St. Louis Flying Club Newsletter - 24 June 2013

From The President - By Pic

Dear Members,

We had a great meeting and social Brat roast on May 18th. It was nice to have the majority of the members participate in the meeting and share some hangar flying stories afterwards. A big thank you to Steve for volunteering to organize the BBQ and cook the Brats!

John Waddell has officially purchased Mike McBride's share. I plan on checking John out in the 172 soon. Welcome John W!

Paul has made the hard decision to sell his share. He has it listed on Craigslist and on Trade-a-plane and posted flyers at the other local airports. Please pass the info along to anyone you know that might be interested.

Congratulations to Mike Landgraf for completing his Arrow check-out! Enjoy.

Special thanks to John H. and Kip for their dedication and many hours in getting the Arrow annual completed!!

Kip Installing Cabin air ducts and gear retraction tests

Happy Landings,

Pic

Treasurer's Report - by PIC

Fuel went up 3 cents which nudged the 172 rate up to $86/hr but the Arrow stays at $104. No change in the dues amount. The Arrow annual parts cost came in very close to the escrowed amount. Share value nudged up to $10,298.

Fly Safely!

PIC

   Maintenance - by John

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There were no Cessna maintenance actions this month:

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Annual Inspection - The annual inspection on the Arrow was completed this month. Thanks to Pic, Kip, and Bob for helping out this year. The following maintenance was done as part of the inspection.
  • Compression test was done and the readings were excellent at: #1-79/80, #2-79/80, #3-79/80, #4-79/80.
  • The spark plugs were cleaned, gapped, and rotated and the magneto timing checked.
  • New cabin air vent ducting installed
  • Installed new gas spring cabin door open holder.
  • Replaced heater element in Auto Gear extension pitot.
  • Replaced RH and lH Brake pads with RA66-105 pads. Replaced RH and LH wheel brake cylinder O-Rings
  • Replaced pilot LH toe brake cylinder O-Rings and bled brake system.
  • Installed new Bracket BA10 Air Filter and RAB3-5-1 Vacuum Relief valve filter.
  • Updated GNS-430W Software with S/W version 5.0 per Garmin SB#1317 Rev A
  • Checked ELT batteries and G switch operation per 14 CFR 91.207D
  • Serviced hydraulic reservoir with hydraulic fluid
  • Changed oil and filter with 7 qts Phillips X/C 20W50 oil, CH48110-1 Filter, and 1 pt Camguard. Oil analysis results are shown below.
  • Checked and complied with AD 2013-02-13 turnbuckle inspection, and recurring AD 2011-26-04


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