red Bellanca 14-13 that was on ebay

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The wife and I went saturday and looked at the red bellanca in Revenna Ohio, it had sold after the auction to a man in Texas, he plans on flying it to texas the week of the 15. He was changing out the radio and transponder we where there, it still had the tube type in it.Was a pretty solid plane, I went there to see the interior on how they had redone the seats to make a little more cushions for longer rides. Thanks Joe
 
Good to hear that there is another airworthy bird going to a good home.

Side note: what did they do to the seats to make them more comfortable?
-Adam
 
A rounded bar was added to the top and about four inches of foam through out, the last owners wife did the upholstry in it.
 
I once sat in a Cruisair that had a raised seat back. It seemed nice until I tried to reach something in the back seat. The owner said that he wished he had not done it. You never know about a mod until you have tried it. Some things work and some things dont. _____Grant.
 
Ah, I am happy with the seatbacks, but wish I had a bit more cushion for the backside. Get's pretty sore after 3 1/2 hours.

-Adam
 
Well, it did not go so well for Mike, his first attempt to get it home after months of work was not good, the left brake got hot and tide up just before airborne, plane took a hard left into a ditch got the prop and landing gear, he said it is a total loss!
 
I think after six trips from texas and a lot of repairs for an airworthy aircraft??? now he would have to figure out how to get it home and the hidden damage. I with you if there is a will there is always a way.
 
I wonder what type of brakes were on the plane? I was just reading last week about a Stinson that did a similar trip to the bushes when a Goodyear brake locked up. Is a prop strike tear-down mandatory for a Franklin in this circumstance? About ten years ago a shop quoted me $8000 for a prop strike inspection on an 0-470, and that didnt include any needed parts. An overhauled 165 Franklin now runs close to $20,000 , so unless the owner could do all of the work himself, it is probably a parts plane/organ doner. It is a shame. _____Grant.
 
Grant, The left wing is broke and Paul from Zanesville Oh. said a prop strike will take the crank out on a Franklin, he said the cranks are weak for that type of hit. I hope to get it for spare parts, you never know when you may need some?
 
The A&P/ IA part of me just loves the Lycoming SB (?) concerning prop strikes and the track record "delayed' failure of engines that have passed a run-out check after just a minor (? again) prop strike. I am TOTALLY in favor of being safer than really, really sorry.

So, that being said I'd have to agree that this repair sound like a real labor of love to return this airframe to flying or it's going to be an organ donor for the rest of us. It's a shame to lose another airframe but it's nice that we're all talking about it.

Blue side up!
 
Ouch! Is any more information about the root cause of the incident? I for one would certainly be interested in hearing about it. I don't know exactly how one would determine that the left brake got 'hot' and 'locked' up, but in the interest of avoiding a similar calamity would like to know all there is to know.
artL
 
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