Recent content by Boomer

Chances are your mechanic is subscribed to some form of an AD subscription service. Ad log is unnecessary unless that is his method and it helps you. Pay a little extra next annual and have him make you a brand new AD listing and clean out the old bundles of repeat, indecipherable old ad logs...

You don't mention how much time is on the engine after the top overhaul but if I were you (assuming break in is not compete) I'd get this sorted before flying too much more. I've seen a lot of people fry cylinders due to lack of awareness of what the temps were doing as an IA. I fried a set...

Nice job! Enjoy that ticket and fly safe. Keep up the good work and get that instrument next :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Read the AFD and comply with any and all restrictions. Or carelessly and recklessly don't. But if you value your ticket know in advance what operations you can or can't do at any facility or airspace you plan on visiting. A local airport by me (KOKB) had a no touch and go restriction for many...

I have probably 60 hours in an SR-22 (non-turbo, non fiki), and a few in the 20. I found it to be a very capable and responsive aircraft. In comparison the 20 is underpowered (IO-550-N in the 22 compared to the IO-360 in the 20). They are on the faster and slippery side. They certainly are not...

Forgetting for a second the shadiness of an owner performing non-43 Appx A approved maintenance tasks while their "mechanic" is hurriedly looking over the guys books in the back room.... If a guy won't trust me with his logbooks long enough to perform a proper log book audit and AD listing...

The logbooks are not "part of the airplane". Anyone who flys around with their logbooks in the plane is a fool for obvious reasons. They must be confusing the POH with required mx records. As an IA if someone were to come to me for an annual inspection and refused to let me have access to...