New Tanks, Old Placards. Can You Change Them?
Q I have a 1975 182p with ASI (airspeed indicators) calibrated in mph on the outer...
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Maintenance
Hidden Cause of Corrosion: Why to Check Your Vibration Dampening Panels
By Elizabeth Gibbs As owners of legacy Cessnas, many of us are all too familiar with an airplane’s...
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Cessna Oil Change: How to Change the Oil Yourself
If you take your high-speed bug smasher to most shops for an oil change, you’ll pay full retail...
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How to Inspect Your Cessna’s Exhaust
The author’s Tri-Pacer developed exhaust problems shortly after purchase a couple years ago. By...
Read MoreHow Often Does Your Cessna Need to Fly?
People often say the best thing for the health of your plane is to ‘fly often.’ A&P/IA Paul New explains what “often’ means, and why it’s important
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How to Seal off the CO
Shortly after putting a CO Clip into our plane, we started seeing occasional alarms. The Cessna Carbon Monoxide search ensued.
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Point/Counterpoint: Do You Need an Air-Oil Separator?
Cessna Owner Magazine discusses whether or not your airplane needs an air-oil separator in this point/counterpoint article by a longtime pilot and an A&P/IA.
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New-to-You Cessna? Your First 4 Steps
Just bought a used, vintage Cessna? Here are the first four things you should do.
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Why You Should Properly Inspect Your Control Flap Cables
Your A&P should have already alerted you to this, Cessna Owner Organization webinar host Paul...
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Paul New Webinar Registration
Get access to an A&P/IA for four hours. Get your biggest problems solved. Get advice from...
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Magneto Gone Bad in Flight
What Went Wrong and What Went Right Thanksgiving started out OK. My wife and I were taking...
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How and Why to Clean Your Cessna Fuel Injectors
By Erich RempertA&P/IA Consultant An often-overlooked, easy, cheap, and sometimes...
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An Easy Way to Track Cessna Oil Leaks
By Ken Hoke, Member Buy an inexpensive black light flashlight to trace Cessna oil leaks and seeps....
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How to Pick an A&P
By Jim Gibertoni Over my 40 years of Alaskan flying, I have either hired or been involved with...
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The COVID Effect on Cessna Tire Supply
Photo courtesy of Jim Raeder Aviation Photography By Ken FaireVP of Sales-Marketing Desser...
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How to Check if Your Tire Is Out of Round
By Gary Van Dyke I’ve been fighting a shimmy on my Cardinal RG for a while. I had a fairly...
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Out of Hibernation, In the Air Again: Getting your airplane prepped for flying season
I think most can agree that this has been quite a unique winter. Some pilots did not fly because...
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Owner Maintenance: Make avionics part of your annual
Cessna in annual.Courtesy of Century Aviation This article brings me full circle. In March of...
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How to Practice Safety Wiring
Most of us leave the wrenching of our aircraft to the guy or gal with A&P after their name....
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Owner-Performed Preventive Maintenance: The mysteries of FAR 43
Photo by Jack Fleetwood (www.jackfleetwood.com) Whereas the party of the first part, acting as a...
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Spring Cleaning: 10 preflight pointers to prep your Cessna
Whether we intend to go flying or not, we pilots are fascinated (if not obsessed) with weather...
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Should You Store Your Cessna This Winter, or Fly It, or Both?
If you plan to store your airplane, treat the fluid and protect the engine from corrosion with a...
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Fall Checkup — Keep your airplane airworthy through the cold weather
By Scott “Sky” Smith This article started out with me thinking about what an aircraft owner can do...
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Preflight Like a Rookie
It’s a strange thing to behold — a rookie being a better pilot than most graybeards. But it’s true...
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How to Clean Your Yoke Shaft
I was talking to one of my mechanics, Stephen, the other day about my control yoke shaft binding...
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The Aesthetics of the Spinner
By Jim Cavanagh When you build or make anything, most of the time the real work goes unnoticed....
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Owner Maintenance: How to make flying more affordable without sacrificing safety
If you have your aircraft maintained by a certified mechanic, it shouldn’t be an insurance issue....
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Spark Plug Primer: Tips for changing and inspecting your spark plugs
By John Loughmiller Today’s task is to learn how to listen and watch for the signs that your...
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How to Change the Brake Pads on a Cessna
Excerpted from the June issue. Read the full article with pictures here. In their wisdom, the FAA...
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Listening To Your Engine
What Your Oil, Spark Plugs, and EGT Gauge Are Trying to Tell You Today’s task is to learn how to...
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