bought me an aeroplane

In article , Jim Weir wrote:
And, I can go to that airplane blindfolded and tell you what every single
bolt, nut, and fitting does. I can also tell you where the weak parts are,
and what I expect will happen should they fail.

This is utterly priceless.

There is nothing like rebuilding (or at least participating in the rebuilding)
of an airplane from the ground up. It never ceases to amaze me how many
people don't want to get involved in the maintenance of their airplane -
something breaks, they take it to a mechanic, he fixes it, they pay the
bill.

Knowing your airplane intimately is one of the great benefits of owning -
how can you do that if you've never even looked under the cowling, let
alone under the wing root fairings?

Tina Marie

Knowing your airplane intimately is one of the great benefits of owning -
how can you do that if you've never even looked under the cowling, let
alone under the wing root fairings?

On a lesser level (not all of us get the opportunity to rebuild an airplane
from the ground up) the owner-assisted annual is incredibly valuable. To
know how each part is attached, with what screw (or bolts, or nuts), where
it goes and what it does is worth any amount of hours invested.

I'm coming up on my sixth owner-assisted annual (third on this plane), and
I'm really looking forward to it. Despite everything we've done to our
Pathfinder, I guarantee I'll learn something new.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Well in my opinion I think that just owning is a learning experience and
well worth the money spent in education value. Cannot wait till I get my
service manuals so I can learn every thing about my airplane.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Knowing your airplane intimately is one of the great benefits of
owning -
how can you do that if you've never even looked under the cowling, let
alone under the wing root fairings?

On a lesser level (not all of us get the opportunity to rebuild an
airplane
from the ground up) the owner-assisted annual is incredibly valuable. To
know how each part is attached, with what screw (or bolts, or nuts), where
it goes and what it does is worth any amount of hours invested.

I'm coming up on my sixth owner-assisted annual (third on this plane), and
I'm really looking forward to it. Despite everything we've done to our
Pathfinder, I guarantee I'll learn something new.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

On a lesser level (not all of us get the opportunity to rebuild an airplane
from the ground up) the owner-assisted annual is incredibly valuable.

Yep. Just finished getting my bird back together. Had to do the Lycoming crank
inspection this time. Man, that junk inside is filthy!

George Patterson
Battle, n; A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would
not yield to the tongue.