Some squawks around the school lately have kept our mechanics up past their bedtime:
Cessna 08V has a cracked beacon fairing, which, sadly, prevents the tail beacon from remaining on the tail of the aircraft. While we're reasonable sure nobody backed 08V into a parked car (or anything else for that matter, owing to the lack of a reverse) -- we're simply stumped as to how this happened.
Also, our local Cessna parts distributor is stumped as to where these parts can be found. I believe our replacement fairing is shipping from Wichita, and will be installed as soon as we receive it. With luck, this will be today.
Apparently Cessna 68U has a wonky turn coordinator. This will be removed and sent for overhaul as soon as we can get 68U on the ground for the mechanics.
Cessna 04H's DG is precessing just enough to warrant overhaul. We'll be sending it in for overhaul in the same batch
Cessna 17J's main wheel pants are back on. The nosewheel pant takes more time than we had last night. The improvement is dramatic. :)
Cessna 20U's engine arrived last night from our friends at Corona Cylinder. Installation has progressed very well, thanks to our maintenance crew Scott D, Mike A, and Kamau K. Work progressed until 10pm last night, and is set to continue. Then we will perform flight testing and return 20U to service!
We will continue to work to get these issues corrected ASAP. Many thanks to the maintenace crew for their hard work, amusing taste in music, and willingness to consume pizza and turn wrenches into the wee hours!
Blue Skies!
- Mike
