June 2, 2019 - Annual Condition Inspection
It's that time of year again. Time to tear the plane apart and inspect everything. This year I put on new tires and tubes. I also repacked the wheel bearings with fresh grease. Always a messy job. It's funny. I didn't even know what wheel bearings were until I built this plane.
I tried out my new jack for the first time. I bought the jack to carry in the plane on my long cross-countries so I can change a tube in the field if I have a flat and have no support. I like the wide base on it; it's not going to tip over. Plus, it is relatively lightweight.
It may not look like it but this wheel half has nice, freshly greased wheel bearings.
I arrived at the Skypark one morning to find that we had been invaded by Russians! Well, one Russian. Yes, it's that RV celebrity, Vlad, a man who likes to drink his vodka straight up. Vlad is famous in the RV community for flying all over the place. And I mean all over the place. He has made at least five trips to Alaska including across the Bering straight to Russia and down the Aleutian Island chain to Dutch Harbor.
