A lot for a small space

Max and I flew the 170B all the way out to Oshkosh arriving Sunday as Oshkosh just turned Marginal VFR because of smoke. It seems that there was 1500 airplanes waiting for the same thing, it was truly a zoo, we were turned around twice with the instructions to go back to Endeavor and start…

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…

My son and mechanic, Max has moved North to Alaska! His first job as an aviation mechanic not in my hanger, nothing better than Alaska for a budding mechanic. He will be missed but it also means I get to visit……..Otters, Beavers, Cessna’s, anphibs, straight floats…..What more can you ask for…

After months of rehab 61A is getting near the end. As usual the last 10% is 90% of the job but it is all coming together. Overhauled gear from Landing gear works…..not cheap but not bent…

 Bringing in the new year with a 182 firewall repair, not for the light of heart. The weather has been snow and ice here and has slowed all incoming parts and slowed the progress down in the mean time we are hard at work on our new project….a 180J