Finally :)

[SkyPirate]

OK finally I have wings,..got the go ahead from the wife,..she actually said it's my birthday present :) just a matter of a few details and I go get her :)

Chase

[Pilot4Life]

Way to go chase! Excuse my ignorance, but so much input to this forum, yet this is your first? Surely not? Great looking plane. Any details? Model, Engine, Avionics? More pics are expected when you gt her home! Congrats again!

[Slyfox]

ok, all right. now go get er and get to the factory flyin.

[DesertFox4]

Love it Chase. Knew you had to have another one before too long.
Happy birthday BTW.
Nice present from a great wife.:)


Enjoy modifying it and making it yours.
Great talking with you Thursday.

[SkyPirate]

this will be my second kitfox :) it's been since 2000 since my last which I had to sell along with all my other planes( 7 of them) to finance finding my daughter,..

model 5 outback,.it has a 912ul,..completed in 2006, has a little over 500 hrs on it,..registered lsa weighs in at 750 empty very basic panel,..which I am going to redo ,..so it is very basic,,which is fine with me,..I will mount my ifly in it,..add nav lights,..wheel pants,..and any mods that will help cruise/fuel burn,..but other then that,..the only thing I wish it had that it doesn't have is the bump cowl,..I like the bump cowl better,which down the road can be changed :)

Chase

[SkyPirate]

and thanks for the happy birthday :) ,..Chris also bought me a tool box for my truck :)

[Dorsal]

WAY Awesome!!!!! congrats, going to fly her back east.

[SkyPirate]

I'd love to go to the factory fly in slyfox ,..but im sure it wont be this year,..hopefully next,.. always great talking with you
desertfox :) and Chris says hi :) thanks Pilotforlife (Chris) lol too many Chris' ha ha and too many Steve's or I'd call ya'll by name :)

[SkyPirate]

Finn you know it :) my mom is 79 ,..she never flew with me in my other kitfox,..but she made the mistake of getting on the back of my brother in laws Harley and told me ha ha so she is taking a ride in this bird :) she is in New Hampshire

[SkySteve]

Congrats SkyPirate. Glad to hear you're back in the air.

[SkyPirate]

Thanks SkySteve :) I've had a few ultralights between kitfox's and some great friends with different GA aircraft,..but having my own kitfox again is a major :)

[Av8r3400]

Good looking find, Chase!

Hope to see a photo album of it soon. (Hint-hint)

[cubtractor]

Congrats. Looks like a great plane. Maybe we'll cross paths someday so I can take a closer look.

[SkyPirate]

Yes we are rather close , so is gwilkie is close too, he is building a model 5, we are going to have to do some local fly ins, i hear there is one in Lincoln next week end and jeff city is having one on the 28th

[SkyPirate]

I havent heard from him lately but there was a model 4 builder in neosho, kn6ii, Pete, and pperry is south of branson

[Slyfox]

I'd love to go to the factory fly in slyfox ,..but im sure it wont be this year,..hopefully next,.. always great talking with you
desertfox :) and Chris says hi :) thanks Pilotforlife (Chris) lol too many Chris' ha ha and too many Steve's or I'd call ya'll by name :)

they do it every other year. so maybe two years.

[SkyPirate]

Mike, does GFW ring a bell?

[SkyPirate]

Maybe Steve , 2 years i should have her personalized :)

[SkyPirate]

Here is an example of the work the guy did for my boat panel, going to use him to make a new panel for the outback

[cubtractor]

What is GFW? I won't be in town this coming weekend but will probably go to the Tulsa Fly-In at BVO on the 21st. There is also a guy about 20 miles north of Joplin with a model IV.

[SkyPirate]

GFW is an FBO in NH, didnt know but maybe your work took you there, i worked there back in mid 90's,

There is also the guy that bought a model 3 in Nevada mo, sounds like we are fast approaching enough for a squadron :)

[DesertFox4]

There is one thing your Outback likely will not have that your boat does. "Landing gear UP/Down"
But you never know with Chase.;)

Yes his boat really does have retractable gear.


5245

[SkyPirate]

Lol Steve :) no the outback wont have retractable gear lol and the tail wont retract like the hitch does on the boat either ha ha ha

[SkyPirate]

Larry you may see it in person come the next family reunion in abbottsford, i might fly up instead of driving :)

[Av8r3400]

Just let me know! I'll meet you there... :D

[cubtractor]

We should plan a local Kitfox fly-in at Gaston's (3M0) or some place like that.

[SkyPirate]

3mo is that oceola? 88 miles for me, easy flight
3m02 is berger ultralight field 68 miles for me

[SkyPirate]

Ok 3Mzero gastons, 83 miles for me, think i flew down there in the 172 this spring

[SkyPirate]

Is that the one way in one way out field , grass with restaurant?
If it is , the day i flew down the runway was X'd not sure why

[cubtractor]

It's in North Central Arkansas. Beautiful place. I know it was open at some point early summer because they had a tailwheel fly-in.

www.gastons.com

Just a thought.

[SkyPirate]

Yes that be the one:) good place to have a kitfox meet

[SkyPirate]

it might have been X'd because of soft field,..its right along the river if I remember right

[fred colman]

Good looking bird Sky Pirate,and a good wife :D,what more could a man ask.Hope your mission was a success :)

[SkyPirate]

Thanks Fred 👍, just waiting on things to come together so i can go get the plane , im not too good when it comes to waiting , but doing my best :)

[SkyPirate]

weather permitting I fly her home next Tuesday :)

[DesertFox4]

Just a short wait now buddy. Hope it's the one. :)

[Dorsal]

Persistence wins again :D

[Pilot4Life]

Excellent! We can't wait to hear of the adventures you'll have!

[SkyPirate]

Thanks guys 👍 it has been a long wait already , a few more days is ok i just hope the weather holds out and the forecast is severe clear ! :)