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truthinbeer · Post by **truthinbeer** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:12 pm

Nice colour-scheme on your plane Brenton. Damn ... I think all the avatar picks look good.

Brenton C · Post by **Brenton C** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:48 am

Thanks mate!

Until yesterday it was spiffy and clean too. I seem to have a bit of an oil leak.

The previous owner had it recovered a few years ago, as well as refurbishing the interior and majoring the engine.

I basically got a . . . Not exactly new plane for . . . Less than tje cost of a new plane.

m5210guy · Post by **m5210guy** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:51 am

I'm thrilled that you are enjoying the plane so much Brenton .I loved that plane for 19 years and always felt excited to go anywhere in it at any time .
If you are still planning to come back to the west coast for some training on landing on the beaches of Vancouver Island I'd be happy to do that with you .
You will never realize just how much fun you can have until you start landing on a beach or gravel bar that you pick out your- self and feel the challenge nailing it .Or flying over a river that you have never fished and determining if that gravel bar is landable then going down and doing it .
Stay safe but always challenge your-self .

captnkirk · Post by **captnkirk** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:18 am

Passion-- machine--- could bring a whole new meaning to the mile high club

Brenton C · Post by **Brenton C** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:31 am

Hi Ward,

It's great to see you on here! I didn't know you were a member. Funny -- I was gonna send you an email the other day, but never got to it.

As I was kinda raving above, the plane is just fantastic, but you know every inch to which that's true, inside and out! Others constantly comment admiringly on the plane too. When I was in High River one day, a guy flying over head in an RV10 called out over the radio his compliments, "Hey, is that a Maule? That's a really nice plane!" Of course, credit for keeping it such a great specimen of the type goes to you!

It's my plan to come out to see you, and take you up on your kind offer to show me around and teach me about island hopping and beach landings etc. It's something I've been very much looking forward to.

I hope all is well in Qualicum. By the time I feel some mastry with landings and get some needed mountain training, the weather might be about ready to let me through to the coast!

m5210guy · Post by **m5210guy** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:05 pm

If your instructor is up for it I think you guys should explore the river to your north east .I saw some gravel bars on that river that looked doable .Once shown how to land there , thats where I would do the bulk of my training .Perfect your take-offs and landings on those gravel bars , see how big the rocks look from altitude compared to the ground , so you learn how to judge rock size when landing somewhere different .Check where the soft spots are on the gravel bar compared to the waters flow .Stay away from wet sand on a river but land on it when landing on a beach .
I look forward to seeing you again .

Brenton C · Post by **Brenton C** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:47 pm

Hi Ward ,

Those are great suggestions! I'll take it up with my instructor, to see if he's into it. If not, another list member here, Nick, is very much into this type of activity with his M5-235. Of course, seeing it demo strated is different from performing it.

Btw, on another related matter, I had a call from TrannyCanada this a.m. about registration changes. They've sent a document along, so I'll email you on that after work.

pilot · Post by **pilot** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:47 pm

Brenton C wrote: Btw, on another related matter, I had a call from TrannyCanada this a.m. about registration changes. They've sent a document along, so I'll email you on that after work.

I'm glad to see that Canada registers all of their Trannies, that should really simplify things when some of the guys on this forum head up there.

Brenton C · Post by **Brenton C** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:58 pm

LOL

Not politically correct, i'm sure to say so in central LA, but a little tranny humour is ok on a back country type forum like this once in a while, surely.

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