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 Bringing in the new year with a 182 firewall repair, not for the light of heart. The weather has been snow and ice here and has slowed all incoming parts and slowed the progress down in the mean time we are hard at work on our new project….a 180J

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…

 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…

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…

I do not think there is one part we have not touched on this 180. It is truly a feeling of accomplishment when you bring an airplane back to life and even more when it is a 180. We skipped the paint deciding that the paint could come later the fun part about leaving the…

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…

 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…

 Fabricated new inspection panels and doublers with the help of my CNC master and local machine shop…