10 years

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NC74392

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At this rate it'll be 10 years TT from buying 392 to returning it to the air. I'm just a little frustrated... I'm starting to forget where stuff goes, getting scared I can't afford the fuel, wondering if HUA will ever build those T-hangars so I can keep her covered, wondering if they'll let me put up a temporary shelter if they don't, wondering if I still remember how to fly (3 1/2 years now), worrying whether or not I'll still have a job come next presidential election, worrying about Margaret's mom who is in the hospital after a bad fall last Sunday, worried about my own health (blood sugar levels), and generally not having enough hours in the day to work, play, rest, and build.

Rant off and thanks for letting me vent my friends,
 
Hang in there Dave. It WILL be worth it. Just keep plugging away. I would say, good luck, but while luck may help, it sounds like you have even more control, and 10 years of perseverance is no small thing. If I might be so bold as to speak for the entire forum - we are all rooting for you!
 
Thanks Larry- I needed that :D
I just have alot on my shoulders lately and I miss flying dreadfully. Funny how flying becomes so much a part of you...
 
Dangerous One:

What Larry said.

And something else. You may love to fly but 10 years at this project also tells me you have a lot more. Many a man has tossed aside all other loves, their wife - sometime multiple wives - their families, hell, even their homes, just to stay in the air in the airplane they wanted. There's a row of trailers at West Texas airport where some of these guys live. Threw away everything just to keep their motherloving airplanes. Better ten years of toil with an end only vaguely in sight than no life beyond your airplane. You're a decent fellow and not one of our avocation's dirty little secrets.

Press on, my friend. The sky ain't going anywhere.

Jonathan
 
Double D, here I am bitching about recovering for 8 months. Whoa 10 years what the hell am I thinking! The wings are on and the crate looks great. The sky can wait but not me I press on. Keep going Dave :D Lynn the crate
 
You're probably thinking....damn, I'm gonna miss Blakesburg, Lynn. Could be a near thing for me too...'nother seat rail went tango uniform on me.
 
Yep, Dan, was a shock to me. Bought me a set that arrived on Thursday, replaced the troublesome one today. The rest have doublers riveted to them and look lime they're made of armor now.

Now, back to consoling poor Dave and raising his temporarily sagging spirits.

Lynn seems in good shape...hey Lynn - you gonna take on any recovering jobs anytime soon? <ducks and runs>

Jonathan
 
JB, When I recover from the recover it's 30 k and one year. I'm still in shock over how intense a job. Wings are on, that turned into a Carnival people cooking out having a great time admiring Lynn's slave work. Putting them on a lot harder than they came off. Like building the Bridge on the River Kwai------be happy in your work. Lynn :roll: the crate
 
Dave,
I share your pain, I'm about 5 years without tasting the Bellanca 'fine wine' of flying manners and still have a few more ahead of me. But I look on it as a labour of love, I have promised myself I will enjoy this rebuild, not many people get the opportunity to give an old plane a chance to look their best again. We are very fortunate to be the pround owners of a slice of avaition's best - and very few realize what we have got!!! When things get a bit much for me I go out to the shed, stick nose it the wing and take a big deep breath of nice wood and marvel at the wonderful shape of the Bellance wing- it really helps me.

Sorry the family isn't travelling so well, and look after yourself. Good new the oil price is falling, at least we may be able to put fuel in them.
regards
Bernie
 
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