Sprit of Texas-Reno???

tex-fan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:01 pm

just looked at ezell's web-site http://www.ezellaviation.com/page7.html and there's a pic of Sprit of Texas on a tralier. does anyone know what happened at Reno? Fury [with nelson] and Bearcat [with howard] were in the gold race on sunday, but i guess SOT had troubles.

MX304 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:18 pm

tex-fan wrote:

just looked at ezell's web-site http://www.ezellaviation.com/page7.html and there's a pic of Sprit of Texas on a tralier. does anyone know what happened at Reno? Fury [with nelson] and Bearcat [with howard] were in the gold race on sunday, but i guess SOT had troubles.

SOT was making metal early in the week. I hope they come back next year.

tex-fan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:41 pm

from the looks of ezell's web-site, they have already started on her. i'll bet it wont take them long, they are GOOOOD!! i've got to get over there soon.

Steve S · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:44 pm

The cost of an engine and transoport has gotta be hitting Stu hard in the wallet

garbs · **Posted:** Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:46 pm

Steve said:

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The cost of an engine and transport has gotta be hitting Stu hard in the wallet

I heard that the Sanders boys let them use their Sea Fury-specific trailer to get it home.

steve dickey · **Posted:** Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:00 pm

Garbs wrote:

Steve said:

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The cost of an engine and transport has gotta be hitting Stu hard in the wallet

I heard that the Sanders boys let them use their Sea Fury-specific trailer to get it home.

Yes, they took the wings and prop off and put it on the specialized jig and Chapman hauled it back.
Dan its not being worked on yet those pics are pre Reno when we pulled the wings to try and reseal them as they are wet.I would imagine that when the engine gets ready to ship we'll start pulling stuff off.

ChrisMX105 · **Joined:** Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:59 am **Posts:** 4

Stew had a rather unpleasant sneeze while on a qualifying run Wednesday. After a thorough check it was found that the number 13 cylinder was getting ready to head south. He made the decision to park the airplane due to "The rest of the engine having gone to the same party"

His daughter has put together a website for the airplane as follows and should be able to post updates as they come available.
http://www.spiritoftexas105.com

Tim Adams · **Joined:** Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:17 pm **Posts:** 301

I managed to squeeze off a couple early in the week before the metal mixer started.

Elroy13 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:14 am

Nice shots you got there Tim!! I love the paint job that he's put on that airplane. I had a chance to jump a ride in Spirit of Texas with Stew before the paint job....HOLY GUACAMOLE!!! :shock:

Just the force pushing you back into the seat on take off... WOW! :supz:

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