Joan Diver

I just replaced the fiber glass seat bottoms for my rear seats. I purchased the new seat bottoms in December through Marv Rogge. He did have molds at that time but was concidering passing them on to some one else.

Hello Ed. Contact Dave Smith at davesf17@yahoo.com.

Hello Mark. Contact Dave Smith at davesf17@yahoo.com.

Photos of Hugh Mattern’s throttle modification

Never mind the last sentence. I see your email address is include in your post.

I had a recurring problem with the bracket that clasps the throttle cable at the back of the engine. The bracket is bolted to the intake manifold with a wire saftied screw which goes through a bushing. This arrangement allows a small amount of movement by the bracket. My problem was a loss of throttle control during taxi for takeoff. The screw…[Read more]

If you have pics of your new project, sure we’d all love to see them, Dan. Make a new post with them?

Hey John. Emailed you pics of the throttle rigging and the proper safety wiring.

Ashley, shoot those over to me for upload to the site maintenance section. Thanks!

Understand. My project is not ready for them yet, but when they said they were making them. I pulled the trigger. Bailey cost me several $ during my last project when they canceled on me.

Hello Mark. Just saw your post from TWO YEARS AGO. Sorry. we move slower here in LA than you guys do in CA. Ever figure out what that was? I frequently have to change out my stater (not battery master) solenoid at $100 a pop from Aircraft Spruce. Your theory about it being a capacitor makes sense. Spruce has what looks like a little diode…[Read more]

Hello Thomas. Yes sir, the Kool Scoop fits and works extremely well. Live in Louisiana, so this scoop is a must.

Well Dan, you just cost me a bunch of money. I’d seen your original post back in 2016 and thought to myself that if Cee Bailey ever started production on the windows again that I would jump on them. Mine are in good, but not perfect…[Read more]

With this post I know the proper radio, now I just need to buy the Captain’s OTW for Miss Karen…

Good morning Joe and Thomas. Hugh Mattern was kind enough too pull his 200 into the hangar for the maintenance session at the 2017 fly in. This is always one of the highlights of the fly in. So much to learn from these guys. Some are A&Ps, some have rebuilt numerous planes, some have owned their girls for 30 plus years. None of them are just…[Read more]

Thanks Greg The bonanza bunch sure can get frustrated with the Meyers Im particularly excited about the 550 birds coming up and running hopefully we can see some real 200ktas speeds 230mph for us pre ’66 guys The plane i would be interested is the Mooney Ovations with the Big engines They are probably gonna be the plane to beat Will try to…[Read more]