Ashley Wade

[Ashley Wade]

Hello Thomas,

Jamon Pruitt just had his overhauled and might be a good resource for how that went.

Jamon Pruitt – jamonpruitt@gmail.com

[Ashley Wade]

Rocky! Hello sir. Karen and I thought that it was great getting to know you at the fly in. Looking forward to many fly outs from the fly ins with yo in the future.

For your assembly, please email Mr. Dave Smith. davesf17@yahoo.com

[Ashley Wade]

Hello Paul. sorry for the delayed response. Been busy selling my company. I use the AC Air Technology remote control tracked tug. Works on concrete or on grass. Coolest thing ever. We have multiple planes and it moves all of them with no adjustment and it’s actually fun to reshuffle the hangar. Can hands free grab the Meyers 200, stuff it somewhere and then grab the Meyers OTW and even though a tailwheel, grab it hands free and move it.

Wifey was worried about me hurting myself moving the planes around, but I actually think she was more worried about damaging the planes with hangar rash. One hangar rash pays for the unit.

She can actually sit inside her OTW and drive it around the airport with the tug. acairtechnology.com.

[Ashley Wade]

Hello Ed. My plane came with an Air Wolf Oil Filter Adapter when I bought her. 7 years of trouble free / Leak free service. I later purchased an Air Wolf AOS and the folks there were very helpful.

[Ashley Wade]

Greetings Scott. I would suggest an email to our own 200 parts guru Mr. Dave Smith at davesf17@yahoo.com.

[Ashley Wade]

Hello Steve. Please contact Dr. Jamon Pruitt. He’s a current 145 owner as well as 200 owner. He did a great job of upgrading his 145 and can tell you about parts availability. If you talk nice to him he might even part with his gorgeous 145…

jamonpruitt1@cox.net

[Ashley Wade]

Hello Joseph. Perhaps member Dave Smith could help you out. He has many NOS parts. Contact him at davesf17@yahoo.com ,

[Ashley Wade]

Hello Thomas. There are so few of us that I doubt that anyone will do an STC, but the 337 process is moving along nicely after Peter. 2 more 200’s are currently being upgraded at Stein Air as I type. I am in line right behind them and hope to have her back with a shiny new GFC500 and twin GI275s for Christmas.

[Ashley Wade]

Jim Jones and Mike Barg at the Meyers OTW repair Center in South Carolina can help. You can reach them on the site by searching in the members directory. We’ll all be at the fly in next month in Fredericksburg, TX next month and that would be your very best bet. There are 5 OTWs in planned attendance. As long as your Kinner parts don’t have you grounded you should fly in!

Another person to check with is Steve Freeman. He has owned multiple Kinners. Ours has a Warner, so I’m of no help on that.

[Ashley Wade]

Joseph, I do same as you and say ICAO Mike two zero zero. But I would NEVER say similar to a Bonanza! Almost as bad as saying similar to a Cirrus! Yuk!

On long cross countries switching service areas ATC does morph me into a Mooney as per Ed on occasion. I do take exception with THAT as well, but just motor on along and respond back with emphasis on MEYERS in my replies. Sometimes they correct themselves, most don’t. As they watch me on the scope they’re saying to themselves “whoa, that is one bad ass Mooney”…

[Ashley Wade]

Anyone interested in an autopilot needs to view the thread by Mr. Peter Jensen titled “News Update”.

Stein Air is installing Garmin GFC500s into Meyers 200s. Details on the other post.

[Ashley Wade]

Hello Chuck. The 145 is such a cool airplane. You need to send a note to Jamon Pruitt that is a member on the site. Jamon has a bunch of planes including a 145 and a 200. His 145 is listed for sale here on the site in the classifieds. I’ve seen her in person and she’s beautiful. Like most of us, Jamon is an aviation nut. Give him a call and he can tell you everything that you wanted to know about a 145 even if his plane isn’t the one for you.

