15GP22 needs a ride Indy to Windy City

[kbmuri]

The guy's description was a bit confusing. He claimed to see a faint blue raster, then said the blue filament was "out". Because the blue was dim. He never said anything about red. I gathered that it has good vacuum, good green raster, weak blue raster, and unknown red raster. One would think it would clean right up with a Beltron and have a year's life of normal use (or forever in a rarely-on museum set). That's the only reason I asked. Seems it would be a real shame to cut it up if the red filament is still there.

I'm sort of between it and you, but not really. I'm 2-1/2 hours from Indy, it's 4 hours from Indy to Chicago, then 3 hours back to Fort Wayne. That's in a speedy red Corvette. It would be ten hours on the road, and I'm still job-stressed into a 6-day workweek right now.

Edison64 is directly en route over in LaPorte. He hasn't chimed in, but maybe you have a bribe that would get his attention? A fresh LP4 for his new porthole?

I would be inclined to talk to your nearest flying school/club. Lots of pilots need to get "hours" to stay current, and offer rides, lessons, etc pretty cheap. A quick jaunt from Milwaukee to Indy in a Piper 6-seater would probably be the least-stress route all around. Could probably get it done for less than the cost of road gas, in 1/5th the time.