Mon., June 28…10:55 PM. I’m worried. Two of my friends were killed last Sat. in the crash of a Clipwing Monocoupe belonging to one of them.
We, and the Feds, suspect a prop separated from the aircraft. My airplane, a 1946 Fairchild 24, has the same prop manufacturer. This prop, when it works, works great. Unfortunately, has a failure history behind it. As of now, I’m planning on driving with Skyler up to OSH.
I’ve already called Sensenich in preparation for this. They can make me a fixed-pitch wooden prop for my airplane in two-months for $2,385, not including hub. That will rule out going to Oshkosh. I’m checking with all my friends at the airport to see if they have a prop and hub that will work. So far, no luck. May have to make other plans.
Les Grotpeter
Glenn gets back from California Wednesday morning. We’ll check my prop then and also, hopefully, work on the Zenith. All we need for the Zenith to fly is the new flying wires and a signoff and we’re good to go. Probably fly end of the week/beginning of next.
Great news! Les Grotpeter, above, got his welcome back to the sky letter from the medical examiner. He’s good to go! I went out tonite to take pictures of him “soloing” his Travel Air.
