Ryan Field
Just spent a few days at Ryan Field by West Glacier, great place. Flew back to Kalispell and rented a car and drove the going to the sun road… Great trip and a big thanks to the RAF.
Just spent a few days at Ryan Field by West Glacier, great place. Flew back to Kalispell and rented a car and drove the going to the sun road… Great trip and a big thanks to the RAF.
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…
After a 1000 miles one way we picked up a 180 that has been sitting for 10 years. A Montana ranchers plane, he landed where only Buffalo and Indians roamed. The goal is a newly overhauled engine a handful of STC’s and a clean bill of health then back to the prairie.
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 just installed a Sportsman cut on a 180, the install always takes me a little more time than I think it will. We always like to do the best job and for that I think it takes us a little longer but I am just super picky about getting the install perfect and it…
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…
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….