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Club Membership: Getting for what one's wished
I posted this to the mailing list for the club to which
I belong, and I thought people here might appreciate it too. When I joined the club a few months ago, a major motivation was to learn more about the "operations" side of aircraft. To my mind, this meant maintenance. As a renter, that side of things - outside of required inspections and such - was a black box to me. I hoped to learn more participating in the club. I'm a lucky fellow, I guess. A club 172 wouldn't start this morning. I got to watch it tugged to MD's hanger, and peer over the shoulder of Tom as he looked at it "naked" (I cannot remember the last time I looked closely at a plane sans cowling). I learned that one wires the frame to the engine when trying to start the engine with the cowling top off to prevent the frame from hitting the spinner. I learned that there is a single "starter" magneto (although I think I actually knew that already). I learned that the engine won't start if something's amiss with the single starter magneto. I learned that it might be something like "a wiring problem", or that it might require replacement of the magneto. I learned that, when leaving an airplane with maintenance, one doesn't use the cover or brakes, but one does put the control lock into place. I learned that airplanes look rather unhappy when left with maintenance with the cowling off. I also had the opportunity to call the person with a booking later today to give him the Bad News. I didn't really have the full experience of that, though, as I had to leave a message with his voicemail. I did also send what I think was a "text message", just as a backup. I'm getting what I said I wanted, right? One of the notes I received in response was: Welcome to the world of airplane (co)ownership. - Andrew |
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