Mira Slovak's Jungmann has found a new home, but first it will spend a little time at Steve Hawley's shop to be returned to a more stock configuration. Steve kindly sent this account of the ferry trip:
I flew to San Diego last Tuesday and John Hickman met me at the airport. We drove to Gillespie Field and flew his blue Jungman up to Fallbrook (about 60 miles) and tried to figure out the fuel management procedure.
It had been modified to carry about 75 gallons in four separate tanks! We thought we figured it out but couldn't be sure because there was no way to test it without complete disassembly of the system. I put gas in it and flew on the main (original) tank down to Gillespie. There I filled the three front tanks but never did put any gas in the tank behind the seat beneath the baggage compartment.
I had dinner with John and Earl Hickman, Mike Meloche and a couple of other Bucker owners. It was great. Spent the night in John's very nice apartment above his hangar.
John came out at 6:30 and led me out of Gillespie to about the summit of the mountains headed toward El Centro. Near the El Centro Airport at about 8,000 feet I changed tanks. Thank goodness everything worked the way we thought it should and the engine didn't quit!
I flew on to Marana Regional just north of Tucson. The first night was spent in Odessa Texas, the second in Rayville, LA, and Yesterday I arrived home with a sore rear and a sunburned nose. Average distance between fuel stops was about 275 nm.
It was fun but I would not do it again!!!
Steve
In Steve Hawley's shop, this Jungmann will probably be forever known as "Mira Slovak's Jungmann"