A whole bunch of nothing going on lately, but the winds are finally providing some cause for discussion.
The Santa Ana winds typically arrive in autumn and will cause winds to blow offshore -- meaning we favor runway 7 at Corona, a wild and woolly approach that can challenge the best pilots in high wind speeds -- the trees west of the runway throw up a litany of air pockets that you get to fight through.
I always recommend pilots get some landings in on runway 7 when the wind conditions favor it -- it's great practice, and keeps you on your toes!
In other news...
Cessna 630 completed a 100hr
Cessna 68U completed a 100hr
Cessna 739 has eaten 3 tachometers. We do not understand why. She seems to be holding for the moment.
Cessna 17J isn't bothering anyone
Skylane 073 is cruising
Bonanza 11N has had her yoke "pinned" in place now, no more loosy-goosy yoke bar with the Vee up.
There was a power outage at the airport yesterday, which killed the lights and our Monty-Hall voiced AWSS weather station. (so, some bad, some good) It also coincided with our complete network rewiring project. Some of the office PCs may be out of service until we complete the reconfiguration.
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We are moving to a "phased" maintenance approach with our planes. You may see 4-hour slices of "maintenance" on the schedule at the last minute -- this will be us getting an advance look at engine, airframe, and wings, each in 4-hour increments. The idea will be to minimize downtime at the 100hr/annual inspections, which often run into 3 days or more.
That's all I know at the moment.
Blue Skies,
- Mike
