Hello from Phoenix
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:55 pm
Hi,
I am in the process of buying Carl Houghten's Gobosh 700X from it's current owner. I hope to finish the purchase on about 10 August and ferry the airplane from Pennsylvania to the Phoenix area a couple of days later.
I anticipate taking my time and flying the 1900 miles in 3 days or so. If it takes twice as long it's no big deal.
I don't really have any reservations about the airplane. The relatively small fuel tank will be of no concern once I get the airplane home and during the ferry flight home I'm never more than a couple of hundred miles between airports if I need to refuel more often. I've accepted that the airplane has a composite fuel tank so I will probably be limited to 100LL and the attendant 25 hour oil changes. That doesn't bother me much. The airplane I just sold (O320 powered Hatz Classic) had the oil changed every 25 hours during the 10 years I flew the aircraft, and that was an 8 quart oil change.
I have engaged the services of a DAR who has agreed to shepherd me through changing the Airworthiness certificate from SLSA to ELSA as soon as I get the airplane to Phoenix. I am trying to track down an LSA inspection course. I'm hoping someone on this forum can give me some contact info.
Aero AT SP ZOO contacted me today to assure me that technical support and spare parts will be available.
I'm looking at the weather patterns across the country and see most days are flyable. I may be shut down for weather for a few days enroute, but probably not.
The 1900 mile flight is a little daunting to an old guy (73) but the 10, or so, 200 mile cross country flights are fine.
Oddly, even though I have a fair amount of experience, it will seem weird at first, flying with the stick in my left hand and the throttle in my right. Pretty much every stick equipped aircraft I have flown is flown with the stick in the right hand. I realize essentially every yoke equipped airplane I have flown has been with the yoke in my left hand and the throttle in my right. Just a different feeling I guess. The aircraft I am buying only has the center mounted throttle.
Up until April I was a DPE and used to give roughly 300 practical tests a year. I'm looking forward to just enjoying flying for fun for a while.
Jim
I am in the process of buying Carl Houghten's Gobosh 700X from it's current owner. I hope to finish the purchase on about 10 August and ferry the airplane from Pennsylvania to the Phoenix area a couple of days later.
I anticipate taking my time and flying the 1900 miles in 3 days or so. If it takes twice as long it's no big deal.
I don't really have any reservations about the airplane. The relatively small fuel tank will be of no concern once I get the airplane home and during the ferry flight home I'm never more than a couple of hundred miles between airports if I need to refuel more often. I've accepted that the airplane has a composite fuel tank so I will probably be limited to 100LL and the attendant 25 hour oil changes. That doesn't bother me much. The airplane I just sold (O320 powered Hatz Classic) had the oil changed every 25 hours during the 10 years I flew the aircraft, and that was an 8 quart oil change.
I have engaged the services of a DAR who has agreed to shepherd me through changing the Airworthiness certificate from SLSA to ELSA as soon as I get the airplane to Phoenix. I am trying to track down an LSA inspection course. I'm hoping someone on this forum can give me some contact info.
Aero AT SP ZOO contacted me today to assure me that technical support and spare parts will be available.
I'm looking at the weather patterns across the country and see most days are flyable. I may be shut down for weather for a few days enroute, but probably not.
The 1900 mile flight is a little daunting to an old guy (73) but the 10, or so, 200 mile cross country flights are fine.
Oddly, even though I have a fair amount of experience, it will seem weird at first, flying with the stick in my left hand and the throttle in my right. Pretty much every stick equipped aircraft I have flown is flown with the stick in the right hand. I realize essentially every yoke equipped airplane I have flown has been with the yoke in my left hand and the throttle in my right. Just a different feeling I guess. The aircraft I am buying only has the center mounted throttle.
Up until April I was a DPE and used to give roughly 300 practical tests a year. I'm looking forward to just enjoying flying for fun for a while.
Jim