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A podcast devoted to airplane owners and the maintenance of their airplanes.
(Scroll down for video and photos.) When Dan, the owner of a nice A36 Bonanza called me and reported a “clunking noise” at the r...
This exhaust valve in a turbo-normalized A36 Bonanza looks quite good. The appearance is mostly concentric and uniform. There’s just t...
It was a gorgeous VFR day, and we were flying in an Aerostar 601. The destination was an airport in Alabama and I was really looking forward...
In the last podcast episode, we talked about an issue with my friend’s Cirrus SR22, and how the flaps occasionally would not retract....
Don’t you just love intermittent problems?! This one has been just that… intermittent. In the 2005 Cirrus SR22, the flaps have 3...
This experience was a good one! (At least looking back in 2020 hindsight.) We had to dig deep to fix this one! I was about to give up and st...
This morning I felt the inspiration to record a podcast episode… I got my hotel room set up with my computer and my microphone, and th...
(If you’re in a hurry, scroll down to see the tiny little chafed wire that caused this whole conundrum.) Now here’s the story...
Bennett contacted me awhile back to see if I could lap an exhaust valve for him. The #4 exhaust valve showed a very uneven appearance when v...
If you look closely in the photo above, you can see my friend Chris, smiling. It was the day he arrived at Classic Aviation (KSHD) to begin...
Today’s episode is about Pat’s Mooney, and how we sealed up some exhaust leaks. And it’s a fun story because Pat has becom...
Last Monday, I lapped the #5 exhaust valve on a Continental engine. But more importantly, I met the owner / pilot of a Turbo Centurion, and...
Everything looks normal in this photo, right? What we can’t see from this angle is the fact that the brake disc has broken in two piec...
This story begins with a squawk from the owner. It went something like this: “When I fly my airplane, on the first landing gear retrac...
The week I’m talking about here was almost too full! But I wouldn’t change a thing. A real highlight was taking my Pennsylvania...
During a recent prebuy evaluation on this nice Beech A36 Bonanza, the question came up, “Does the old analog CHT gauge need to work in...
This airplane appeared on the ramp not long ago at the Shenandoah Valley Airport in Virginia. I discovered it had taken off, and then very q...
In this podcast episode, we’re talking about alternator maintenance! Here’s the alternator I removed from a Beechcraft Bonanza t...
When it’s time to overhaul your engine, who do you call? Where do you go? Listen to this episode to hear ideas from other airplane own...
This ‘ol Piper Apache served me very well to get my MEI training and check ride done. Listen to the audio for this episode to hear how...
Note: Scroll down to see who I unexpectedly met in Florida this past week! Now for the Prebuy… it was some months ago, and I did a pre...
This podcast episode includes the following: Here’s a photo of the Piper Cherokee door stop I repaired by installing a new spring, P/N...
My CFII checkride is in three days! Yikes! I’m excited, and I have a few butterflies as well… I just hope they are friendly butt...
Check out this spare parts case my friend Bill created! Although you might not want to carry that much extra stuff in YOUR airplane, it stil...
The paint was eroding on the King Air 350 prop blades. After a lot of research for paint and new Hartzell decals, I was ready to begin. Here...
I’ll get right to it… I think it was because one of the brushes in the heater combustion fan motor was severely worn, and when t...
Mike Garcia has become a good friend over the past year or so. Recently we completed his annual inspection together, and he really enjoyed w...
Be sure to scroll down to see how my Maui Gold Pineapple plant turned out! (It’s been growing in a pot here at our house for a very lo...
In this week’s podcast episode, you’ll hear about: King Air flying. Listener feedback from the last episode on “Phantom Cy...
Do you think these really are cracks between the spark plug bosses and the fuel injector bosses? (Cirrus SR22 Continental engine.) The owner...
The charging system was not working, but why? There was normal voltage at the alternator field terminal. The field circuit resistance seemed...
Dan and Jeanne are some of the nicest people you will ever meet, so it’s always a privilege to work on their airplane. It was annual i...
This Bonanza had a problem in the landing light wiring circuit. All kinds of weird things were happening when the light was turned on in fli...
It was a beautiful Tuesday morning at KSHD, and we had the maintenance hangar door open with a good view of the runway. A nice, red and whit...
And the winner is… Ben Moroze! Recently, in podcast episode #223, I asked for help in identifying an ATC intersection we flew over on...
Recently, I received an email from Jim Janaitus, owner of a Cessna 182. He told me the story of lapping an exhaust valve on his engine becau...
In the beginning of this week’s podcast episode, I want to give a big congratulations to my friend, Chris Wieczorek, who recently got...
I inspected another A36 Bonanza recently, and one of the cylinder compressions was too low… lower than the minimum prescribed by Conti...
Maui is simply amazing! Maria and I thoroughly enjoyed our trip, and here are some highlights. (And for the aviation maintenance portion of...
We arrived on Maui the evening of March 27 and were greeted by our friends, John and Leslie Caubble, with a “lei greeting” which...
It took some significant detective work and deciphering to solve this mystery. The brake caliper at the top of the photo was the wrong part...
Not long ago, there was an oil leak on the right engine of a Cessna 414. The leak was significant enough to come out the louvers on the top...
I recently removed a magneto from a Piper Cherokee, and my curiosity about why the magneto had failed got the best of me. I took the mag hom...
Here’s the short answer: Worn and contaminated brushes inside the alternator. Check it out: My theory is that the excessive amount of...
Clark and his family came to Virginia to visit his mom recently, and on the way up from Florida, the right vacuum pump quit working… a...
This is a good looking exhaust valve with a nice concentric appearance. However, the compression was very low at 8/80. I lapped the valve, h...
Where are you RIGHT NOW in your aviation journey? Have you started flight training, but stalled out along the way? Did you finish that instr...
How long should the battery last in a small, piston-powered airplane? That’s a great question, and we are talking about it in this wee...
I had an opportunity to fly in an Aerostar the other day… it was going to be a fairly long trip to the destination, with one fuel stop...
Here are the highlights you’ll find in this podcast episode: My latest assignment at Classic Aviation – Installing the freshly o...