Some updates around the ranch:
Cessna 630 is cruising around.
Cessna 739 completed her 100hr this morning, and is back in the sky -- sorry for the long downtime, we found something in the wing to frump at.
Cessna 1ES completed her 100hr pit-stop style last week.
Cessna 17J is not bothering anybody.
Cessna 25R is in the home-stretch, with an anticipated return in March.
Bonanza 11N had her first spot of bother -- with a broken exhaust manifold. Oops! Good job to pilot Alan S for deciding that a runway is the best place to put a flame-throwing airplane, despite the obvious style-points in re-enacting Halley's comet. :) Bonanza 11N's downtime is forecast at 1 week for some paintwork and arched eyebrows.
Our Preventative Maintenance seminar is now scheduled! Saturday, February 27 at 10am, feel free to join us as we discuss the following:
The important of correct paperwork
The regulations as-written, and their actual use in practice
Logbook entries
Correct technique for changing your engine oil
Tips, tricks, cool ideas
And, as always, we will also perform an *actual* oil change for everyone to watch and participate in! Dress in your grubby clothes!
If you have an airplane and would like to change its oil, we will be on-hand to assist you, and we can do that simultaneously with the group!
It's a lot of fun, and you get to really get a look at the innards of an aircraft engine, chat with the mechanics who keep our airplanes aloft, and see what happens in our evil maintenance lair! (our wrenches don't bite, honest!)
Feel free to RSVP at the FAA Safety Team -- and if there are no spots remaining... you can still show up anyway! (shh, don't tell)
We will have refreshments, you'll get to inhale airplanes for 2-3 hours, and you'll leave with a certificate of training from us! Cool!
Not much else going on... although I've got about as much as I can handle at the moment :)
Blue Skies!
- Mike
