Max Gets His Private Pilots
Some times you have to just have to keep on running and sooner or later you will get where you are going but only to find that you are not at the finish.
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Customers project pick up
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.
Finished the 182
Put the final pieces back together on the 182, what a chore but it feels good to get it done now we can move on with all the work that has been backing up behind the 182. 2/3 of the work is putting the 182 back together, never goes back the same and always having…
What don’t you like about a Cub?
This Cub was built by a friend of mine who has built at least 10 cubs, he is getting along in years and this will be his final build. I am in the process of doing the final inspection, tweaking this and that. I rebuilt the engine a few years ago, a C-85-F, we weighed…
Max moves north
My son and mechanic, Max has moved North to Alaska! His first job as an aviation mechanic not in my hanger, nothing better than Alaska for a budding mechanic. He will be missed but it also means I get to visit……..Otters, Beavers, Cessna’s, anphibs, straight floats…..What more can you ask for…
I lost my co pilot
I am who I am because of my dad, my co pilot. He never was a pilot or a mechanic but when he asked me what I wanted to do with my life and I told him I wanted to be a pilot he said, “then you better be one”. He always backed me up…
Customers project pick up
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.
Finished the 182
Put the final pieces back together on the 182, what a chore but it feels good to get it done now we can move on with all the work that has been backing up behind the 182. 2/3 of the work is putting the 182 back together, never goes back the same and always having…
What don’t you like about a Cub?
This Cub was built by a friend of mine who has built at least 10 cubs, he is getting along in years and this will be his final build. I am in the process of doing the final inspection, tweaking this and that. I rebuilt the engine a few years ago, a C-85-F, we weighed…
Max moves north
My son and mechanic, Max has moved North to Alaska! His first job as an aviation mechanic not in my hanger, nothing better than Alaska for a budding mechanic. He will be missed but it also means I get to visit……..Otters, Beavers, Cessna’s, anphibs, straight floats…..What more can you ask for…
I lost my co pilot
I am who I am because of my dad, my co pilot. He never was a pilot or a mechanic but when he asked me what I wanted to do with my life and I told him I wanted to be a pilot he said, “then you better be one”. He always backed me up…
Customers project pick up
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.
Finished the 182
Put the final pieces back together on the 182, what a chore but it feels good to get it done now we can move on with all the work that has been backing up behind the 182. 2/3 of the work is putting the 182 back together, never goes back the same and always having…
What don’t you like about a Cub?
This Cub was built by a friend of mine who has built at least 10 cubs, he is getting along in years and this will be his final build. I am in the process of doing the final inspection, tweaking this and that. I rebuilt the engine a few years ago, a C-85-F, we weighed…
Max moves north
My son and mechanic, Max has moved North to Alaska! His first job as an aviation mechanic not in my hanger, nothing better than Alaska for a budding mechanic. He will be missed but it also means I get to visit……..Otters, Beavers, Cessna’s, anphibs, straight floats…..What more can you ask for…
I lost my co pilot
I am who I am because of my dad, my co pilot. He never was a pilot or a mechanic but when he asked me what I wanted to do with my life and I told him I wanted to be a pilot he said, “then you better be one”. He always backed me up…