About All This
I do not know why I started this site. I recall the first pages went up when I was restoring 686, my second Schweizer 1-26 and my first sailplane restoration. 525 came later after Dave Piotrowski bought it and continued to upgrade that glider with all sorts of impressive enhancements and clever additions.
Then the Nimbus 3 came along and I documented the refinishing of that glider on these pages, followed by a complete overhaul of a wrecked 1-26, serial number 038.
Boats have always been a big part of our life and after selling the gliders, we bought a Ranger 20, a Wayfarer and finally the Monk. Now I’m building a PaperJet 14 and rebuilding the Monk, albeit very slowly on both counts.
My wife Renee and I have seven cats – we started out with one that barged its way in when we lived in Brussels and we’ve ended up with one blind cat, two one-eyed monsters, one semi-feral hand-biter and three relatively normal felines that entertain us regularly.
In my spare time I normally manage the FAA’s Seattle Flight Standards District Office – but now I have been detailed for a couple of months to the Region as Assistant Division Manager of the FAA’s Northwest Mountain Region .
Our daydreams include buying a catboat of indeterminate length, say 15 to 18 feet in length and just cruising around on the Puget Sound.
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You forgot to mention your hobby of “moving” and your impressive betting record against Mr. Piotrowski……..
I expect to own the last trophy in the betting series.
Another thing not mentioned is an affinity to swedishly manufactured vehicles of which we share a love of….
Wow. A most entertaining website, I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your projects! I found it thru the 1-26 association page and was happily surprised to hear you were in Tacoma, I was born and lived there for a brief couple of years. Thx again!
After go through your project I very admire all your work. I’m not living in US I’m in Vietnam, but when I have change I will visit you to see all thing . Best wishes for You and Your Family in New year 2010 with new project. Thank for open my mind .
Hi Jim,
I often send links of your site to friends who are repairing their own gliders as a help to them, and that lots of things are possible. I do not now see though any links to your major nose rebuild job? The work on the wings was great to see and good way to show people how and what to do. Will you consider putting them and any other stuff like it back on please?
Regards, Malcolm – Manchester, UK.
Malcolm,
Clink the link in the lower right side titled “Nimbus”. That takes you to a new page, the nose repair is under the link to “Gelcoat Repair”. I should make it easier to find, but I’ve been spending most of my waking hours sawing wood and varnishing these days :0)
Jim