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Welcome to the Website for N5814L The Online Refurbishment Record of 1972 Grumman AA-5 Traveler N5914L Serial Number AA5-0014 |
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Updating amenities without sacrificing that classic Watergate-era feel I've certainly worked planes with far more trashed interiors than 14L's. That said, I don't think I could have gotten my wife into many of the thrashed out planes in which I used to punch a clock or flew for gas when I was building time. |
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Okay, perhaps blue naugahyde didn't turn out to be as aesthetically timeless
as folks might have once believed would be the case back in the early days
of the polyester leisure suit. Note the mother of barstool side panels
with now faded Gold Lemay basket weave inserts.
Yes,
14L's interior is tired and arguably in need of replacement, but we don't
have much budget to work with and upholstery and trim is about the lowest
priority on the project.
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| We've purchased a not quite complete interior salvaged from a wrecked '74 Traveler. With some mixing and matching, we should be able to pieces together a complete carpet set. The rest of the interior will serve as spares and/or a long-term refurnishing project for some point down the road when we might decide completely redo the interior. |
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We'll also look into a certification basis for adding the newer interior's
hat shelf to our baggage compartment. The front and rear seats might very well find their way into Darryl's and/or my Coot-building projects! |
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| As of this writing, Darryl is hard at work pulling the interior, not so much so that we can replace it, but so that we can install a modern PS Engineering PM1000II intercom system. Currently, 14L has no intercom. I gotta say, after working on trashed out Cessna 185s and Cherokees, working in this cabin is like stepping into ball room! |
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This page last updated on 08/06/2018