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181 – Strut Webinar Replay and Video Course Are Ready!

We had a great webinar last evening! Thanks to all who showed up on the call.

If you were not able to join us, but would like to see the replay, here’s the link:

The webinar replay will be available for the next 7 days.

Additionally, the much more detailed training is now available in our newly created Shock Strut Servicing Video Course.

Special bonus until Monday, July 5th at 12 midnight Eastern Daylight Time:

If you purchase the “Landing Gear Shock Strut Servicing” video course by that time, you’ll be included in two Q&A calls later in August, where you can ask me anything about shock struts or any related topics. I’d love to see you in those calls!


As promised, here’s a photo of the mix-matched brake parts I discovered this past week on a Piper Saratoga:

The metallic linings on the left are the correct ones; the organic linings on the right are the wrong parts! They were just sort of “riding free” on the pins of the backplate… it’s a good thing they didn’t fall out!

I think all my fellow A&P’s and IA’s out there will get a big kick out of this one… we see some crazy things in airplane maintenance!


Will I see you at Oshkosh / Airventure this year?

I’ll be presenting two presentations:

First one: “Lapping Valves and Saving Cylinders” on Thursday evening 4:00-5:15 pm in Workshop Classroom C.

Second one: “Borescope Your Own Exhaust Valves” on Saturday morning 8:30-9:45 am in Workshop Classroom A.

I hope to see you in one or both of those presentations!

Happy 4th of July, and have a great week!


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180 – Almost Time for Oshkosh 2021!

It’s almost time to make the journey to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for Airventure 2021!

I hope to see you there… I’m super excited to give 2 presentations this year:

Here’s the first one:


Lapping Valves & Saving Cylinders
Thursday, July 29 · 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM in Workshop Classroom C.

And the second presentation:


Borescope Your Own Exhaust Valves
Saturday, July 31 · 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM in Workshop Classroom A.


One of my favorite memories from the 2019 show was on Saturday evening when Julie Clark gave her final Oshkosh performance in her T34 Mentor, as she was planning to retire.

The performance was absolutely incredible… so peaceful and smooth… the weather was perfect, and I also remember one of the songs that was playing during her performance… “God Bless America.”

In researching for this episode, I found a video of portions of Julie’s performance, as well as a phenomenal recording (not from Oshkosh) of the song, God Bless America. Perhaps you’ll enjoy these… I sure did!


Many of you have registered for the shock strut webinar coming up on Friday, July 2, 2021 at 8pm Eastern time. If not, you can learn more by clicking the button:

So far we have 72 people registered, so there’s space for 28 more.

I’ve got helpful photos and tips to share, but I also want to reserve plenty of time for questions as well.

If you know of someone who might want to learn about landing gear shock struts and keeping them serviced properly, I’d be grateful if you’d share this link with them:

AirplaneOwnerMaintenance.com/shockstruts


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179 – Help! I Took A Turbo Apart

Listen to the podcast episode to hear how Jeff bailed me out on this one! (The gasket between the halves of the turbo broke as I was trying to rotate the halves to reseal an oil fitting.)


We also talked in this episode about two upcoming opportunities:

  • I’ll be presenting a Zoom webinar on Friday, July 2. The topic is “Best tips for servicing an airplane shock strut.” You can sign up and register here: AirplaneOwnerMaintenance.com/shockstruts (There are only 100 spots for this presentation.)
  • Also on that same day, July 2, we will be launching the Shock Strut Servicing Video Training Course. There will be information during and after the webinar for how to take advantage of the video training.

Thanks everyone, and have a great week!

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