Carl, I certainly did not and do not mean to offend anyone. The basis for my comment was, upon inspecting the airplane with their A&P/IA present and challenging him on his twice telling me over the phone (before my trip) that the plane was corrosion free, he stated "they all got a little dust down here in Florida". He has been an A&P/IA for over 30 years in the Miami area, and tried to tell me that they overlook surface corrosion or many planes would need skin/surface repalacements. I would expect that a very high percentage of the aircraft in FL and CA and other coastal areas are corrosion free, and was surprised at his statement. I would also expect that many were corrosion protected before corrosion set in. The C150 Aerobat I looked at (N2766J) was already very pregnant, not a little, and the corrosion treatment at that point did not make her a Virgin. Too bad it hadn't been treated earlier. So I stand by my statement about that aircraft, and you will understand why we in the relatively dry Midwest and Plains states are a little suspicious of salt air aircraft, especially when we are told they all have some dust.
