Plane Maintenance
Spent the better part of the day getting the winter grime off the airplane and then waxing the entire surface. The tough thing about washing and waxing an airplane as opposed to an automobile is that you must do both the top and bottom of both wings and fuselage. This adds up to the equivalent of about 5 cars. But man does she look beautiful, and she'll fly faster, too.
Every 100 hours (about 3 times a year for me) I take the plane into my mechanic and we do a full inspection of all systems. This includes a full engine check over and service, plus inspection of fuel systems, electronics, airframe structure, brakes, tires, propeller and a whole lot more. Its a big job, but its nice to know that everything is being maintained and checked properly.
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Hi Tom,
Welcome to the wacky world of blogging!!! Hopefully you will have as much fun with this as I have, and maybe even get a little publicity for your charter business. Sounds like you as Sarah are doing great - congratulations on the pending "addition" to your family!!!
Talk to you later,
Dennis Schmidt
Posted by: Dennis | March 5, 2008 07:33 AM