{"id":4319,"date":"2017-03-10T09:03:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T17:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.mechadigital.net\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2021-08-26T20:37:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T20:37:54","slug":"zimmo-and-snivvely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/zimmo-and-snivvely\/","title":{"rendered":"#176 Zimmo and Snivvely"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Followers of the Tailwheeler\u2019s Journal will be somewhat familiar with Zimmo because he appeared in an early episode that I produced in an ill-fated attempt to create a PBS series (https:\/\/tailwheelersjournal.com\/\/2012\/flight-part-2\/).\u00a0 One of my best memories of Zimmo comes from a time when he and I were both working at Bill Warren\u2019s Sportaire Services. Written in February, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n

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We were working on a Noorduyn Norseman.\u00a0 The Norseman is a large, single engine airplane, similar to the\u00a0more widely known DeHavilland Beaver.\u00a0 Zimmo\u2019s job was to clean up the wiring behind the instrument panel.\u00a0 To do that job, he would lie on his back under the panel and snip unused wiring from behind the panel.\u00a0 Lots of wires would hang down and dangle in his face.\u00a0 This was just too damned tempting for the hangar cat, \u201cSnivvely\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cSnivvely\u201d was your basic black and white pussycat and he would climb up into the cabin of the Norseman and watch those wires, which dangled invitingly in Zimmo\u2019s face.\u00a0 He\u2019d stalk up to the wires, then bat at them.\u00a0 This really annoyed Zimmo, who was trying to get some<\/h3>\n
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Like this Norseman, the panel on that Norseman needed some work. Zimmo had thrown over the yoke so that he could rewire on the pilot’s side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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work done, and didn\u2019t really appreciate some pussycat playing with the wires. He\u2019d push Snivvely away, but the cat kept coming back to bat at the wires again.\u00a0 Finally, Snivvely took a mighty swipe at one jiggling wire and his claw managed to snag Zimmo right in the lip.\u00a0 That was the last straw.\u00a0 Zimmo grabbed Snivvely by the scruff of the neck and unceremoniously tossed the pussy cat to the back of the cabin, where Snivvely bounced off the bulkhead and exited out the door, while scrabbling unsuccessfully to stay inside.\u00a0 Pissed, the pussycat wandered off to find his entertainment elsewhere.\u00a0 But he was inwardly fuming at Zimmo for having\u00a0treated him so shabbily.<\/h3>\n
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A Norseman used as an aerial ambulance. Note the large side door, perfect for pitching pussycats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It was about lunch time and we\u2019d all decided to run to town to get some chow at a local burger place.\u00a0 Zimmo clambered out of the Norseman, took off his dusty coveralls and deposited them in a neatly folded pile in the office.\u00a0 Off we went in Bill\u2019s old Volkswagen bus.\u00a0 We had a nice lunch, no doubt telling jump stories.\u00a0 We were all skydivers back then.\u00a0 Bill and I were working on some film projects, Zimmo was doing odd jobs and we all pitched in on the various airplane jobs that popped up at Bill\u2019s shop.<\/h3>\n

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When we returned, we all went about our various chores.\u00a0 Bill was working on some fabric on a wing, I was building a camera mount and Zimmo was working on the Norseman.\u00a0 Snivvely was nowhere to be seen.\u00a0 Zimmo wasn\u2019t thinking about Snivvely when he went to put on his coveralls.\u00a0 That wouldn\u2019t last.\u00a0 We all \"\"heard his cry of disgust.\u00a0 When he picked up his coveralls, he found a large pile of very wet cat poop right in the middle of the neatly folded up garment.\u00a0 You see, we generally think of elephants as being the animals which don\u2019t forget\u2026 but old Snivvely obviously held a grudge and his was against Zimmo for having heaved the pussycat out of the Norseman.\u00a0 He was probably snickering from a hiding place.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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