170 wings and other things
There are always planes to fix and a common fix is the left wing tip, aileron and elevator. Bou once in a while you just got to fly.
we had an issue the other day installing the horizontal where the hinge bushing got stuck on the bolt. It turned out that the bushing for some reason had a smaller diameter than the bolt and when we installed the bolt it froze to the bushing….it took some creative skill and some new parts to…
I got the opportunity to work on a Beaver, reliving the past and better yet I got to fly it around. There are somethings I will never forget and the sound of a P+W 985 is one of them.
Sometimes you just have to take a step to the side and help a Friend. He busted up a window in his Airstream and has been looking for 2 years to find someone to fix it, then a mutual friend said ” take it to John “, what are friends for? So I ended up…
The Champ is back in the Air! The O 235 sounds so sweet and when you get to run it a full throttle for a few hours to break in the cylinders it is even better. And the boss is back up and running after a brief hiatus in the lazy boy…..Ribs are still talking…
We are getting closer to finishing out some big projects to make room but until then we got 10 pounds in a five pound bag