Another great adventure.

We were heading for our son's place when we got rear ended. About 45 minutes to get the police and paper work done and we were on our way. At our son's we found that his wife had got broadsided in a town north of Baltimore, Md just before we got hit here. He planned to trailor her the hy-brid to get home with and trailor the broke truck home. We headed out at 0700 Sunday, the next day, and got to their hotel the next day, Monday. We found the garage that had the truck and paid the tow bill and loaded the truck onto the trailor. The distance from there to home is 1150 miles mostly on highways. we left the hotel at 0325 the next morning and got through the local roads to I-81 South. The trailor brake warning was beeping now and then but nothing to worry about. One of the grease caps had fallen off so we went off the road to find a store to buy another. That done we got breakfast and looked the trailor over and I found a loose wire which was causing the beeping. After a closer inspection a loose brake backing plate was found so we removed the wheel, brake drum and plate. With the wheel back in place we left for the highway and for the next 8 hours or so there was no beeping. The roads are very rough and bridges have abrupt get on's. We bounced all the way to Louisiana. Once there we stopped and got a bite to eat, checked the trailor over and got back on the road. After a mile or so the tire on the wheel we removed earlier blew out. Left side rear tire close to the traffic. We couldn't get too far off the road but had about 3 feet to the white line. We put the electric impact wrench to good use and changed the tire with speed. From there to my house, about 75 miles, no more problems. After my son left me off he headed for home about 35 miles away sticking to the highways. He got home and next morning he noticed the left side front tire was missing. It had failed somewhere on his trip home and only the bead was left on the rim. Everything else was torn off. He didn't even notice the flat during his drive home. A new tire and it's back on it's 4 tires. I have a date with the body shop but he doesn't have one yet for his truck.

Waiting for cooler weather.

The temperature has been in the high 90's and low 100's. Too hot to do much of anything. It is forecast to continue all week. That will make a month of very high temps. I did manage to get the latest plane painted in spite of the weather. I found a scheme that was easy to copy and looks decent. I ordered some clear for the final touch but will wait for lower humidity before I spray that on. We did manage to get rear ended at a stop light last week. I got a date with a body shop to fix the fender and bumper. The other driver is paying.

The heat is on.

The temp has been the high 90's for over a week. Too hot to fly as I have to stand in the open sunshine. I have put the time ot good use building the raffle won Vector using the raffle won Brodak .40 engine and running that with the reffle won fuel I used to mix 5 gallons of my fuel blend. The plane is ready for paint but the humidity is just too high and I don't want to mess it up any more than it already is. I haven't really got a scheme in mind yet anyway.

I tackled an automobile headlight lens that crazed and was useless. I used some agressive sandpaper,wet, and it barely touched the coatings on the plastic. 320 grit, 400 grit, 1000 grit, 2000 grit, then silver polish, Griot's Garage Complete Compound polish, Colgate Toothpaste and finally a clear coat paint. The picture is of the first one next to the second one that now looks like the first one.