Avid C project in south Alabama

[1avidflyer 2025]

Hi all, I'm down in Gulf Shores Al for the winter, and picked up a C model Avid that needed to be covered. I'm almost done with both wings to the spraying stage. (the fun part) The elevator and horizontal stabilizer were covered and are ok as is or they could be redone as well. I'll probably cover the rudder in the next week or so. Plane has a 582 with a B gearbox on it. Hobbs meter reads 88 and according to the logs, that is accurate. Very nice trailer with new tires that pulls nice as well. I can drag it back to Mn in March and finish it, but the wife is not real keen on that. She once rode with me from Texas to Mn pulling my Kitfox 4 and said that was enough excitement for her... Anyway, if anyone is interested in it, I may let it go. private message me for starters and we can trade phone numbers for further contact. Here are some pictures, the one before picture I blocked out the faces of the guys in case they didn't want their pictures on the forum. It should be a nice plane once it's finished. It was actually built by a guy named Charles Lindberg.... (not that one though)     JImChuk

[wypaul 460]

Wow Jim that is fantastic your sheer drive for these projects.

will you be going to Sun n Fun this year?  I’m thinking about flying down.  It has been a long time since I was there last and never in my own plane.

[1avidflyer 2025]

Not going to Sun and Fun,  I'll be back in Mn by then.   The way this project came about was I got connected up with the Gulf Shores High School aviation class a couple of years ago, and I am mentoring some students in the class on fabric covering.  I bought this project in Florida, and am working on it in one of the hangars the school has.  I like doing the work and helping the kids learn a little and it gives me something to do while I'm down here.  The class is building a Sonex, and rebuilding a Cherokee and a Sting.  Not much to do on the Sting really, brakes and cosmetics mostly.  It may fly in a month or so.  JImChuk

[1avidflyer 2025]

Just to finish up on this thread, no one bought it while I was in Alabama, so I hauled it home to Mn on the trailer.  It sure pulled nice.  About 1600 miles all told.  I left the plane in Tennessee for a week or so while we visited my wife's daughter in South Carolina.  Thanks again for the great help with the storage Martin.  So now the Avid is in my hangar safe and sound.  I was able to buy a nice Jabiru 80 hp engine and will install that on the plane when the time comes.  Once it's in flying condition, it will end up for sale again.  JImChuk

[marksires 486]

That has to be one of the best travelled Avids in the world!   It' been from California, to Illinois, to Florida, then Alabama, and now Minnesota!

[1avidflyer 2025]

Any guesses on where it goes next?  :-)  JImChuk