Jay Honeck wrote:
So next year do the bulk of the annual on the 31st of March and screw in the
last nutplate on the 1st of April, when the signing takes place. Following
year 30th of April and the 1st of May. Now your annual is due in May. Or
June. Or July. Whatever fires your rocket.


We had actually started down that road, and realized that we were
moving our annual dangerously close to the sancrosanct Oshkosh Month of
July. We also didn't want to lose and of our precious warm weather
flying to an extended annual inspection.

The thought of missing OSH because of something stupid like waiting for
a part has caused us to actually move the annual UP a month this year,
just to get it safely back into the bad flying weather of March.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

But Jay, you miss the fun of test flying the airplane the night before
you leave for OSH!! Of course a nice little test flight not show you are
DUMPING fuel into the engine compartment (damn stuff vaporizes and you
can't see it on a hot engine). Made our shortest leg to OSH award.
Found and A&P and the problem, were on our way in half an hour. I HATE
annual before big trip stuff.

Annual now due in April. Might go to March next year, but it's warmer
in VA!

Margy