Sunday, June 25, 2006

Squawks, Cessnas, and Munchies!

Pilots,

I would like to thank everybody who attended our little shindig yesterday -- it was a blast! Especial thanks to Tim Hocklander from Tom's Aircraft in Long Beach for bringing the food, the flybabies, and hanging out and answering questions!

It was nice to chat with folks in a casual setting -- so much so, that we simply must do this again soon!


Trevor is bored with 172SPs. His next ride is a Turbo Skylane!

For those of you who missed out, Tom's has left their gorgeous Turbo 182 chocked outside on our line, please ask the office for a brochure if you're interested in learning more about any of the toys which were on display yesterday.

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We're on a squawk hunt again. Cessna 68U and Cessna 20U have both received new Generators, and Cessna 68U has a new battery after somebody "borrowed" it.

Cessna 04H has fine-wire spark plugs installed, since not everybody has figured out that "warm day = high density altitude = lean for best performance" (see my prior news post about this for better procedures, or ask any CFI)

Cessna 08V has a new transponder, a new NAV/COM, and has had some intercom wiring cleaned up.


Robert showing off his IFR - "Intuitive Fire Recipes"

Solo activity is picking up again, now that the weather has cleared -- be ready to share the skies with Solo folks Joel K, Jay B, Anthony A, Reed W, Ben S, and likely a few others I've missed! Congrats guys, you're in the home stretch!



Even Willy was drooling over the new aircraft

Blue Skies! -- and don't forget the bottled water, it's hot out there.

- Mike