Two green, no red, one in the mirror....(long)

My friend bought the plane used. The
plane had hydraulic hoses that were original (25 years old) and he
instructed his A&P/IA to replace them at annual. The guy didn't, and
he also didn't tell my friend that he didn't.

My friend sold the Cardinal and bought a Bonanza. He won't let the
same A&P/IA work on it anymore, and has begun to do much of his own
work, having learned that you can't trust a shop.

I'm curious if the first A&P claimed to have replaced the hoses (and included
it in the maintenance entry).

Michael wrote:

My friend sold the Cardinal and bought a Bonanza. He won't let the
same A&P/IA work on it anymore, and has begun to do much of his own
work, having learned that you can't trust a shop. He has had years of
incident-free flying. It's a MAJOR challenge to get his wife into the
airplane.

I've blacklisted mechanics as well. I've not had to blacklist a plane
(although I almost bought a fixed gear Cardinal once, the school I learned
to fly had two RG's and I knew all about their "sudden loss of hydraulic
fluid" problems. Both had been geared up at least once as a result.).

Oddly enough, the first time I took Margy flying, we hit a bird and punched
a hole in the wing from the leading edge back to the spar. She was acutally
MORE confident about flying in small planes after that.

Great post Len. Glad to hear that it worked out the way it did. Sounds
like you guys kept your cool, kept flying the plane, etc. Thanks for
posting.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student-Student Arrow Buyer

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:11:52 -0800, "Len"
wrote:

I definitely have to say, it was one of my most useful flights.

Apparently it's true that when you have problems like this declaring
an emergency really is a good idea. Nice to hear that the fire dept
was out there ready and waiting to come put out the plane if there was
a problem.

Another option you might like to consider for "next time" is to get another
aircraft to take a look from underneath (preferably 2 crew; 1 being an
engineer with binoculars).

Also, in many aircraft it can be "deduced" that all 3 are down and locked if
the in-transit light is OFF (after being on whilst the gear really is in
transit). "Insert usual disclaimers here etc" - but it's another clue to
help you make the best decision.

Cheers,

CC