by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Harry based his 2006 Cirrus SR22 in Boca Raton, Florida. The summers there are hot and humid, so air conditioning is right up there with food, clothing and shelter. So when the air conditioning system in the plane quit working, Harry considered getting it fixed to be...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“Took my Piper Cherokee 140 to Awesome Aircraft Engines to diagnose and repair a problem with my brakes. Excellent service along with a very detailed work order made for great customer service. Shop owner Archie stands by his work and I will be back for future...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“I just landed at KMQY (Smyrna, Tenn.) to drop off my wife,” Lew told the lady who answered the SavvyBreakdown 24/7 toll-free hotline. “When I went to start engines on my 1968 Beechcraft D55 Baron for my flight home, the left engine started fine but the right engine...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“I just finished the annual condition inspection on my RV-10,” Bill reported on his SavvyAnalysis Pro ticket. “On the test flight, I was shocked to see that all the left bank CHTs (cylinders 2, 4 & 6) were around 30℉ higher than I have even seen before.” Savvy’s...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“I’ll be having the annual inspection of my 1998 Cessna 182 done at Caviar Aviation this year,” Ted advised his Savvy account manager Tom Cooper A&P/IA. “George is the Director of Maintenance (DOM) there, and I spoke with him to schedule my annual for the...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Trace owns a 1979 Cessna 182 Skylane. It’s his first airplane. During his first year as an aircraft owner, Trace devoured everything he could find about GA airplane maintenance. He read Mike’s books and watched a bunch of his EAA webinars. In fact,...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Tim bases his 1975 Cessna T210 in the Virgin Islands, and uses it mostly to fly throughout the Caribbean and sometimes to Florida. He first popped up on our radar screen when he called the SavvyBreakdown 24/7 hotline from his mobile phone. “I just landed in Antigua,”...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
The exhaust valve is by far the most likely component of a piston aircraft engine to fail catastrophically in flight. When an exhaust valve fails, combustion ceases in the associated cylinder. The engine loses power and starts running rough. In a single-engine...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
Marc was the owner of a 1974 Cessna 414 who recently came to the conclusion that it was more aircraft than he really needed, with a voracious appetite for fuel and an overabundance of moving parts, many of which are fabricated from unobtanium or unaffordium. So, he...
by Mike Busch | Dec 11, 2023 | Savvy Stories
“I flew my Skylane about three hours from Pompano to Tallahassee to drop off my daughter,” Alvin posted on his SavvyAnalysis ticket. “After refueling, I taxied out to take off for home. Although the plane performed beautifully on the flight to Tallahassee, on...
