The mission today, fly a few miles over to Lake Wales, KX07, for fuel. It is $3.50 per gallon there. Almost $6.00 at Sarasota. It was calm and an easy, pleasant flight. Fueling was simple enough too except you had to stand on the fueling hose to keep it from retracting on its own. The spring in the rewind mechanism is strong enough to retract 60 feet of heavy hose, and there is quite some force when the hose is fully unreeled.
The mission became interesting when departing. The plane wouldn't start. The battery was too weak. After a half dozen calls because the FBO did not have the means to help, a local pilot and skydiver said he had a start cart and we were again running reasonably soon. Good voltage. Alternator must be good. We flew home without incident and the plane started after shutting it down on the ramp in Sarasota. But . . . .
A new battery and install: $500.00. Corporate Aviation will have it installed Tuesday. The joy of ownership . . . .
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