Store, Fly or Both
If you plan to store your airplane, treat the fluid and protect the engine from corrosion with a...
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Category: Maintenance
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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Replenishing the System: A DIY Guide to Oil & Filter Changes
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 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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Textron: Check Service Pressure In Your 172S Nose Landing Gear Strut
Textron issued Service Bulletin SEL-32-02 to inform owners of certain 172s that they should check...
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Why You Shouldn’t Paint Your Own Cessna Propeller
By Jim Cavanagh A member wrote in and sent pictures to our forum, showing a cancerous...
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