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Bob Brock Unregistered	Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 @ 12:11 PM I really wanted to fly N7725 this year… just a patch or two would be OK., but as I started work and removed the duct tape I used as a temporary fix on paint cracks, whole sections of paint came off the wing fabric, it came off in sheets… if used a putty knife, I could remove .5 meter sections at a time. The polyfiber fabric appeared to be in good condition but the paint was falling off, never done properly, so again I thought, “Why not just use some polybush, polyspray, and paint it?” In the process of removing the paint from the wings I found a number of repairs and patches. So did it make sense to patch over patches?? Was just “OK” good enough?? And of course I had to deal with my ego.. I purchased and aircraft I thought was ready to fly only to find that it needed a complete rebuild/recovering. “What’s the goal?” I asked myself. Was it just to fly day trips around the Pacific Northwest, or something greater? So last night before I went to sleep I was thinking about the “goal.” During the night I woke up and it was clear and many of my other questions fell into place. The wings are coming off this week. Christmas in Bariloche! Two years ago I took my family to Chile and Argentina and we stayed a few days in Bariloche, Argentina around Christmas. It has to be one of the most beautiful places in the world and offers some of the best soaring. At the time I knew I wanted to return and fly the Andes. My goal is to rebuild N7725 for a trip from Oregon, through Mexico, Central America and down South America to the tip of South America (Ushuaia) and spend Christmas 2011 in Bariloche. Then during the summer of 2011, fly north to Barrow, Alaska to complete the flight covering length of both continents. Collin, Chuck, Dan and all of you reading this post, think about this goal and if you can, join me on what I believe will be a “flight of a lifetime.” All I want to do now is plant the seed. But the dream is already directing how I will rebuild the N7725. Dan... please give me a call at 503-888-1600.
Jorgen Unregistered	Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 @ 04:48 PM Wow Bob, now that is the stuff of dreams and a worthy goal of a proper Fournieteer! Let's see, if I fit wing tanks I could fly the Atlantic like Mira did and join you guys.... seems you just planted a seed with some growth potential. May the 4s be with you/ Jörgen
jb92563 Unregistered	Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 @ 11:21 AM Wow, cool idea. Perhaps by the time you are ready to get started I'll have my RF4D and will be able to join you for a leg. Might be a good idea to start building a spare engine as well. VW's are great but over that long a flight I would consider a brand new VW engine to help make it an issue free voyage. At least a complete rebuild. In reading about VW wisdom around the forums it seems that the VW engine cases have a life span of 3000-4000 hours before they start cracking. I myself have recently done my second 400 mile flight in my Grob 109, which would be my 4th flight ever, greater than 100miles. (I'm relatively new to motorgliders) I know that sounds trivial to most of you but its a great confidence builder and learned a lot about Flight following, radio proceedures of GA aircraft, all those airliners buzzing around everywhere, navigation, turbulence, changing weather as you cross into different geographical regions etc. A flight of such magnitude and across continents seems like an incredibly fantastic voyage of a lifetime. I'd be happy to offer a stop over point and a free place to sleep & tiedown in sourthern California (Lake Elsinore CA89) if your route takes you in this direction. Ray
Bob Grimstead Unregistered	Posted Saturday, October 17, 2009 @ 09:52 AM Hi Guys, Karen and I are so up for this adventure – or for some of it at any rate. For thirty years or more I’ve had an ambition to fly from San Diego up the Pacific Coast all the way to Juneau, Alaska, taking our time and admiring and visiting all the many beautiful sights, places and people along the way. But I’ve always lacked the catalyst to actually get out there and do it. Now you’ve provided that, Bob Ideally we’d have liked to do the trip in an amphibian, but living on a pension plus what I can eke out from my writing and display flying, there’s no chance of that. We have already done some small parts of this trip, and we have made a few friends and found some familiar stop-offs along the way, so we’d love to get involved. If it happens, we’ll fly over to the West Coast by my former employer British Airways, rent borrow or buy a 172 or similar and tag along with all you real pilots. So please include us in any or all of the U.S. and Canadian legs. Unfortunately I think going south of the Mexican border would probably be too much for us, but we are definitely keen to join in the northern component(s). Fourniers Forever, Bob

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