by Mike Busch | Dec 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
When are manufacturer-specified inspection, overhaul and replacement intervals mandatory for a Part 91 operator? “It has been six years since your propeller was last overhauled, so we’re going to have to overhaul it this year as required by Hartzell.” “Your magnetos...
by Mike Busch | Nov 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
My 1979 T310R is equipped with a Shadin fuel totalizer which—like my fuel gauges—is calibrated in pounds of fuel (rather than gallons). So when the price of 100LL reached $6.00 per gallon, I half-jokingly turned to a pilot friend who was flying with me in the right...
by Mike Busch | Oct 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
You bought a $40,000 engine, and it turns out to be a lemon. That’s okay, you’re covered under warranty, right? Hmmm… On a breathtakingly beautiful spring day in April 2011, one of my clients landed his 1980 Cessna T210 at its home base—a high-altitude airport (5,000...
by Mike Busch | Sep 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
The rules about flying with inoperative equipment are complicated, and have changed a lot. Here’s the latest. Is your airplane squawk-free? I know mine isn’t. At any given point in time, you’ll find a yellow Post-it Note on the instrument panel of my 1979 Cessna T310R...
by Mike Busch | Aug 1, 2011 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
If your certificated aircraft needs a replacement part that’s ridiculously expensive or downright unobtainable, the FAA will allow you to produce one yourself. The 1960s and 1970s were the biggest years for production of piston GA airplanes. By the peak production...
