Same old, same old

*Sigh*  Nothing to add today other than the fact that there's nothing to add today.  Airplane's still in Boise, we're still in Fall City, and the weather's still not cooperating.  *Sigh*  Oh well.

A shaft of light in a cloudy sky.

Finally, finally, we have good news to report!  Although the airplane is tied down hundreds of miles away in Boise, we have a plan to bring it home!

We found a pilot, a friend of a friend from Arlington, who is going to fly over to pick our airplane up.  And the cool part is... two members of Redneck Airlines get to go!  Brian and Kevin so graciously volunteered (right) and so whenever the weather clears (hopefully early next week), our airplane will be on its way home!

Oh, and on a minor note, I have come up with a nickname that I have going to use to refer to the airplane: GG (pronounce Gigi), because the airplane is a Grumman and we're painting it in the colors of the General Lee from the 70s show The Dukes of Hazzard.  Therefore, it is the General Grumman, or, GG. :)  The boys and Liz will probably object, but I don't care.  That is the new nickname and so it will be.

With a little brighter outlook,
Redneck Airlines

Let the bad news keep on coming

Really bad news today, folks.  But first I need to clear one thing up: the airplane is still in Boise, ID, not in Ellensburg like I had previously thought.

And now for the bad news: the plane isn't going to be arriving for several days, maybe even a few weeks.  Even though the weather at home is really good (sunny, blue skies, a little cold), the weather in Boise sucks.  The airport is located in an area where the pilot would have to go up and over a set of hills to get out.  Currently the ceiling is at 500' and not looking to improve any time soon.

More bad news:  Lynn, our pilot, doesn't have all the time in the world to get our airplane here because he needs to get back to his home and his job in California (completely understandable).  So, the airplane will sit at the Boise airport until further notice.

We're currently looking into paying a pilot friend from the Arlington area to fly over and fly the plane back over here.  The point of today would be: winter weather SUCKS and our poor airplane will have to wait a little while longer before we can shower it with love, oil and an awesome paint job. :)

More to come soon (hopefully),
Redneck Airlines

Still no plane

Agh. Stupid weather.

The winter flurries in the mountains that are currently exciting the skiers and snowboarders are creating frustrations in the members of Redneck Airlines. Lynn is still in Ellensburg because the little General couldn't make it, so we're looking at (and hoping for) a Wednesday arrival. *fingers crossed*

So for now, it is adeu, and hopefully pictures tomorrow.

Redneck Airlines

Plane in Boise

Alrighty everybody, my brother just informed me that a Spitfire could not, in fact, rock the teeth on the front, so I changed it to a P-40, which I admit, does it much better. Regardless, we have a kickass airplane on our hands.

The General made it to Boise, ID today and is staying overnight, mostly because of weather. It will take off early tomorrow morning, with the help of Lynn Freeman, the crazy ass Build-A-Plane guy, and will hopefully be here early afternoon. :) Yey!!

Pictures to be posted tomorrow night.

On it's way...

Here's the airplane! It's a Grumman AA-1A, with an awesome paint job, as you can see. I like to think it's channeling a P-40 from World War II, so it's definitely a badass airplane.

It made it to Provo, Utah last night, and is on it's way home to Fall City today. Hopefully it'll be here by this afternoon!!

More when news comes,

Redneck Airlines