In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:
For several years now I've taken advantage of the rule that allows you to do
your annual on a 13-month (rather than 12 month) basis, by simply finishing
the annual on the 1st of the following month each time.

Now it seems this procedure has come back to haunt me, as my annual this
year is scheduled for JUNE -- smack in the midst of prime flying time.

There's no law that says you *have* to move them forward. Our club has
always moved ours forward until they're in February or March, and then
leave them there - that way the annuals happen when the weather sucks, and
it's fresh when the flying season starts.

leading edge of the wing) anyway, I've decided to have my A&P do the annual
at the same time, while the weather sucks.

Anyone else done this? I feel like I'm ripping myself off, somehow, but I
don't want the plane to be down in the summer, either...

Yeah, we'll do it when we're doing an engine replacement or after a goose
strike
(http://teacher.nsrl.rochester.edu/Fl...ike_Part1.html)
(You'll notice that whenever AvWeb illustrates a story about bird strikes,
they use pictures that they got off that page. What you don't know is
that they never asked permission to use the pictures. Never have,
actually. The guy who took the pictures says he doesn't mind - if it was
me I'd tell that they owed me a free subscription to IFR and IFR
Refresher for that.)


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