Best,

Ashley

[Ashley Wade]

Hello Thomas and Ed. I will check with Stein and get his thoughts. He still needs to get me an official quote so that I can send him some $ and save on some taxes leaving poor Joe Biden out in the cold. I’ll be happy to share the quote with anyone who needs it. Wish this site supported uploads of photos and .PDFs so that we could all share. We need another platform like BeechTalk! So Ed, the $40k does include a couple of G5s or GI 275s. You may have other instruments that would drive the autopilot and your cost would be specifically lower? I know that the GI 275s would drive your legacy Century, but don’t know what legacy devices drive the GFC500. That’s be a call to Stein himself to advise. You might have what it takes to get out cheaper than you think?

I am surprised that more have not come forward to want the autopilot. HUGE amount of interest when it was brought up at the FlyIn.

[Ashley Wade]

A quick follow up to Mark’s quick follow up post…

Peter, welcome to Meyers. You’ve been active on the forum for only a month and have already bagged a unicorn. Holy $#!+ !!! Your new Meyers family has been agonizing over how to achieve what you have done for years. If you do a search you will see the many different posts of false starts on how to get this done. My deposit to Stein (for tax reasons (let Biden pay for some) and to take advantage of the GI275 promotion) goes out today. Stein did not ask me for a deposit.

My plane lives at UXL on the Louisiana coast and Stein is at FBL 850.8 NM away in Michigan. I have a great avionics shop close by. Not considering them. I am emulating Peter and going to Stein to have this done for many reasons, but here are the top few. Foremost, Mr. Stein has a great working relationship with his local FSDO. No magic there, all by the book; but to get a complex approval such as this takes several months and a lot of cooperation on the part of the A&P and the FSDO going back and forth. Having a previous 337 in hand does help, but the days of “cookie cutter” FSDO approvals of previous 337s are gone. Ask me how I know? Without our beloved Nelson Harding’s help I’d be grounded on a much more simple 337 that is used on at least 40 of our fleet. Nelson saved me. Thanks Nels. I will save precious time and $ by following in Pete’s footsteps. I also feel a debt of gratitude towards Stein for breaking the code for our planes and want to show some Meyers loyalty to him.

As Mark said, Stein is a great guy. Very personable and accessible. His shop is busy and that is a testament to their work. Call and ask for Stein (651) 460-6955. If he’s buried in a panel he’ll still call you back quickly. http://www.steinair.com

Another deciding factor for me was Peter’s PIREP about how solid the installation is. I discussed this with Stein and he was totally thrilled with the performance of his install. Flying with Pete to dial things in has made Stein a big fan of the Myers 200. I loved hearing him talk about the speed of our old girls and how well the airframe and wing design of our airplanes puts them ahead of Bonanzas and Cirrus ( Cirruses, or is it Cirrie? Ah who cares, our planes and our pilots are better). I’ll go with a tried and true experienced installer instead of someone hacking around my plane and them making me a test pilot. I’m getting the install for safety to save me from having to hand fly IFR. Want that engage button two work properly after pressing it in the clag.

Let’s show Stein some love for having done this for Peter. When we passed a sign up sheet around a few years ago trying to convince TruTrack to certify an autopilot there were 18 people that said they were willing to put money down right away. Many more were on the fence. I am already behind two of our other Meyers brothers that are scheduled to have Stein copy Peter’s install on their planes. That will make me install number four. Get on the list. All of the kinks will be worked out.

Is the travel worth it to Michigan? That’s why I bought a fast airplane. As mentioned it’s 850.8 NM. Heading 359 for 5.6 hoursish depending on winds. I’ll top all four tanks, put my Little Johnnie red trucker jug on the passenger seat, file, climb to 10,000′ and do a non stop hoping that ATC doesn’t call in the middle of using Little Johnnie. I’ll go LOP and therefore have a full tank of fuel when I land. On the way back I’ll be all refreshed for Karen because my new George will have flown most of the way.

We’re actually getting a modern autopilot. Damn. Finally something going right in the world.

[Ashley Wade]

Did Barg and Jones fix you up, Jeff?

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