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by fgrimes
Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:32 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: AME tech exams
Replies: 168
Views: 266592

Re: AME tech exams

qa guy is setting you up to fail. study up on the textbooks, the transport "study guide" is just the table of contents of the textbooks. but study up and go write, you might pass, you probably won't. book again in 30 days then you will pass as you will know what to expect. I went to too many tech ex...
by fgrimes
Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:59 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Died Gas?
Replies: 5
Views: 1016

Re: Died Gas?

I've found that purple will gum up a carb, over time. But it does take awhile
by fgrimes
Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:35 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Siezed AN fitting in Aluminum tank - removal advice?
Replies: 18
Views: 2355

Re: Siezed AN fitting in Aluminum tank - removal advice?

if you think that anyone, anywhere would not get that as a joke you must be the stupidest person on this forum
by fgrimes
Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:04 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Bill C-7 and Why the Public Should be Aware
Replies: 13
Views: 1051

Re: Bill C-7 and Why the Public Should be Aware

an ombudsman would be a start
by fgrimes
Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:02 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: DC-3s, C47s and Dakotas
Replies: 42
Views: 5831

Re: DC-3s, C47s and Dakotas

There's also a nice one on a pole in Yellowknife and a really nice one at the forces base in Winnipeg. Is Plummer's lodges still operating one ouf of Great Bear Lake? And how about Points North? Any of their old carcasses around?[/quote] QHY was one of the 3s in gimli that day, but the plummers lodg...
by fgrimes
Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:30 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Bill C-7 and Why the Public Should be Aware
Replies: 13
Views: 1051

Re: Bill C-7 and Why the Public Should be Aware

so ......... what's the solution?
by fgrimes
Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:20 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Where to get financing for airplane?
Replies: 5
Views: 619

Re: Where to get financing for airplane?

buy a super 7 ticket
by fgrimes
Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:19 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: DC-3s, C47s and Dakotas
Replies: 42
Views: 5831

Re: DC-3s, C47s and Dakotas

there were 3 dc-3s and 2 c-46s in gimli last time i was out there - september
by fgrimes
Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:27 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Siezed AN fitting in Aluminum tank - removal advice?
Replies: 18
Views: 2355

Re: Siezed AN fitting in Aluminum tank - removal advice?

put about a liter of avgas in the tank, swirl it around, then cut it out with a torch, no more problems getting the fitting out!
by fgrimes
Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:04 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: TBO of R-985
Replies: 12
Views: 3701

Re: TBO of R-985

I'd say based on operator experience. Contact your PMI at Transport. He is there to help you
by fgrimes
Tue May 27, 2008 5:44 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: Manhattan Declaration:"Global warming" is not a global crisi
Replies: 15
Views: 762

Re: Manhattan Declaration:"Global warming" is not a global crisi

it's sad how people can believe such nonsense, isn't it? Hopefully this gets more media attention. Isn't it funny how as soon as a scientist says that global warming may not be progressing exactly as the left wing politicians say it is, they are automatically industry shills? Don't forget that Green...
by fgrimes
Tue May 27, 2008 5:36 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: I'm drunk as F*ck!
Replies: 23
Views: 2111

Re: I'm drunk as F*ck!

going home alone sucks - done it enough, but you can always have a hand party! Whoa its early and i'm already have a 12 into er!
by fgrimes
Thu May 22, 2008 7:48 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: Gas Mileage
Replies: 5
Views: 582

Gas Mileage

recently, I've noticed with my truck, if I fill with premium i get about 600km per tank. if I fill with regular i get about 450km a tank. even last summer i filled with regular, i'd get 550km at least. but now the regular gas has 10% ethanol in it and I just don't get the mileage. I did up the math,...
by fgrimes
Thu May 22, 2008 7:01 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: I'm drunk as F*ck!
Replies: 23
Views: 2111

Re: I'm drunk as F*ck!

yahoo another day, still wreckd! only thing keepin me going
by fgrimes
Tue May 20, 2008 9:42 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: I'm drunk as F*ck!
Replies: 23
Views: 2111

I'm drunk as F*ck!

Who else comes on here blitzed? raise your hands
by fgrimes
Mon May 05, 2008 12:18 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Old Airplanes - Feasible?
Replies: 5
Views: 907

Re: Old Airplanes - Feasible?

I was just using the DC-3 as an example. Also the basler is 3.5 million, a normal 3 is around 150,000. I was thinking along the lines of caravans and the like being replaced by piston planes that burn less fuel, are cheap to buy, etc. This is more of a joke than anything else, I don't think you'll s...
by fgrimes
Mon May 05, 2008 11:07 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Old Airplanes - Feasible?
Replies: 5
Views: 907

Old Airplanes - Feasible?

Just wondering what the consensus is on this. With raising fuel prices, does anyone think that some of the older freighters might make a comeback? A DC-3 can haul 7000lbs, and burns far less fuel than a turbine. It's slow but cheap to run. What's the thoughts on this? Could anyone imagine an operato...
by fgrimes
Mon May 05, 2008 10:53 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Tips, hints, tricks, etc
Replies: 21
Views: 4252

Re: Tips, hints, tricks, etc

some good tips!

When taking a prop off a Navajo, I use two 7/8 snap-on off sets, together on the nut, then it doesn't strip.

On the Lycoming exhaust, I got lucky years ago, and I got a cheap wrench free at a gas station, and that thing actually fits just right on exhaust nuts! It's never failed me
by fgrimes
Fri May 02, 2008 7:23 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: Tips, hints, tricks, etc
Replies: 21
Views: 4252

Tips, hints, tricks, etc

I'm new to avcanada, and don't know if this has been done already, but I thought it would be nice for some veterans to share some tips, hints, trick, whatever with the greenies who come to this site. Any advice, little tricks that you learn in the field, whatever. Here's a start - instead of crazy g...
by fgrimes
Fri May 02, 2008 7:11 am
Forum: The Water Cooler
Topic: 4th evac in a row for Kashechewan
Replies: 13
Views: 889

Re: 4th evac in a row for Kashechewan

what a shock, that our government would do something this dumb

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