Reliability and Clubs...

In a previous article, said:
4)Took off in 172 to finish my IPC tonight and at 700 feet just off
the end of the runway the engine lost power for the longest 5 seconds
of my life. Returned to the field did a hard runup all normal.

Did you put on the carb heat?

Clubs vary in the quality of maintenance, but my feeling is that a 25 year
old plane with 5000 hours on it is going to have maintenance problems
whether you are paying the whole shot or just a share. And in a club, if
plane "A" is down for maintenance, you can switch to plane "B", which you
can't do if you own only one plane.

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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
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