Welcome back, retract!

Pilots!

Please join me in welcoming back Cutlass 25R, who survived months of paperwork headache, parts acquisition nightmares, and even the untimely passing of our FAA Maintenance Inspector. :(

25R is flying and available immediately! We have already done the test flying and she is not just good-to-go, but great-to-go.



(PS don't do that)

Some other things I know:

Cessna 630 is cruising.

Cessna 68U will complete her 100hr today.

Cessna 739 is running fine

Cessna 17J is having intermittent transponder issues. The balance of my thoughts omitted in the interest of good taste.

Skylane 073 has a completely re-done front-end to eliminate all shimmy once and for all.

Bonanza 11N has new main tires, a repaired oil leak, a new vacuum pump, and a few other tweaks. She will go down periodically throughout the week to address small squawks.

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Should be a decent, if hazy weekend!

Blue Skies,

- Mike

Gimme some more!

Pilots!

Please join me in congratulating the newest IFR-rated Pilot in the world, one Instrument Pilot Ryan S., who earned his blindfold on Sunday in Cessna 739 with DPE Mark D!

Nice work, Ryan!






..in other news..

Cessna 630 will go in for 100hr this week or next

Cessna 68U will go down for an engine swap at the end of this month. It is expected to take appx 3 days. More as we get nearer.

Cessna 739 is not bothering anyone.

Cessna 17J's latest transponder works great.

Bonanza 11N will go down on Thursday for some maintenance, to include an offline GPS, hunt an oil leak, and replace a vacuum pump. Other small tweaks will be done as time allows. We do not expect an extended downtime.

Cessna 073 is cruising.

Cessna 25R was approved by the FAA yesterday for her repairs. We expect her on the line this week. Huzzah!



We are all at the Cessna Pilot Center conference in Las Vegas this week -- our annual pilgrimage to give Martha King noogies on her chia-head. The office will be acting in a reduced capacity until Thursday -- please be nice to Nick in our absence, and we can attend to any issues on our return.

That's all I know at the moment!

Blue Skies,

- Mike

Osh Kosh warm-up...

Pilots!

We are starting to finalize our plans to fly-out to Osh Kosh Airventure 2010! If you missed my earlier post, here's the current plan:

We are tentatively leaving on Saturday morning, July 24, returning Friday July 30, in a caravan of Bonanzas once more, staying at a rented private home which is across the street from the North 40.



It's Aviation Mecca.

Anyway, we are finalizing plans now -- last year's fuel split was appx $440, and covered 5+ hours of HP/Complex time, and of course, a week at Osh, a "real" cross-country flight, and that wicked amazing Osh Arrival NOTAM.

Drop me a line for details! It's not too late -- we're still formulating the plans and the planes. mike@flycorona.com if you'd like more info.








Some quick maintenance updates:

Cessna 630 isn't bugging anyone.

Cessna 68U is cruising just fine.

Cessna 739 will be in for a quick-turn 100hr tomorrow.

Cessna 17J has a new new new new.. (etc) Transponder.

Cessna 25R, I jinxed it last time. No comment. :)

Bonanza 11N has new tires and a new pilot-side PTT switch. We are still formulating the "Vee up" yoke switch, we want to get it right -- sorry for the delay.

Skylane 073 isn't bothering anyone.



Someone is trying to talk me into a Decathalon or an Aeronca Champ LSA again. Pesky taildragger pilots.

We are actively shopping for another 172 M, N, P, or R model.



That's all I know at the moment.

Blue Skies!

- Mike