Hangar Queen
Hi, I'm Greg, and I'm a tool addict.
I've been building a four-seat composite airplane from scratch "forever" -- with many long pauses for "other stuff" followed by frantic flurries of activity.
Lately, the other stuff has been setting up a hobbyist machine shop in my garage (mini-lathe, benchtop mill, TIG welder, horizontal bandsaw, plasma cutter, plus the usual drill press, grinder, belt sander, and 1001 hand tools). And now I'm getting into some modest camera equipment to document the journey.
Oh, a "Hangar Queen" is an airplane that never comes out of its hangar, for one of three typical reasons:
- It's being cannibalized for parts for other similar aircraft
- It requires a lot of expensive maintenance between each flight, so tends not to be used
- It's a valuable plane that the owner doesn't want to risk damaging
I was given the name while in the Hash House Harriers ("a drinking club with a running problem") while literally living in my hangar.
I've been building a four-seat composite airplane from scratch "forever" -- with many long pauses for "other stuff" followed by frantic flurries of activity.
Lately, the other stuff has been setting up a hobbyist machine shop in my garage (mini-lathe, benchtop mill, TIG welder, horizontal bandsaw, plasma cutter, plus the usual drill press, grinder, belt sander, and 1001 hand tools). And now I'm getting into some modest camera equipment to document the journey.
Oh, a "Hangar Queen" is an airplane that never comes out of its hangar, for one of three typical reasons:
- It's being cannibalized for parts for other similar aircraft
- It requires a lot of expensive maintenance between each flight, so tends not to be used
- It's a valuable plane that the owner doesn't want to risk damaging
I was given the name while in the Hash House Harriers ("a drinking club with a running problem") while literally living in my hangar.