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A Stinson 108-2. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I bought for three reasons. First off, the airports that I wanted to fly into at the time were on the "NFW" list of the two FBOs. Second, I wanted to fly a tailwheel airplane and, at the time, the nearest place to rent one was over an hour's drive each way. Third, I had my fill of showing up...

If the idea is to build time in local trips, go for the basic airplane. On the occasions when you want to fly much further out, either rent or fly the airlines. My thought is that if you buy an airplane for the longer flights, you're going to find that local flying will cost you a lot more...

I know the gate code. It drives the airport manager nuts when we use it, and then drive over to the shade hangers, past terminal. But there's nothing he can do about it, since the mayor's Twinkie is in the same shade hanger as my airplane. And he drives in that way, too. :)

He does mine.

I found this place after a mention of the "Blue Board" on Avsig by Scott Dyer. At first, I thought it might be an IBM forum, seems I was wrong. I've been on Avsig since not long after the invention of the personal computer, or so it seems. I was on a few aviation boards back in the day of the...

That would be Job #1, at least in my book.

Either way, be ready to fork over AMUs and fly the BOHICA flag. :p

What monstrd (sp?) said was good. Besides that, try not to take your airplane to a shop that works on turbines. They seem to have a completely different idea of what a "reasonable cost" is. Get an estimate, and follow up on them as the work progresses. If it looks like it's taking too long...

Don't know about that. A long time ago, I was a documentary about some guy named Dax who was horribly burned when he and his dad drove their car into a valley where there had been a gas leak.

This thread sure brings back some awful memories.

+1 on that. I've owned a 108-2 since 1990. Back then, I flew it in and out of Moore's Farm Airport in Dummerston, VT, which had a 1,800' turf runway. Univair has the TC, parts support isn't an issue for the airframe. I've not had an issue with engine parts yet (knock wood).