Fuselage repair

Removing a camera hatch in my 1953 Cessna 180 and installing a baggage door.Specializing in minor and major sheet metal repairs to Cessna 180 and Cessna 185 aircraft. Repairing control surfaces to major gearbox repairs as well as STC modifications or service bulletins.  This shows a little of the removal of a camera hatch in my Cessna…

These door I modified using a Beech Sundowner door latch, works really well and it is new. After 60 years of opening and closing those old latches just wear out and there seems to be no good option. New parts are hard to find and old used parts are just that. This is a good…

 Currently working on a ground loop repair to a Cessna 170B wing. If you watch you will see the three measurements for twist, the tool is made such that it should always be zero, the inboard, the middle, and the tip. You can see the twist is out by .7 which means it has only…

This is a 12000 hour Cessna 182, the cracks are found in the corner of the web, hard to see. Once the crack was found the aircraft was grounded, no ferry permit allowed. We spent three long days and travel to get the job done

We used a English Wheel to make this cowl for this Taylorcraft that was once owned by Ramblin’ Rod. Ramblin’ Rod had a children’s show in the 1960’s which kids would go to, sit on the bleachers and watch which I was one of. Using an English wheel is a lot of fun but takes…

Just was out replacing a spar carry through on a Cessna 182, the problem was found during an annual inspection the culprit was an interior headliner that was glued to the spar carry through and moisture was caught between the fabric and the spar. This was the first annual for my customer on this plane,…