There is a light at the end of our maintenance tunnel -- here is what I know:
Cessna 630 is back in action, for XC flying ONLY (no touch n goes, for the next 5 hours) -- we are breaking in hew new cylinders, and she will be running "blue stripe" oil for these hours. We will change her back to red stripe when the hours have been put on her, likely Friday or Saturday.
Cessna 68U has a temporary radio, and we are getting both of her regular radios repaired.
Cessna 20U has her new engine cylinder, with new ignition harnesses on order -- and will be back in action on Friday.
Cessna 04H will return from her 100hr tomorrow afternoon, she enjoys a new air box and sundry and routine tweaks.
Cessna 1ES is behaving. Thanks, 1ES!
Cessna 17J is behaving. Kudos, 17J!
Cessna 25R has her nosewheel shimmy solved, again, hopefully for good this time -- we found her nosewheel rather out of balance, and it was causing odd vibrations. She has returned to service with crossed fingers. Pilots, please let us know if you are experiencing shimmy issues, or if you are NOT experiencing them. We want to know about either situation.
Piper 85Y is behaving. High five, 85Y!
Piper 85Y will go down for Annual on May 1. We expect a detailed Annual at that time -- even though we've had a detailed last 18 months. We want to thresh out the remaining bugs. Expect a 2 or 3 week downtime.
Everyone else is pretty well caught up.
We will be printing "dispatch sheets" for the aircraft books, which show the times remaining on the major inspections, so you can verify AV1ATE compliance on every flight. Look for these soon.
We have our new physical hangars worked out -- we will be spending the rest of... well, forever, probably... getting the organization stuff worked out.
That's it for now.. woo hoo, the blustery weather makes for fun landings!
Blue Skies!
- Mike
