Working on the projects

 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

There are always planes to fix and a common fix is the left wing tip, aileron and elevator. Bou once in a while you just got to fly.

 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. 

We have two long term projects that we are finally closing in on and going to take both to Oshkosh, just for the fun of it. The 170 B has been a customer project and the Customer is the best customer ever! It is truly a beautiful 170B, the other is our 180J, 1974, Toal…

 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…

Slowly climbing out of the rabbit hole. Had to replace the Vertical rear spar and both bulkheads and make sure all was right when reassembled to make sure we did not repeat the mistake that was done the last time the tail was apart.