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leewwalton

Post subject: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:02 am

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I've spent the past 6+ mo's repairing/reworking Bill Cordoza's N118BC ... I had originally planned to return it to it's formal multi color rainbow paint scheme ... after speaking to a few potential buyers the conscientious was that was not popular at all. I tried to replicate the original in shades of blue. We plan to take her up to Oshkosh but this airplane is going up for adoption ... I just wanted to make sure it was returned to the fleet in style ... poor thing was in need of some TLC.

Here's the end result ...

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Lee Walton
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James Grahn

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:18 pm

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You do great work Lee. I’m sure somebody is going to be very happy with that bird. I’ve already mentioned it to one person looking for another Thorp.
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Fraser MacPhee

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:41 am

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Looks great - you have my curiosity though - what's with the right side of the canopy?...or is that some weird alcohol induced illusion on my part?

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leewwalton

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:35 am

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Frase,
That's just a shadow .. the side trim lips over the track .. but the Houston sun and the angle seem to exaggerate it .. the LH and RH sides are the same.
Lee

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Ryan Allen

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:56 pm

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as the kids say, you got some skills. Those blue shades together are awesome.

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leewwalton

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 1:34 pm

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Thanks Guys!

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leewwalton

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:54 pm

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Ready to go!

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Lee Walton
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fytrplt

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:27 pm

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Very nice!

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James Grahn

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:27 pm

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Yeah baby. Looking great! I bet it flies great too.
Congrats.
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jtwigg

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 9:43 am

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Lee, is that an AOA probe under the left wingtip? Can you post a picture of the panel?

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fytrplt

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 9:54 am

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Looks like a standard Piper balony slicer pitot and static probe to me.

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leewwalton

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:01 pm

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Bob is correct!

Panel picture attached....

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Doug S

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:46 am

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Nice work as always

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leewwalton

Post subject: Re: N118BC v 2.0

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:40 pm

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Farewell my short term son... enjoy Oregon.
Damn nice airplane is off to the West ...a new Thorp owner will join the mix soon.

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Lee Walton
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James Grahn

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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:59 pm

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Congrats

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