at least twice what the association pays us. Also, there are no ads here and we are not collecting your personal information for sale to others.

If you have your photos stored somewhere "in the cloud" all you need do is post a link and the forum will disregard the size. See the thread on posting pictures here.

[frog]

Thanks for response, not calling anyone out. More my ineptitude with anything digital. I will try the resize app

[frog]

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Andy from Deer valley flew out and gave me some make and model training in my airplane. Super cool getting to learn from him

[frog]

If anyone has contact info for a Kevin Stokes, A&P and IA please send his contact info to me. Logbooks are MIA and he was the last mechanic to work on it. Not sure if that was in Oregon or Arizona.
Thanks

[2066]

A beautiful 140 (...both yours and Andy's, in fact!) -- thanks for sharing the pics! Are your tires sized up? ...kinda wondering what Andy's thoughts are on any ground handling differences between his and yours. Is that a SkyBeacon on your left wing -- if so, is it functioning well? And, again, welcome to the "family" and thanks for sharing the evolving experience(s) with that wonderful "new" aircraft! Mac

[frog]

Thanks. Andy had just downsized his tires. We didn't really talk to much about the difference in handling, but I didn't see any issues with mine. We did about 20 landings, most of them on dirt. Asphalt requires more attention for sure, but as long as you are straight it seams to handle fine

[frog]

Missed the left wing light question, I have whelen strobes on the wings and they seam to work fine.

[2066]

"...requires more attention for sure, but as long as you are straight..."

Amen! As many have agreed, you can't "trust" that landings are successful until the plane is either in the hangar or tied down , and the challenge does increase a bit on pavement. FWIW, I've been practicing landing our 140 for 38 years now and there are occasions when I make two good ones in a row . Keep'er straight and keep the "stick" back. Mac

[6643]

If your program has a "resample" option instead of resize, you may get better results.