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Picture of the day: A new birthday suit

By General Aviation News Staff · November 22, 2016 ·

Mitch Kahn sent in this photo with a quick note: “New paint – just in time for its 50th birthday.”

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  1. weston says

    November 25, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Nice color choices. Someday I will have a plane like that!

  2. Bruno Nacinovich says

    November 24, 2016 at 9:27 am

    Blue Skies and Tail Winds , great looking bird.

  3. Joe Henry Gutierrez says

    November 23, 2016 at 10:29 am

    Looks terrific, it shows you take pride in your aircraft, I know a lot of people that don’t even wash there airplane at all or even dust it off. They just start it and fly, bummer..thanks and safe flying..

  4. C J says

    November 23, 2016 at 10:28 am

    Great paint job, did you complement the interior as well?

    • Mitch Kahn says

      November 30, 2016 at 4:32 pm

      Yes. We did the interior three years ago in silver and grey leather. My wife has some back issues, so I replaced the 1967 low back seats with taller seats with headrests from a ’77 Warrior. The seats have two densities of memory foam. Side panes are also the two tone leather. Replaced cracked plastic armrests with exact same shape (including screw holes) metal armrests from early ’50’s GM cars. We rapped them in the grey leather. Added about 2 pounds.

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