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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Maintenance
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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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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Textron Service Bulletin Alert: Check Master Control Unit Wire Harness
Textron is telling owners of certain models to check the serial number of their Master Control...
Read MoreCessna Rudder Horn Corrosion Service Bulletin for 150/152
Cessna has issued Service Bulletin SEL-27-02 to alert 150 and 152 owners to watch for rudder horn corrosion. The Cessna Rudder Horn Corrosion Service Bulletin is downloadable below. EFFECTIVITY All airplane serials that have a...
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Wake Your Plane from Hibernation in 7 Steps
You can be sure that the first thing Yogi Bear and Boo Boo will do when they wake up in Jellystone...
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Cessna 206 Service Bulletin: Elevator Trim Stop Block Relocation
Cessna / Textron has released a Service Bulletin related to 206H and T206H Stationair and the...
Read MoreCessna Service Bulletin for McCauley Propellers
Service Information Notification McCauley has become aware of an unapproved variant of the McCauley P/N A-20028 idler governor gear bearing that may cause erratic governor behavior, including the inability of the governor to...
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Cessna Airplane Winterizing Checklists
Like it or not, winter’s coming. Don’t forget to prep your plane for the best flying of the year!...
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FAA Issues SAIB on Propeller Maintenance
Red dye observed in bolt holes. A recent accident involving an in-flight propeller failure and...
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