My buddy, Jerry Isbell and I bought our airplane on Fri., 1/16. It's a '46, converted to a D model. We did a thorough annual on it before purchase, got a couple of surprises, but what else is new. The prior owner had got stuck by weather in La Grange, GA, and we bought it down there. Jerry I. made it back as far as Knoxville this weekend, heading for Columbus, Ohio. Then the weather crapped out, so we'll get it the rest of the way home sometime soon. Jerry now is a Coupe pilot, and I still have to see it, let alone fly it. It's a little different from the G-IV and Hawker that he flies professionally, but that's what it's all about. Talking to my buddy, everything went pretty much as expected, except that our brand new dual nose fork has a nose wheel shimmy right after landing. Adding a small amount of steering input seems to make it go away. There's no shimmy on takeoff. Anyone know anything about this, and the remedy? The old dual fork was found bent during the annual we did, so we replaced it with a new one. The motor mount and associated mounting hardware all checked out fine - they just needed to replace the fork. Also, the static system seems to have a leak, as the airspeed drops about 20 mph when the canopy is closed up tight. Are there any typical places that leaks develop? Maybe it's in our encoder, as we still have to get the transponder certified, since it's now out of date. We're both looking forward to flying our new toy, once we get it here. Thanks for any input. Jerry Eichenberger, Columbus, Ohio
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