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I've exchanged a couple emails with the previous owner, as well as the owner before him. Both ended up buying another Swift, so maybe I'll run into one or both of them at a fly-in in the future if they keep 'em this time! Got some neat restoration pics from the owner before.

It was fun! Airport was quiet, not enough tie down spots for all of us though and no wheel chocks or ropes to be found. FBO building looked fairly new and nice inside. The restaurant service was slow, my food and my daughter's food tasted good though. No kids menu but they did make a plain...

I'm in, leaving for the airport in 10 minutes.

I got my medical out of the way first. I still remember the day, the exam was done around noon. Drove straight to the airport to talk to someone/anyone about flying lessons. By 3pm I had my first hour in the books. I'm pretty sure when I was talking to the FBO owner and said I had already...

I can make the 11th! Will likely have 1 kid along.

Got instrument rated only to find that half the year the clouds are in air temps below freezing, and the other half there's always a thunderstorm hiding somewhere. Maybe someday I'll get a FIKI airplane with onboard radar, until then its VFR!

I ride on Zwift about an hour every day, started this fall. I ride more in the basement than I ever did outside!

So is this a long con for you to eventually get the future suitor's aircraft? :D

Red bull gives you wings. Jager gives you the spins.

Are you sure the instrument is shot and not the vacuum pump?

There's been a heated hangar listed for sale on Barnstormers at KLNR for the longest time. Looks really nice in the pictures.

No landing fees when I was there 2 years ago. $40 fee at Signature though, waived if you bought 15 gallons of their $8.00+/gallon fuel :eek:

KSUE is a much nicer airport than 3D2. Better and longer runways, and its attended.

You were 100% correct. Flew a little more, voltage slowly started dropping. I figured a new generator would be the next step so I pulled the lower cowling to see if I would be able to remove it without pulling the mags off and found my problem. One of the wires on the generator was broke off...

Just to update - The battery didn't have much voltage on the load test so I replaced it, seems to have fixed my problem. It must've been on its way out for awhile, the prop spins faster now when starting than I've ever seen it. Flew it for an hour and a half with the new battery running...

Thanks for all the tips, looks like I'll get the battery load tested and clean all the connections tonight, then go forward from there.

That's what I was wondering, although I've got a generator and not an alternator. None of that fancy 1960's alternator tech just yet.

Looking for a little insight into a problem that started this past weekend. I had a battery minder hooked up before flying, all indications on the charger show the battery is good to go. Plane starts fine, fly for a little over two hours, land without issue. Fill up with gas, go to restart...

I got a quote for both, the installed estimate for the Appareo was $300 less than the 335. The price difference was for 2 hours more install time and $120 higher cost on the 335.

Manitowoc, KMTW. Home of making a murderer! I go down to RYV fairly often. Daughter knows there's a Culvers across the street from the airport so if she has any say in where we go.. that's it.