I am SICK of snow....

If 30" of snow is what it takes to shut down the government, I'm all for it. We're safe as long as they're not in the office. Day 2!
 
I'll be making the journey out to Wings tomorrow to get the snow off the Viking Witch. It supposed to start snowing in the philly area today around 4, lightly for about 4 hours then full snow for 17 hours more! Just saw that there is another storm in the gulf and in southern California, each having a possibility of heading this way.
 
As I type this the snow is falling - on the just and the unjust, alike...
OH well, there is a reason that I drive 5000 pounds of 4X4 truck in the winter (looking at it as I type and smiling)...
But it does blow the plans to fly tomorrow, bummer...

denny-o in the Michigan Wonderland...
 
Same here. Haven't seen the aircraft since December. My convertible is garage-bound for the duration (I can't put snow tires on it according to the tire people). Carpooling with my spouse. Can't wait for Spring.
 
Lawreston said:
1966 3000 BJ-8 MK-III, original color - Healey metallic blue, though repainted in 2001: totally stripped, all new body rubber parts, new top, new carpets, new trunk liner. As of October 2009 she has a new engine(short block) which was built in Lawton, Iowa. (Dual SU downdraft carburetors) When I put her in the hangar she had 750 miles on the new engine.

Photo 1 = not too long off the motor freight from Iowa
Photo 2 = not too far from being back on the road.

HR

HR
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That is beautiful. I thought the sixes had three carbs. My four cylinder MG's had two also.

That engine is sweet!
 
woodstock said:
at this point why would you wnt to?? Pretty crappy out there.
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'Cause it's pouring rain out here in LA (and it's headed east......)

Kaye said:
Should I start laughing now??? :D

A neighbor's husband has been trying to get home from LA since Friday on a Corp Jet. Last I heard, they're flying into NJ yesterday, and renting a car to drive home today.
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Tomorrow's non-stops have already been canceled (OK, AA has canceled ALL the flights into IAD tomorrow), so Wed AM it is. I took a connection in DFW over the nonstop since the connection would net me upgrades to first class, and the nonstop would be a middle seat in back. Leave 3 hours earlier, get in 2 hours earlier. I'll take that trade.

Some of our other folks were due into the Gaylord for a major corporate meeting. Most left last night - some took the chance (oops) on today or tomorrow.... they'll either be flying to RIC and driving, or not attending. The corporate jet went yesterday and made it to IAD just fine.

Here's part of the issue at IAD - NO ILS. Kinda rare that DCA has better foul weather capability than IAD:

REPLACES ADVZY 048/049.
CHANGE: DCA NOW HAS CATII CAPABILITY
CAPABILITY: DUE TO SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE GLIDESLOPE CRITICAL
AREA, IAD HAS LOCALIZER CAPABILITY ONLY...DCA HAS CATII CAPABILITY
TO RWY01...BWI HAS CAT I CAPABILITY TO RWY10. THERE WILL BE NO
CATII/III CAPABILITY TO IAD/BWI. ADDITIONALLY, IAD RWY01R ALS IS OUT
OF SERVICE.
BACKGROUND: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 30 INCHES, WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 24 INCHES ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM
EXPECTED IN THE DC METRO AREA FROM 02/09 THROUGH 02/11, HAS
ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE GLIDESLOPE CRITICAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY AT IAD.
THE RESULT IS THAT THE IAD GLIDESLOPE IS INACCURATE AND UNUSABLE.
THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND FAA TECH OPS HAVE AGREED THAT THE SNOW
CANNOT BE REMOVED OR COMPACTED WITHOUT RISK OF DAMAGING THE GROUND
PLANE, WHICH WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. ADDITIONALLY,
BECAUSE THE GROUND IN THE CRITICAL AREA IS SOFT, SNOW REMOVAL
EQUIPMENT ENCROACHING ON THE CRITICAL AREA WOULD LIKELY BECOME
TRAPPED, BECOMING AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE SAFETY ZONE, THUS RENDERING
THE RUNWAY UNUSABLE.
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Anthony said:
That is beautiful. I thought the sixes had three carbs. My four cylinder MG's had two also.

That engine is sweet!
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I know "from nothing" about mechanical aspects. My father was known far and wide as "Ken with the magic screwdriver," and could fix anything. I do recall him referencing that the two SU carbs were a pain to keep balanced, and that certain other vehicles had the triple SU version "which must be sheer hell to calibrate." I wonder if Ted Dupuis' upscale Jaguar(aren't they all?) has the triple SU carbs that the British were known to use? Even the guy who removed my engine and installed the new engine suggested that I might want to find someone who was more familiar with balancing the twin SU system. And he used to sell/work on British cars in Massachusetts before he moved to Maine.

