Recent content by Stephen F

it was shocking to me as well. Know that I got several pireps. Two thoughts: 1) people are mixing their thoughts between John Jewell and Kennett Jewell 2) A broken clock is right twice a day. however, in the aftermath, I’ve had a plethora of poor reviews come through my inbox. I don’t know why...

yeah. That’s pretty wild right? I think he was just desperately clawing for some reason to justify not fixing what even he admitted was a **** job. That’s really the most disappointing part of it all. He admitted, even under his own lousy standards that they did a **** job, but just simply...

correct. I made sure to cover this common confusion in the posting. Sucks for John Jewell, maybe helpful for Kennett Jewell that it’s a common confusion.

good question. I covered it a little bit in the post but, long story short, the engine before the Jewell work only had 600 hours on it before it started making metal. So, definitely an infant mortality. I’m generally not a Penny pincher when it comes to Mx, but it’s tough to swallow a crème de...

Zephyr was spot on with price. I just wish I’d have gone with them to start… not unreasonable as I’m sure you know.

Cont'd... The Aftermath I think I flew it around the patch 2 or 3 more times, just running it hard, trying to get some break in hours knocked out. I started thinking well, gee it seems to be running pretty good. Maybe they just had a bad go of it with this mechanic that they fired. The...

...Cont'd Your Airplane will be ready Friday. It was a Tuesday or Wednesday. Middle of the week. I received a phone call from Dave Jewell that says, “OK your airplane will be ready to go Friday. We are finishing up the installation and my Dad is going to fly it Thursday.” The surprise to...

Hey Guys, I posted this in another aviation forum, but I got some of my research off this page when I decided to take my engine there for overhaul. Figured I'd pass the message along for the next guy to review... Pictures limited to 10. Here is my long awaited report on Jewell Aviation...

This company is an absolute joke. A friend had his bird painted here. It was a disgusting experience and the paint looked terrible. It’s not even a 50 footer. It looks bad from 80 yards.