Let’s hope that 2026 is a peaceful year where the rest of our non aviation world can come together and realize we have more in common that not. The one thread that holds us all together is aviation, it always amazes me when we sit around a fire and chat how different we all are…
This is a really cool modification to get the real bush look to an early 182, the nice thing is the tall gear these 182’s came with. More prop clearance is great but what you really need to be careful of, speaking from a maintenance side is what happens if you don’t keep your CG…
The Champ is back in the Air! The O 235 sounds so sweet and when you get to run it a full throttle for a few hours to break in the cylinders it is even better. And the boss is back up and running after a brief hiatus in the lazy boy…..Ribs are still talking…
I am healing up but in the time I am out of the shop things still go on….. Max and I decided to leave the bottom end of the O-235 alone and just put new cylinders on the Champ. These cylinders came with the Champ when we bought it and for good reason. You always…
Sometimes going fishing in hindsight may not have been the best idea and that branch you decided to hold on to might have not been the best choice. The fateful sound of the crack of that branch was what sent me off a big rock and down a hill that produced 4 broken ribs and…
All my planes wen this year to Johnson Creek for the 180/185 fly in, a good time had by all. We had the two lowest horse power planes at the fly in a Cessna 120 and my Champ. Our crew numbered 6, Max, Danny, Aaron, Riley, Wade in his 120 and myself in my 180….
I am not sure what I am doing but Bentley Air just moved hangars, what becomes vividly clear is how much stuff you have. But in the end if you ever get there it is worth it.
Two left and one right Cessna 170 elevators and one Vertical Stab with damaged top. One left 170 elevator is serviceable the others are rebuildable cores.
Had to go down to San Francisco to repair a Beaver, life is hard on a plane that has to sit day after day in the salt mash of the Bay. Thanks to my side kick and son we hammered it out and the customer was happy. Road repairs to plane and truck.
Just spent a few days at Ryan Field by West Glacier, great place. Flew back to Kalispell and rented a car and drove the going to the sun road… Great trip and a big thanks to the RAF.
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