Airplane Owner Maintenance - By Dean Showalter

A good friend from another airport recently bought this Piper Archer, and I’ve had the opportunity to do a little maintenance on it and take a look around.

This is one of three airplanes I’v…

Josh recently purchased his 1963 Beechcraft Debonair and needed some help, so I flew to his airport and spent the good part of a day with him. We replaced a broken exhaust support angle on the r…

This was Jim’s story when he brought his airplane in for the annual inspection.

Listen to today’s episode to find out what we did with Jim’s door latching system… he did most of the work on th…

I’ve known Tom for a long time, and what a fantastic experience it was, working with him on his annual inspection!

Tom is the president of our local EAA chapter, and he’s given me numerous opp…

In today’s episode, we get to hear how John and Leslie got into aviation, and their move from Arkansas to Maui. It’s a real adventure, and I’m sure you’ll be inspired listening to their story!

In today’s episode, I’m super excited to introduce John and Leslie Caubble to you!

They’ve become good friends of mine in the last couple years, and they have a really inspiring aviation journ…

You might be wondering, “How is that possible,” or “What kind of shady operation is that?!” Same here. When I first heard about the $200 annual inspection, I was skeptical… until I actually researc…

In today’s episode, I’m happy to introduce my good friend, Aram Basmadjian! Aram has a very interesting aviation journey, and it was fun talking with him for this episode.

Aram flew for Skywe…

The part in the yellow circle is an oil scavenge pump that returns oil back to the engine oil sump after it lubricates the turbocharger center bearings. The right side of the assembly is the ada…

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Joe Godfrey is an expert when it comes to analyzing engine data from aircraft engine monitoring systems.

Joe is the Director of Operations at SavvyAnalysis, as well as a Columnist and Editor f…

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What an adventure!

This airplane got stranded at Wilmington, Delaware due to failure of the #2 cylinder on the Lycoming IO-360 engine.

The local maintenance shop discovered the exhaust valve ro…

Scroll down for pictures of some things included in today’s episode.

Sitting in my truck the other day, I had a revelation. Here it is:

When you are having maintenance done on your airplan…

Before we get into the places I “traveled” through FaceTime calls, I wanted to share something you might be interested in… my friends, John and Leslie Caubble (FlyMauiHI.com) now have a “Fly Maui” Yo…

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Special announcement: We have more pictures of Mike’s airplane, but first, I want to let you know about a Zoom call I’ve scheduled for tomorrow.

I…

Yesterday, I had an opportunity to present a talk at our local IA renewal seminar about exhaust valve borescoping.

I shared some of my favorite pictures – the ones that demonstrate how criti…

Engine oil leaks are a common problem on small airplanes with piston engines. But how much oil leakage is too much? Here’s an indicator: If there’s oil on the nose tire, and it paints a stripe…

After a successful career in computers early in life, Carl Valeri decided years ago it was time to pursue his passion for aviation. Since that time, he’s been an airline pilot, flight instructor…