HR

Here's a side shot of her(the car). The other photo is several miles below my house. The vessel in the rear is my 20' putt-putt with a Mercruiser/Alpha1 I/O combination.
 

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Here's part of the issue at IAD - NO ILS. Kinda rare that DCA has better foul weather capability than IAD:
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WOW, isn't that something! Never thought of that possibility.
 
Gerry,

I assume Ted's Jag has fuel injection. They have other issues beyond carb synchronization. Lucas comes to mind. :D

Beautiful shots also! Wow, lots of toys!
 
Here's our dig out from this past weekend. AdamZ, Bob & his daughter Mackenzie, My daughter Ally, and I.... we all shoveled out the parking spot. Actually, the girls played in the snow, while Bob-Adam-and I talked planes while we shoveled the area.

Thanks Adam for your help!

Monday was just too nice,... so I called up and requested a fuel top off and an hour preheat,... I arrived to a nice and toasty engine ready to fly. 1.4 on the Hobbs, with some nice views of the airport and local area.
 

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Lucas light switches have three positions. Dim, flicker, and smoke.

Actually, for all the work I've done on Jags, very little of it was electrical problems. We did get the occasional one that had us scratching our heads, like why is this passenger power window switch turning on the radio (yes, that was a real problem), but generally the electrical systems by the 80s weren't half bad and rarely gave me issue.

The big issues were overheating and air conditioning. I can't tell you how many radiators I replaced on those things. Plus water in the fuel. The XJ6s with the vertical fuel caps would frequently leak water into the fuel, and then the car wouldn't start if it was sitting for a while and got a lot of water in.
 
Rob Schaffer said:
Here's our dig out from this past weekend. AdamZ, Bob & his daughter Mackenzie, My daughter Ally, and I.... we all shoveled out the parking spot. Actually, the girls played in the snow, while Bob-Adam-and I talked planes while we shoveled the area.

Thanks Adam for your help!

Monday was just too nice,... so I called up and requested a fuel top off and an hour preheat,... I arrived to a nice and toasty engine ready to fly. 1.4 on the Hobbs, with some nice views of the airport and local area.
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What's an hour preheat cost?

Cute kids!!! Looks like they had fun!
 
Tyically, we would preheat ourselves with our SureFire heater on those Colman Propane tanks (2 tanks for 5.49 at Walmart, only one needed for a good hour preheat), but that requires that I be there for an hour at the airport in the cold. That day, I was planning to take my daughter Ally with me so I called the FBO for a preheat(she helped me shovel out and loves to go flying with me). This way, when we arrived it was a standard preflight, then start her up, and we would be warm in a few minutes. But she wasn't being good at home and we decided she should stay home and not go with me.

This preheat had the engine nice and warm, oil looked great, guages came right up on pressure and oil temp right after start. Cost me $55 from Line service. Well worth it in my opinion though, especially the second flight after getting two cylinders replaced and it being in the 20's at night, low 30's all week, with the wind blowing. With Temps in the low 30's, the Surefire preheats well, but not with a 5 year old around waiting and getting cold.
 
Rob Schaffer said:
Tyically, we would preheat ourselves with our SureFire heater on those Colman Propane tanks (2 tanks for 5.49 at Walmart, only one needed for a good hour preheat), but that requires that I be there for an hour at the airport in the cold. That day, I was planning to take my daughter Ally with me so I called the FBO for a preheat(she helped me shovel out and loves to go flying with me). This way, when we arrived it was a standard preflight, then start her up, and we would be warm in a few minutes. But she wasn't being good at home and we decided she should stay home and not go with me.

This preheat had the engine nice and warm, oil looked great, guages came right up on pressure and oil temp right after start. Cost me $55 from Line service. Well worth it in my opinion though, especially the second flight after getting two cylinders replaced and it being in the 20's at night, low 30's all week, with the wind blowing. With Temps in the low 30's, the Surefire preheats well, but not with a 5 year old around waiting and getting cold.
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Cool, thanks for the info, Rob. Flying in Texas, I don't deal with this! Not sure if I could GET a preheat down here. :-)
 
TangoWhiskey said:
Cool, thanks for the info, Rob. Flying in Texas, I don't deal with this! Not sure if I could GET a preheat down here. :-)
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Sure you get preheat in Texas. It's called being on the ramp in August!:D
 
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