Tim McGraw wrote:

Start at the 41:00 minute mark for the salvage operation in Venezuela. LOL! Mikey is so naive. Dealing with the military and governments of South America about an old airplane is risky business, but money changing hands can get you anything. I’ve been there. Hahaha!

At the end, Mikey and his two mechanics think the plane will never fly again. There is no paperwork on the parts! Hahaha. The paperwork will be done, don’t worry, retroactively.

“The engines were open.” Mikey. What is he talking about? The spark plugs were in the engines. The cowlings were on. It was in a hangar. Maybe the magnetos are bad, maybe not. Change the oil. Clean the plugs. Rotate the engine with the starter a few times to see if things are moving. Then fire the engines up and see what happens. See if the propeller governor works on the ground. You can pretty much test everything on the ground. 

Put in some extra gas tanks. Get a ferry permit. Hire a loco ferry pilot. And fly it back to Texas, then north to Canada and the hangar.

Sheesh!

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