If you could make it to West Bend or preferably Waukesha, I would be glad
to give you a ride to Iowa City. I am free the weekend before OSH, and
could have you back in around an hour from when we met.

Thanks, Doc. We're still debating internally who (if anyone) gets to fly
the 'Coupe to OSH.

Yesterday I stopped over at Keith's shop for a cup o' joe, only to find him
and other-partner Bob replacing a jug! It seems that Keith took 'er up
for a test flight (after tinkering some more with the carb) and it just
"didn't feel right". After he landed he did a compression check, and
discovered one of the jugs was 40/80.

Of course it was the one that was a bit low at the pre-buy. Seems that an
exhaust valve decided it was time to leak -- with just 26 hours on that
cylinder.

Keith being Keith, he just "happened to have" a serviceable Continental
cylinder in his shop, left-over from some long-forgotten project, so within
two hours we had four good jugs with 78/80 compressions.

I tell ya, guys, having an A&P/IA for a partner is just hard to beat. If
that had happened to just Bob and me, we'd have been down for a week,
pricing our options, wringing our hands over brands and types, spending 1.0
AMU and untold hours of research. With Keith, a blown jug is just a minor
inconvenience...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"