Many of you have been flying with us long enough to remember Cessna 72F, a 150 whose wings were prematurely clipped by a freakish windstorm, and weak and rusty tiedown cables.
Friend of the school Sam D. has been working on making 72F live again -- in the form of a flight simulator! Check out the excitement Roman has for the idea that he can take his work home with him now, and fly 150s all day and all night! woo woo!
What a cool contraption!
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Some other news:
We are ordering a new radio and sun visors for Cessna 68U
04H will be going down soon for a new nose bowl and a look at an errant heater hose that we keep hearing about. The "swedish sauna skyhawk" is apparently not appreciated.
Cessna 17J is in for 100hr inspection. We expect her back up tomorrow.
Piper 85Y is apparently in need of a new crankshaft. We hope this is the last excuse for her endless overhaul. Pilots affected by the 85Y downtime, please get in touch with the office if you would like to help us with the engine break-in (free of charge) We will do the first few hours, but we're happy to share the balance of them.
I appreciate everyone's patience with the twin this year. High Maintenance doesn't seem to encompass the situation, and all of the words which do are not fit to print. I assure you, we're as frustrated as you are.
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Hot and even Humid lately! My goodness. Pilots, be advised that with Density Altitudes approaching 3500' lately, climb performance is reduced, and mixture settings should lean appx 1-2" to compensate for the thinner air.
Hot is okay, but hot and wet is unacceptable. The linemen army will be doing rain dances in the hangar until this nonsense goes back east where it belongs. Rain dances? Okay, maybe we'll make sure they do them on their head, perhaps to get the reverse effect. It's all we can do.
Stay cool. Drink water. Hang out in the office and soak in the A/C. There are people wishing they could fly like us -- it's a small price to pay!
Blue Skies,
- Mike
