Fleet Status

[John DeRosa]

Tow Plane – Currently in annual

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Don Grillo retrieved the Pawnee from Popular Grove airport on Monday following the completion of its engine rebuild (cost to the club $40K). Before towing can begin the ship needs to be flown for 10 hours to properly break-in our essentially brand new engine – 1 hour has been completed. Due to the projected weather this week the break in period may not be completed by this Saturday (whose WX looks rainy). We will keep you posted.

Gliders – All gliders are currently in annual

——–Krosno – Assembled

1-26 – Assembled

2-33 (Stars and Stripes) – Ready for assembly

PW-5 – Ready for assembly (pending space availability in the hangar)

1-34 – Ongoing refurbishing

2-33 (Pumpkin) – Wings are on the trailer awaiting painting

John H DeRosa

[Tim Ponsot]

How’s the chute on the PW5? We forget the darned repack every year…if it can wait until the 13th when I am done with my work project I volunteer to drop it off at the rigger myself 🙂

[John Phelan]

Or I can take it to Paragear in Skokie.  They are les than 5 minutes from our studio.

Best Regards,

John F. Phelan

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[Steven Snyder]

I believe Paragear has shut down so they took it to Rochelle at a sky dive shop.

Steve

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[John Phelan]

News to me.  I drive by there a couple of times a week and it looks like it is still operating.  Their website is still up and current, with recent posts to the FB account.  I’ll check with them tomorrow to make sure.

Best Regards,

John F. Phelan

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[John Phelan]

Called ParaGear this morning.  They do not have a rigger on-staff, at the moment.  They are looking to hire a new one, but for now, they cannot repack chutes.

Best Regards,

John F. Phelan

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News to me. I drive by there a couple of times a week and it looks like it is still operating. Their website is still up and current, with recent posts to the FB account. I’ll check with them tomorrow to make sure.

Best Regards,

John F. Phelan

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[Steven Snyder]

We are looking for volunteers to assemble Stars & Stripes. Either Friday or Sunday. If there are 6-8 people available tomorrow Friday that would be my preference. Saturday is not going to happen. The weather does not look good. Sunday if the assembly is finished we should be able to get in a flight or two.

Steve

[Steven Snyder]

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We are looking for volunteers to assemble Stars & Stripes. Either Friday or Sunday. If there are 6-8 people available tomorrow Friday that would be my preference. Saturday is not going to happen. The weather does not look good. Sunday if the assembly is finished we should be able to get in a flight or two.

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[cornelis van de klippe]

Sunday is possible for me.

Kees

Cornelis van de klippe

[Rich Walenda]

Hello:

I can help Sunday.  Friday is bad for me since I will be fighting crime.

Regards,

Rich

 

[cornelis van de klippe]

What time do we want to start?

Cornelis van de klippe

[Steven Snyder]

Let’s aim for 10.

Anyone else available?

Steve

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[Jim Hopkins]

Jim H will be there.  See you ~ 10 am. Sunday.

[Rich Walenda]

I can help.

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[John DeRosa]

I will be there around 9AM.

John H DeRosa

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