Airplane Owner Maintenance

A Maintenance Oriented Podcast For Airplane Owners, Pilots, and Mechanics

Month: November 2020

162 – Giving Thanks for my Good Friend Jonathan Brush

November 26, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Without Jonathan Brush, this podcast might not exist! I’m super-thankful for his part in pushing me to launch this whole thing. I think you’ll enjoy the conversation with him today.

At the end of the podcast, I asked Jonathan to talk a little about the organization he leads, called Unbound.

If you’re curious after hearing about it, or if you have high school age or young adult kids, check out BeUnbound.us for more info.

The phone number is on the top left corner of the website, and if you call, you’ll be able to speak with a real person!

In this episode, I also listed all the guests who have been on the podcast up to this point. Here they are in order:

  • Morgan Showalter (my daughter) episode 002
  • Maria Showalter (my wife) episode 022
  • Mike Busch  episode 054
  • Bret Chilcott 055
  • Paul New 061
  • Brian Holmes 076
  • Cindy Ferek 125
  • Drew Wright 131
  • Carl Valeri 135
  • Joe Godfrey 144
  • Aram Basmadjian 147
  • Jim Weir 148
  • John and Leslie Caubble 149, 150
  • Jessica Spangler 160

Thanks so much to each of you for the great conversations!

Our sponser for this episode is PilotWorkshops.com

Go to the website and sign up for the free “Tip of the Week.” And while you’re there, take a look at the fantastic book: Airplane Engines – A Pilot Friendly Manual.

Today, I’m offering a Thanksgiving special price on my “Safety Wire Like A Pro” video tutorial course. Today through midnight Eastern Standard Time on December 3rd, you can get the course at a 20% discount.

The normal price is $97, but for the next week, you pay only $77 when you enter the code “thanksgiving2020“

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The course has 15 videos, covering topics like safety wiring an oil filter, a brake caliper, fixing backwards safety wire, good and bad safety wire, how far you can twist safety wire until it breaks, and much more.

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Enter “thanksgiving2020” and you’ll receive $20 off, and pay only $77.

Check it out today, and let me know what you think.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and God bless you!

161 – Tobin’s Cherokee Six

November 21, 2020 / / 2 Comments

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Our sponsor for this episode is PilotWorkshops.com

Be sure to sign up for the “Tip of the Week” and you’ll receive a short, but valuable tip to make you a better pilot… it’s a fun way to learn! Click here for details.

PilotWorkshops also has an excellent resource for learning about engines… it’s called “Airplane Engines – A Pilot Friendly Manual.” Click here to check it out.

This week, I have a little request… my daughter just launched a new podcast called “Play Piano by Ear.” Please help me surprise her by subscribing and/or sharing it with anyone who might be interested:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/play-piano-by-ear/id1541056398

You can also find her on Instagram: search “music minute with morgan.”

In today’s episode, I’m sharing some noteworthy items we discovered on Tobin’s Cherokee Six:

Prop control rod end bolt loose… check out the video:

An oil leak at one of the top crankcase bolts:

Sealing exhaust leaks by cleaning flanges, installing 4 new studs, and installing 4 new gaskets:

Tightening the TruTrak autopilot roll servo cable… the video shows how loose it was:

Fixing stabilator trim issues…

Broken pulley, worn spacer, and worn bolt:

Replacing a frayed trim cable:

This cable often frays in the area that goes around the pulleys on the electric trim servo:

Worn grommets at yoke shaft wiring:

Replacing a vacuum regulator filter that had not been installed properly the last time:

There you go… a sampling of the squawks we fixed for Tobin.

I was totally impressed with the way Tobin takes care of his airplane… and I was just as fascinated with the business he’s in…

Tobin told me, “We are like the wedding planner for office moves.”

Isn’t that great?!

If you need to move an office space, be sure to check out ReloStrategy.com They take care of ALL the details, not only moving and designing the layout, but also tending to details like the wifi connections and the water for the coffee pot!

Note especially the “About” page and read about Tobin and his wife!

One last friendly request: Please help me surprise my daughter by subscribing to Morgan’s new podcast or share it with someone… thank you so much!

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160 – Jessica Spangler Becoming an A&P in Cameroon

November 8, 2020 / / 0 Comments

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Jessica is our special guest on the podcast today. She and her husband Mark, along with their 5 kids, are serving with a mission organization in Cameroon, Africa. Mark flies helicopters, and Jessica works in the maintenance shop, with plans to get her A&P certificate. I think you’ll enjoy her story!

Instagram: Spanglers_in_Cameroon

Check out the crew Mark and Jessica work with in Cameroon:

Be sure to listen for Jessica’s story in today’s podcast, about the time this wrench accidentally shorted across the battery terminals of a helicopter… in fact, it was this story that prompted the interview with Jessica!

Our sponsor for this episode is PilotWorkshops.com

Listen in today’s episode, for another good reason to buy a copy of the new book about airplane engines… there are a couple pages that compare 3 different manufacturers of induction filters and things to be aware of.

Click here for more info about the book.

One more thing about PilotWorkshops.com: One of their most popular free resources is the “Pilot’s Tip of the Week.”

Another highlight this past week was the day Kurt and Karen visited our airport at KSHD, and Classic Aviation LLC. They both work in aviation, and they wanted to get a sightseeing tour. Cindy, one of the local flight instructors, was happy to provide the flight… The weather was perfect, and the experience was fantastic!

Kurt and Karen topped the day off by taking Maria and me to lunch at our local Valley Pike Farm Market… and it turns out it was their wedding anniversary… congratulations Kurt and Karen, and thank you for lunch!

As we approach Thanksgiving season, here are a couple things you can be looking for on the podcast:

  • On Thanksgiving Day, I’m planning to release a special episode. A very good friend of mine has agreed to let me interview him, and I’m super-excited to introduce Jonathan Brush to you. Without him, the Airplane Owner Maintenance podcast might not exist. I can’t wait for this episode!
  • I’m also planning to offer a Thanksgiving discount for the “Safety Wire Like A Pro!” video training course… I’ll provide information for that in the Thanksgiving Day episode.

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