Aztec Driver
Line Up and Wait
Why is it that every time I want to take a trip, all planned for by the significant other, based on the fact that we own a plane and can fly it wherever and whenever we want, the miserable construct of pieced together metal always decides it wants to rest for a significant length of time just at that particular week?
Had a leaking strut the other week and had to pump it up several times over the course of the week. Took it in to be repaired. Came out of repair looking good. Took it out for some test flights and put it in the hangar. The next week I had to move it to another hangar and noticed some fluid on the wheel and floor. Took it back and they found the typical Comanche crack in the Oleo Strut Housing. Took a look at the other one and found the same crack. Then they looked at the nose strut and found a much larger crack. They tell me that these cracks were probably there for some time and the last couple of annuals they were missed. Time for my mechanic to get some glasses, or me to get another mechanic. The nose gear crack is huge, and not very long from a complete collapse. I should have seen it, but they say it was covered in enough grease to disguise it, but man is it plain to see without any dirt.
Wonderful. Now it sits waiting for the useable nose strut to arrive and waiting for the others to be sent back for repair.
So guess who has to drive 10 hours to get to the vacation spot?
Had a leaking strut the other week and had to pump it up several times over the course of the week. Took it in to be repaired. Came out of repair looking good. Took it out for some test flights and put it in the hangar. The next week I had to move it to another hangar and noticed some fluid on the wheel and floor. Took it back and they found the typical Comanche crack in the Oleo Strut Housing. Took a look at the other one and found the same crack. Then they looked at the nose strut and found a much larger crack. They tell me that these cracks were probably there for some time and the last couple of annuals they were missed. Time for my mechanic to get some glasses, or me to get another mechanic. The nose gear crack is huge, and not very long from a complete collapse. I should have seen it, but they say it was covered in enough grease to disguise it, but man is it plain to see without any dirt.
Wonderful. Now it sits waiting for the useable nose strut to arrive and waiting for the others to be sent back for repair.
So guess who has to drive 10 hours to get to the vacation spot?
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