# I bought a plane **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331 "2015-07-05T17:57:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/41 "2015-07-07T21:45:07Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > That’s nice, but where are the machine guns? Air-to-air missiles? A bomb or two? Wait, are you telling me that you’re completely defenseless up there? You mean to tell me that no one else noticed this username/post combo? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/42 "2015-07-07T21:52:45Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > You mean to tell me that no one else noticed this username/post combo? I did. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/43 "2015-07-08T00:43:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > 1. Remove spinner. > 2. Remove propeller. > 3. Slide propeller lock off of propeller. > 4. Reinstall propeller. (Don’t forget the safety wire!) > 5. Reinstall spinner. > 6. Steal plane! Mwahahahahaha! > > Of course that won’t work with a prop with more than two blades. Or just bring a pair of bolt cutters out to the ramp and take the damn lock off. Make it look like you’re an official repo guy or something like that. Be a little less conspicuous. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/44 "2015-07-08T00:58:11Z")
Define house. \ There are a few PBY’s and Goosed Gooses… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/45 "2015-07-08T01:04:26Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Define house. \ > > There are a few PBY’s and Goosed Gooses… There’s a C-130 for sale over at controller. Just sayin’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/46 "2015-07-08T01:57:44Z")
I am starting to get worried about Desert Nomad. We haven’t heard from him in a couple of days. Do you think it is time to call Search and Rescue? Then again, he could just be wandering the Mojave as usual because it is his native habitat. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/47 "2015-07-08T02:14:07Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And what would you do with just the prop, anyway? Sell it to someone who needs a prop. I’d create my own market. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/48 "2015-07-08T03:35:48Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Sell it to someone who needs a prop. I’d create my own market. You’re supposed to _give_ props, not sell 'em. Though that’s not as good a business plan, I grant you. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/49 "2015-07-08T04:57:32Z")
If you want to have some fun with it, do a charity event called “Challenge Air”. [LINK](https://challengeair.com/). Its where they give flights to kids with disabilities. Lots of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/50 "2015-07-08T13:36:01Z")
So, um, I guess this adoption idea isn’t gonna fly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/51 "2015-07-08T16:52:48Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Have you ever owned your own plane before? What do you plan to use it for and how often will you fly it? Where will it sleep in between times? Will you fly it IFR or will it be a strictly fair weather bird? This is my first plane. I hope to fly 100 hours per year… mostly for $100 hamburger runs but a couple times per year for longer (800 mile+) trips. I am working on my instrument rating. It stays in a hangar when not flying. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/52 "2015-07-08T16:55:47Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Very nice! I hope you get lots of enjoyment out of it. What plans do you have for using it? Regular commute, travel, local flights? I plan to get my instrument rating in it. I work from home so have no commute. Initially it will be for local flights and a few weekend trips. Later we’d like to take it to Michigan once a year (my wife is from there). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/53 "2015-07-08T17:06:12Z")
What, no trip to the Dakotas? It just looks so clean, obviously very well taken care of. It’s hard to believe it predates the Reagan presidency, is the same age as Alien, Apocalypse Now, Life of Brian, Being There, Escape From Alcatraz, Manhatten and The Jerk. Now that’s ageing gracefully. Many more happy flight hours to you, Desert Nomad. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/54 "2015-07-08T17:07:07Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > We flew to Texas commercially and then flew it home to Nevada. Wasn’t Waxahachie, TX, was it? ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/55 "2015-07-08T17:15:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Wasn’t Waxahachie, TX, was it? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/56 "2015-07-08T17:22:10Z")
Come on up to Oshkosh for the Fly-In! It’s later this month. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/57 "2015-07-09T15:51:07Z")
How did I miss an airplane thread? Grats on the purchase dude. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Come on up to Oshkosh for the Fly-In! It’s later this month. Absolutely. Flying in to Airventure (Fisk arrival) is a rite of passage for any pilot wanting to run the gauntlet IMHO. They even station FAA employees in outlying townships to start lining up all the arrivals for landing. For those who don’t know. Airventure is the EAA fly-in. It’s a week long adventure dedicated to anything that flies with a human in or on it. You can ride in a Trimotor Ford or a B17, see all the newest aviation offerings from Cessna to Airbus (A380 in the past), talk to the guy(s) who just built a Van’s RV, flew in in a replica Gipsy Moth, restored a Piper Cub…everyone. I so want to go. Shamefully, I’ve never made it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/58 "2015-07-09T16:03:27Z")
The news stories about planes crashing on the way to or from Oshkosh is one of the signs of the approaching end of summer. There seem to be several every year. I believe Oshkosh doesn’t get “credit” for most of these crashes because people are flying to or from it in relative short hops, so the crashes are listed as having other points of origin or destinations. ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/59 "2015-07-09T20:44:21Z")
Congrats on the purchase - I’m envious as hell! I was in the Sacramento area until 2013 and would have loved to have a plane to fly around that beautiful coast with my wife and kids; I did if for work, but never got to share it with her. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-a-plane/724331/60 "2015-07-09T22:10:32Z")
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