180 day

 I bought this 56 182 and we finally finished the first annual in 8 years. It is a great looking and very straight the O 470L runs like a sewing machine what it lacks in radio it makes up in the way it flies. My son is using it to get his privates with  a…

 After a 1000 miles one way we picked up a 180 that has been sitting for 10 years. A Montana ranchers plane, he landed where only Buffalo and Indians roamed. The goal is a newly overhauled engine a handful of STC’s and a clean bill of health then back to the prairie. 

A friend and I flew to Reno in my 56 182, flew like it always has for the last 67 years, always amazes me. We met my son and went to the race on Saturday and enjoyed the company of the Condor Squadron and their T6, Barons Revenge. What a great group of people. Nothing…

Busy as always, I have the 182 flying and the kids are, as I was told ?flying the shit out of it?, what ever that means. I guess I do know what that means is my gas bill is only going up. Also have the Champ in the hanger getting its first annual in 18…

 Sometimes you just have to take a step to the side and help a Friend. He busted up a window in his Airstream and has been looking for 2 years to find someone to fix it, then a mutual friend said ” take it to John “, what are friends for? So I ended up…

After months of rehab 61A is getting near the end. As usual the last 10% is 90% of the job but it is all coming together. Overhauled gear from Landing gear works…..not cheap but not bent…