Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
If only I knew how many airboats are powered by Lycoming O-540's liberated from Cherokee 6's.
$50,000 fresh with logbooks. $500 on the back of Ed's Air Boat.
Bad day when you come to the airport and every 6 cyl airplane at the airport is sitting on its tail and the cowlings are missing. The air boat crowd can't use the propellers and I've seen $20,000 props tossed in the ditch.
Last time that happened around here, the perps left the wiring neat, all the accessories intact, and left the props properly supported like they were doing an engine swap.
I guess their thinking was if you don't tear the field up when stealing a crop, the farmer will just cash the crop insurance check and plant another.
Worked out pretty well for a couple dudes near TBO.
Nu