On Dec 22, 2:19 pm, "Bud_of_yours" wrote:
How I flew my '68 Cherokee 140 to Savannah from Maine...

Bud,
Congratulations on the purchase of your first plane.
I assumed that the annual was done by a shop chosen by the previous
owner. Did you check on that shop reputation? The fact that the plane
was flown infrequently and the transponder did not work right after the
annual concerned me a bit.
Thank you for taking the time to write about your long cross country
flight. It was quite an eventful trip.
At first, I thought Barney's post was a bit harsh. On further
thought, I agreed with Tony that " threads and responses like these are
likely to make us all safer pilots.It's peer review at its finest".
If you have not already done so, I would suggest filing a NASA
report immediately.
I had recently discovered that you can signup to be on the mailing list
to receive "Callback" newsletters. The newsletters are also online at

http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/callback_nf.htm

Hai Longworth