by Mike Busch | Jun 1, 2019 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Understanding aircraft insurance If you own an aircraft, you probably have aircraft insurance. Whether it’s the right amount of the right coverages is worth exploring. Here’s what I’ve learned in my 50+ years of aircraft ownership plus extensive discussions with...
by Mike Busch | May 1, 2019 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Before doing something expensive or invasive, slow down “My Cirrus SR22’s oil pressure has been slowly decreasing,” reported Oliver, one of my company’s managed maintenance clients. “At full power the pressure used to be 41-43 PSI, but over the past three months it...
by Mike Busch | Apr 1, 2019 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Not preheating a cold engine is a effective way to damage it Preheating is important. A single cold start without proper preheating can produce more wear on your engine in less than a minute than 500 hours of normal cruise operation I’m often asked how cold it...
by Mike Busch | Mar 1, 2019 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Reviving an engine that has been inactive for months or years Piston aircraft engines hate to sit unflown. During lengthy periods of disuse, the protective oil film strips off critical surfaces like cylinder walls, cam lobes and tappet faces, exposing them to risk of...
by Mike Busch | Feb 1, 2019 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
When mechanics get interrupted, bad things can happen I was recently contacted by the owner of a Cessna Hawk XP (R172K)—I’ll call him “Sam”—who seemed rather shaken by a recent series of events. He told me he was a student pilot with solo flight privileges and ready...
