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…
The Sportsman Leading edge is a great modification for early Cessna 100 series aircraft, lower stall speed, enhancing roll control and stall Characteristics. The installation takes some time and it seems that what should be easy sometimes takes more time than you think to get the best fit. The devil is in the details..
Busy as always from competing our 180J and the 170 projects, recovering the wings on the Champ, annuals, Sportsman install, Horizontal rebuilds…..
Let’s hope that 2026 is a peaceful year where the rest of our non aviation world can come together and realize we have more in common that not. The one thread that holds us all together is aviation, it always amazes me when we sit around a fire and chat how different we all are…
This is a really cool modification to get the real bush look to an early 182, the nice thing is the tall gear these 182’s came with. More prop clearance is great but what you really need to be careful of, speaking from a maintenance side is what happens if you don’t keep your CG…
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…
I am healing up but in the time I am out of the shop things still go on….. Max and I decided to leave the bottom end of the O-235 alone and just put new cylinders on the Champ. These cylinders came with the Champ when we bought it and for good reason. You always…
Sometimes going fishing in hindsight may not have been the best idea and that branch you decided to hold on to might have not been the best choice. The fateful sound of the crack of that branch was what sent me off a big rock and down a hill that produced 4 broken ribs and…
All my planes wen this year to Johnson Creek for the 180/185 fly in, a good time had by all. We had the two lowest horse power planes at the fly in a Cessna 120 and my Champ. Our crew numbered 6, Max, Danny, Aaron, Riley, Wade in his 120 and myself in my 180….
I am not sure what I am doing but Bentley Air just moved hangars, what becomes vividly clear is how much stuff you have. But in the end if you ever get there it is worth it.
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