UPDATE: This article says that it was, in fact, a rental from our flight school, although the family was from out of town. This article has a brief video. Here is the NTSB probable cause. Just a quick post so folks don’t worry, there was a crash at out airport with some injuries today. It wasn’t us. It looks […]
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Merry Christmas everyone. Well, it’s been a little hectic this week, but we did get our MT mounted on the fox. Its spinner mounts a little closer to the cowling than our Catto, so I need to clean the cowling just a bit before reinstalling it and running the engine to check the throw. But […]
Read MoreElizabeth went out to get some time on the airplane prior to us pulling the fixed-pitch Catto propeller. This may well be the last time we fly this prop, though we’ll keep it as a spare in case the MT needs service down the line. The weather was cool and calm, and with the new […]
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Christmas came early this year, and I got exactly what I wanted. A new prop! American Propeller did a great job getting it painted and assembled, and it was waiting for me when I got home. Let me tell you, these guys did not want this thing getting damaged in shipping! I think they wrapped it in Kryptonite, it […]
Read MoreOur prop should have shipped last week, and although I don’t have the shipping confirmation Kevin at American Propeller tells me that our custom paint (blue spinner and blue and yellow striped prop, check out the previous attempt on the ACI here) looks really sharp. We can’t wait to get it, and have told our maintenance […]
Read MoreOur prop is in California getting painted and assembled by American Propellor, and should ship in about a week. In the meantime, I’ve installed the prop cable bracket (at least the part the mounts under the starter, the rest needs to wait until I have the governor installed). Since the weather is cool and overcast […]
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