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| Subject: | [Please Read] - Last Official Day of List Fund Raiser! |
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| Subject: | Re: Commander 520 from 1953 questions. |
I thought I'd add an almost-one-year-ownership update on N20VE.
She spent about 4 months at Morris's place getting almost all the pre-buy squawks
taken care of. After that I got to fly her for a whole week (!) before it was
time for the annual. After the annual was taken care of, we flew to Chicago
with the intention of joining the fly-in in Detroit, but that didn't happen due
to two bad cylinders. Nervous A&P guy in Chicago wanted to condemn the cam
(which would have meant splitting the case and equaling a $40K overhaul..). Lycoming
thankfully agreed with JimBob and Morris, so I dodged that one. A month
later I picked her up and flew back to California without troubles - she ran
great. Had her here at home base at El Monte for some time but then the gear switch
fell out of alignment and I had to go to Morris to fix that.
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/stratobee#p/a/u/1/_rXRDMDsWxo
Of course we found a cracked stiffener in the from wheel well, so more downtime.
Day before yesterday the switch started playing up again and I took it to Chris
at Security Aviation in Hawthorne, and as they were wheeling her in, the front
gear collapsed and bent the two front doors. Better there than on the rwy,
I suppose...
I love the aircraft, but I do hope my batting average goes up a bit soon. I can't
continue having to do repairs for $500 each hour I fly for that much longer.
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Adam
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| Subject: | Re: Commander 520 from 1953 questions. |
I thoroughly enjoyed the video, Adam. Brought back some precious memories.
Eventually, you will have all the bugs chased down and plugged, I am sure.
Nico
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From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of stratobee
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:48 PM
Subject: Commander-List: Re: Commander 520 from 1953 questions.
I thought I'd add an almost-one-year-ownership update on N20VE.
She spent about 4 months at Morris's place getting almost all the pre-buy
squawks taken care of. After that I got to fly her for a whole week (!)
before it was time for the annual. After the annual was taken care of, we
flew to Chicago with the intention of joining the fly-in in Detroit, but
that didn't happen due to two bad cylinders. Nervous A&P guy in Chicago
wanted to condemn the cam (which would have meant splitting the case and
equaling a $40K overhaul..). Lycoming thankfully agreed with JimBob and
Morris, so I dodged that one. A month later I picked her up and flew back to
California without troubles - she ran great. Had her here at home base at El
Monte for some time but then the gear switch fell out of alignment and I had
to go to Morris to fix that.
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/stratobee#p/a/u/1/_rXRDMDsWxo
Of course we found a cracked stiffener in the from wheel well, so more
downtime. Day before yesterday the switch started playing up again and I
took it to Chris at Security Aviation in Hawthorne, and as they were
wheeling her in, the front gear collapsed and bent the two front doors.
Better there than on the rwy, I suppose...
I love the aircraft, but I do hope my batting average goes up a bit soon. I
can't continue having to do repairs for $500 each hour I fly for that much
longer.
--------
Adam
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=359959#359959
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| Subject: | Re: Commander 520 from 1953 questions. |
Hi Adam,
I took the liberty of publishing your video on the Aero Commander FaceBook
page:
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of stratobee
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:48 PM
Subject: Commander-List: Re: Commander 520 from 1953 questions.
I thought I'd add an almost-one-year-ownership update on N20VE.
She spent about 4 months at Morris's place getting almost all the pre-buy
squawks taken care of. After that I got to fly her for a whole week (!)
before it was time for the annual. After the annual was taken care of, we
flew to Chicago with the intention of joining the fly-in in Detroit, but
that didn't happen due to two bad cylinders. Nervous A&P guy in Chicago
wanted to condemn the cam (which would have meant splitting the case and
equaling a $40K overhaul..). Lycoming thankfully agreed with JimBob and
Morris, so I dodged that one. A month later I picked her up and flew back to
California without troubles - she ran great. Had her here at home base at El
Monte for some time but then the gear switch fell out of alignment and I had
to go to Morris to fix that.
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/stratobee#p/a/u/1/_rXRDMDsWxo
Of course we found a cracked stiffener in the from wheel well, so more
downtime. Day before yesterday the switch started playing up again and I
took it to Chris at Security Aviation in Hawthorne, and as they were
wheeling her in, the front gear collapsed and bent the two front doors.
Better there than on the rwy, I suppose...
I love the aircraft, but I do hope my batting average goes up a bit soon. I
can't continue having to do repairs for $500 each hour I fly for that much
longer.
--------
Adam
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=359959#359959
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| Subject: | Re: Commander 520 from 1953 questions. |
Hi Adam,
I took the liberty of publishing your video on the Aero Commander FaceBook
page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aero-Commander/144424762275884
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of stratobee
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:48 PM
Subject: Commander-List: Re: Commander 520 from 1953 questions.
I thought I'd add an almost-one-year-ownership update on N20VE.
She spent about 4 months at Morris's place getting almost all the pre-buy
squawks taken care of. After that I got to fly her for a whole week (!)
before it was time for the annual. After the annual was taken care of, we
flew to Chicago with the intention of joining the fly-in in Detroit, but
that didn't happen due to two bad cylinders. Nervous A&P guy in Chicago
wanted to condemn the cam (which would have meant splitting the case and
equaling a $40K overhaul..). Lycoming thankfully agreed with JimBob and
Morris, so I dodged that one. A month later I picked her up and flew back to
California without troubles - she ran great. Had her here at home base at El
Monte for some time but then the gear switch fell out of alignment and I had
to go to Morris to fix that.
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/stratobee#p/a/u/1/_rXRDMDsWxo
Of course we found a cracked stiffener in the from wheel well, so more
downtime. Day before yesterday the switch started playing up again and I
took it to Chris at Security Aviation in Hawthorne, and as they were
wheeling her in, the front gear collapsed and bent the two front doors.
Better there than on the rwy, I suppose...
I love the aircraft, but I do hope my batting average goes up a bit soon. I
can't continue having to do repairs for $500 each hour I fly for that much
longer.
--------
Adam
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=359959#359959
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| Subject: | Re: Commander 520 from 1953 questions. |
Ah, cool Nico! Yeah, I have some other videos there of flying the old girl, for
those who are so inclined. I'm editing a few at the moment as well, so should
be some nice night flying ones coming up soon.
--------
Adam
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