Early B-Day Present & a Flat Tire

Since the annual, I've been spending quite a bit of time at the airport doing a little flight testing. In addition to that, my super-duper-dandy wfie Sandi got me a new Turn Coordinator as an early birthday present so I spent some time today getting that installed. That fills the blank I had in the panel. I do have an GPS/NAV annunciator to get installed but haven't done that yet.

This weekend also conjured up a flat tire on the nosewheel. It was low last Thursday when I went flying, so I put some air in it and by Saturday is was completely flat. Fortunately, I had a spare tube and was able to get it changed without any down time. Getting the tire off the rims was certainly a challenge. A combination of two bench vises and some C-clamps finally resulted in getting one side off. Going to have to invest in a tire remover or make one maybe.

The weather is starting to improve somewhat from the bitter cold we've had for the last couple of months. Of course the Spring weather brings lots of t-storms and the like. Sandi and I are gearing up and planning our trips for the 2007 flying season. Our next planned trip is the Wild Onions ‘N Eggs Fly-in Breakfast, Saturday March 17, 2007 at Tenkiller Airpark (44M) in Oklahoma.