Progress report, I flew down to see her on thursday & checked her out. She is neat, paint job not fantastic & trim is taped on, just some carnu polish will make her look 100 times prettier. The wingtips are lousy & the lights sre illegal on the tips & she does not have a strobe or rotating beacon, e...

Thanks, I will look you guys up during december

Da Animal attracts da big boys.

How many hrs has she done on this trip?

You are so right boet, I had the priveledge of owning my 235 outright for 7 years, what a great feeling of familiarity. The twinco is shared & the sense of self satisfaction is lost & every time you fly, you notice changes in seat position, seatbelts, instruments etc, not the same.

naah Barry, you will beat me, but we will fly together soon, enjoy the new baby when she arrives. I must still make a plan to visit, especially cos I may be moving to near Rieties pretty soon 8) 8) 8) Hey George, it is only quiet cos it has to be. Yup, very sorry about your old KR too, she is very s...

Probably more Stephan . Hey Claude, long time no see. I've got Citabria & Decathlon time, but she is very short coupled, we shall see

Thanks guys, its a very special feeling to know it is soon that I am going to be flying my outright owned little aerie, a huge drop from the luxury I enjoyed with my 235, but feeling comfortable that I can once again afford to fly even though my circumstances are reduced. There is no nicer feeling t...

Enjoy & take plenty of pics

At last things are turning around. I have been scouring ads for a microlight for a year now & have missed a few bargains & seen some dodgy aeries during this time. The twinco is too expensive to run for having fun over weekends. It is better suited to x c's. I started flying in the 80's on a Beaver,...

Yup, but Mrs Boet will moer him if she sees one swooning maiden. Mind you he is an ugly bugger, he needs such a work of art to pull the chicks.

Hi George

Logistics wise, what are your plans to fetch her, you having to fly her back takes one pilot out of the equation already. We can go down in the twinco, watcha think, but then we must fill the aerie with pax & make it a couple of days jollie.

Congrats guys, man does she have beautiful presence in the sky.

Congrats Boet & George, she is stunning. The collector ring looks beautiful & the Animal decal looks great too. G, keep in touch, I want to see her take to the air.

We bought it as an unused engine from Raymond Fowkes at Petit. He had already owned it for some time when we bought it.

Lovely stuff, Boet. You mentioned some surface rust on the valve stems to me a while back, did you clean them up & did you have any sticky valve problems? It is simply wonderful to know that da animal is finished, I cannot wait for it to come up to jhb so I can ogle it 1st hand. I'm sure we will be ...