Recent content by Ryan

Deb, you are a life saver! As strange as it may sound, I also came across a 61 185. It was my grandpas and now it's mine. It's been sitting for about 15-20 years and the polished tail and wings have just been collecting dust and dirt. Hopefully with your guide, it will look as good as your...

Progress update, I have been at the ranch working on the airplane with my A&P for the last week. We have made solid progress towards getting the aircraft in shape to fly again. First thing we did was opening all of the inspection ports on the wing. We didn't find a bad amount of corrosion, so...

Sorry for the late reply, I have been at the house in Texas and the internet is a little spotty. Craig, I have been reading that service manual for more than everything! Lots of good information in that thing, My grandpa seems to say the same thing, you know him? :p We are located in south...

I am a step ahead of you on those first two. I've been going over the maintenance logbook, and it's going to need about 18 years of AD's to be complied with. And I have been trying to figure out how to proceed with the Inspections. Note, my airplane isn't that new... We will either be pulling...

As the title says, I finally graduated HS! Exciting times are ahead, like driving down to Texas from Minneapolis within the next few weeks to work on the Skywagon. Thank god for having a relative that is an A&P! Anyone have advice on how to proceed? Kinda in an interesting spot right now with...

Call me crazy, but I would do it for free just to get the flight hours. I sadly do not have my license at the moment. Starting Stage 3 part 141 in the next few days. Congratulations on your purchase! I hope you get your new baby home as safely and as quickly as possible.

Progress update Reviewed the logbooks, aircraft was treated with CorrosionX in the wings and the fuselage before being stored. Should be in good shape since it has been in the hanger. We have found a shop that can replicate the fuel lines we cant make and or purchase pre made from Cessna...

Hi Ron, I will look into Beegles as a sort of last resort. Luckily what needs to be done is not that complicated. Thankfully my grandpa is an A&P. We will both be going down to Texas for this summer to get to start some work on the airplane. The only things that really need to be messed now...

One step ahead of you on that one! I have an account with Cessna/Textron support, but I can not seem to find documents relating to my specific model. Always smart to be an informed owner!

@James331 Thanks guys, I will look into how I lay out my panel. Lots of money to spend in this area, that I don't want to spend :p @yetti Never thought about doing it that way with the MEL. That will get interesting pretty quick. @farmerbrake Thanks! These are good airplanes from what I hear...

Just gotta find someone that knows what's they are doing. Anybody have advice on this panel layout? It's on a 180/185.

In case you want to know what she looked like way back when, this is the best photo I got.

This is going to be a long reply, I'll try to answer everyone the best as I can. Let me start off by saying thank you to all of your input, I got more than I was expecting. I am just starting with a technical college this year, I will be moving back down to Texas once I am done. I have another...

Thank you! I am also a little biased about these 185's ;) I was talking with one of my 180 buddies and he is friends with the mechanics that did a full restoration from the ground up on a 61 185. Might even be the same airplane we are talking about! I guess I'm next in line for the pimp my...

I have a bit of an interesting situation with my newly acquired aircraft. I will try to clarify as much as possible. I'll start off by saying that my grandfather was the mechanic on his (now mine) 1961 Cessna 185. The airplane is located down half an hour past San Antonio, Texas. I am located...