kimberlyanne546
Final Approach
I just got an email from my flight school. Based on the time I reserved the 172 they are taking the plane down today so that it will be ready for me and my Dad on Friday afternoon.
When I asked the volunteer, non pilot, girl who answers the phones (her SO is the main mechanic) what they were doing to my 172 she answered:
She "thinks" it is the 100 hour (we also do 50 hours)
She thinks they are fixing the muffler, finally (it would make a HORRIBLE noise at full power on takeoff on the ground which my CFI said was "normal" and I thought it would scare passengers)
So - I don't know why I was so concerned about safety - but I asked her - will I be the first to fly this plane? Or is it required to have a "test flight" after major maintenance? She wasn't sure.
Is there a higher rate of incidents right after work on planes is done? Obviously I will do a thorough pre-flight, and I don't think he'd forget to put a screw back in place etc but I suppose it bothered me that I would be the very first to fly it.
Perhaps I am overthinking this since my Dad (ex Air Force C130 pilot) will be my MOST important passenger to date.
Kimberly
When I asked the volunteer, non pilot, girl who answers the phones (her SO is the main mechanic) what they were doing to my 172 she answered:
She "thinks" it is the 100 hour (we also do 50 hours)
She thinks they are fixing the muffler, finally (it would make a HORRIBLE noise at full power on takeoff on the ground which my CFI said was "normal" and I thought it would scare passengers)
So - I don't know why I was so concerned about safety - but I asked her - will I be the first to fly this plane? Or is it required to have a "test flight" after major maintenance? She wasn't sure.
Is there a higher rate of incidents right after work on planes is done? Obviously I will do a thorough pre-flight, and I don't think he'd forget to put a screw back in place etc but I suppose it bothered me that I would be the very first to fly it.
Perhaps I am overthinking this since my Dad (ex Air Force C130 pilot) will be my MOST important passenger to date.
Kimberly