What is going on in the shop
Busy as always from competing our 180J and the 170 projects, recovering the wings on the Champ, annuals, Sportsman install, Horizontal rebuilds…..



Busy as always from competing our 180J and the 170 projects, recovering the wings on the Champ, annuals, Sportsman install, Horizontal rebuilds…..



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.
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….
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…
This Cub was built by a friend of mine who has built at least 10 cubs, he is getting along in years and this will be his final build. I am in the process of doing the final inspection, tweaking this and that. I rebuilt the engine a few years ago, a C-85-F, we weighed…
Repairing a Beaver horizontal stabilizer, opening up a can o worms