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PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:50 am 
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I was working on the harnesses and seats in the "new" Fairchild PT-26. The seats had to come out to achieve what I needed done. I had almost ALL the old screws back in (with new ny-lock nuts) when I had one of THOSE moments.
The kind that if Gary had seen pictures of it I would have gotten one of those "That's nice Don, BUT..." emails. :D
So I dutifully removed the screws one at a time and replaced them with shiny new AN3-9 bolts before I tightened them down. I now have matching scars on both thumbs, multiple bruises on the left arm. (The right seemed to weather the ordeal better... :roll: ) and now I have a clean conscience.
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Seat in question.
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Old screws
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That's better!
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Decided to celebrate
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With a new sticker on KERMIT- different plane, but the green matches better!

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Nice tribute to a great guy :) :drink3:

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OUTSTANDING!!! :drink3:

I had a retro moment myself when I found this again on youtube and I wondered what gary would have thought about all that has gone on this year. This video of his helped alot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRXHvUD19Qc

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