The new week

Pilots!

Please join me in congratulating US Private Pilot Wes M., who today earned his wings in Cessna 08V, with DPE Tom Hamm.

Congratulations, Wes!



Cessna 17J returns today from Long Beach after having her copilot door repaired. We still do not know the cause of the door jamming the way it did, but it bears mentioning: The co-pilot door is both locked and unlocked from the inside of the aircraft in 17J. It appears that someone attempted to force entry from the co-pilot side, and did so with enough force to shear part of the door latch mechanism. Please be kind to our aircraft, and ask the office if something seems to be requiring too much effort.

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Cessna 68U will be in for 100hr this week.

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We are on an AROW document witch-hunt. We have ordered new Airworthiness and Registration cards for the entire fleet, since one plane was found to have a ratty A/W card. Please inform the office if your aircraft's POH or Weight/Balance sheets appear to be illegible or incomplete in ANY way, so that we may replace them promptly.

Great flying lately. Grab some sky.

Blue Skies!

- Mike

Turning wrenches, turning props.

Pilots,

Cessna 20U has returned with a strong and clean wing, courtesy of our friends at Procraft. Fresh from her 100hr, we expect 20U will be ready to stir up some sky.

Cessna 68U, who has been carrying 20U's water, will be going down intermittently for maintenance, since the squawks are starting to stack up a bit. Additionally, 68U's 100hr will be due next week, so expect some downtime for 68U in the coming week or two.

Cessna 08V looks cute with her new spinner.

Reports are that both 68U and 04H have their shimmy dampener problems fixed.

I believe that's it for the moment... fun flying lately, and the weather could not be sweeter.

Blue Skies,

- Mike

Welcome back to California!

Pilots!

Blue skies and sane winds seem to have returned to fashion, and this strange blustery winter wonderland seems to be gone! Whew! Time to dust off the headsets and grab some sky, Cali-style... not Nebraska style.



Please join me in congratulating U.S. Private Pilot Eddie R. who did just that, and completed his checkride successfully with DPE Tom Hamm in Cessna 04H this morning! Well done, Eddie!

We will be performing varied maintenance this evening to overhaul 2 nosewheel shimmy dampeners which are out of spec, as well as a bevy of other squawks that are annoying everybody. Cessnas 68U and 04H are primarily in the crosshairs for this work. Cessna 08V is not off the hook, however, and will be getting a spinner for her prop, and a few other adjustments.

Cessna 20U has had her wing examined, and the corrosion found is not severe. We are having maintenance perform anti-corrosion treatment on the affected areas, and the whole wing, so that we can avoid repeating this problem again! 20U is slated to return at the end of the week, and our thanks to Eagle-eye Dave from DP Air for catching that little spot of future trouble during her annual!

Cessna 17J just rocks. Thanks, Julie!



Rumors are that CFI Jeremy is walking now, and his recovery is expected to be swift. No ETA yet on his return to California, but we are hoping to see his smiling mug soon, perhaps early March.

Holy cow, it was nice flying this weekend... and after 3 or 4 weeks of insane-o winds, I think it is high time, too! 2007 should be an excellent year for flying, and we have some plans in store to make it even better. Thanks for flying with us in 07!

Blue Skies!

- Mike