Maintenance report

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From: ZASoars

 

Only one month to Christmas and we're making great progress .  With the unseasonably warm weather we made very good progress today and 809S needs very little additional work before it's annual inspection.

We (the maintenance crew) do however have an apology to make . We should have known!  As in past years any repair that involves a decorative fairing needs to be OK'ed by Dick Hutch before re-installation. We forgot again, and apologies go to Dick who had to take the Grob wheel fairing home to re-paint the racing stripes onto it  -  He knows the Grob flies much better with the Orange and Blue racing stripes on it !

With any luck we'll need only another 1 or 2 weekends to get all the club equipment ready for their annual inspections . Thanks to all the club members who have come on out each Saturday and helped get us ready for the 2007 soaring season.

 

The Maintenance Crew.

Contact ZA For Friday Flying

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With this good weather it's a unique opportunity to get some stick time in Late November . This past Tuesday Tod Herrli and ZA flew - Bob Currie towed,  and ZA reports that although lift was weak it was possible to soar for nearly one hour !

Please send ZA a message if you would like to fly and he'll get a tow pilot 

Saturday will be another Maintenance Opportunity too and we'll work on the Blaniks. Come on out around 9:30 and join in .

Thanx ,

Ron 

A Report from this Saturday's Work team

Dave Newill reports:

This Saturday we were blessed with a bit of sun and light winds - so work proceeded on the Grob and the hanger. With Chris Carpenter as lead for maintenance, the Grob is now put away - wings off and tucked in by the trailer. All surfaces were washed, compounded then waxed and the fittings lubricated. The hanger has been straightened up a bit and we even tried to wash 1/4 of the floor - around the stored Grob. Afterwards it was off to Rachel's Hi-Way Cafe for a great lunch - bad (good!) jokes and great food.

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From: Bixby, Craig
Date: Nov 14, 2006 2:40 PM
Subject: Maintenance Report

Last weekend a few hardy souls made good headway in cleaning, waxing, and lubing the G 103.

 

This weekend we would like to derig the 103, clean/wax the bottom of the wings, then rig it again.

 

In the coming weeks both Blaniks will need attention along with a good cleaning (debugging) and waxing of 898

 

Dan Montgomery has been contacted and is tentatively scheduled for mid December to annual the 2 Blaniks and the G 103.  So we are shooting to have all the winter cleanup/maintenance completed by that time.

 

All that are able would be welcome to come out on an Saturday mornings to enjoy the camaraderie and a good lunch at Rachel's afterward!

 

The Maintenance Crew

 

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Following today's time at Alex. we can now report that 87Z is being re-assembled and plans are that we should be able to have it back flying in a week or two.

 

The group that helped today ( Saturday ) concentrated on the Grob 103 and good progress was made opening up the seats and cleaning / lubricating the controls as well as polishing and waxing the top surfaces of the wings . Next Saturday we plan to dissassemble the Grob and work on the undersides of the wings and complete the fuselage and inspection of the control hookups etc.

 

After that we'll tackle the Blaniks and clean up 898 as well.

 

Come on out - the cold soon disappeared as we all got to do some rubbing / polishing. Hangar flying over lunch was great, and everyone was home by 2:30.

 

The Maintenance Crew.

Maintenance

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From: Bixby, Craig
Date: Nov 6, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: Maintenance

The Maintenance crew would like to thank those that came out this past
Saturday to help bed down the aircraft for the winter.

We finished cleaning/waxing and lubing the PW 5 and Astir.  They are now
derigged and in/on there trailers awaiting Spring.

Though we have made a good start, there is still much to do before the snow
flies.  Next weekend we will start on the Blaniks, G 103, and 898.  They all
need a good debugging and waxing along with lubing the hinge points, etc.
We also will remove the glider interiors in preparation for their Annual
Inspections.

Anyone that would like to come and give a hand is welcome.

The Maintenance Crew

Note From The Maintenance Crew

The Maintenance crew would like to thank those that came out this past
Saturday to help bed down the aircraft for the winter.

We finished cleaning/waxing and lubing the PW 5 and Astir. They are now
derigged and in/on there trailers awaiting Spring.

Though we have made a good start, there is still much to do before the snow
flies. Next weekend we will start on the Blaniks, G 103, and 898. They all
need a good debugging and waxing along with lubing the hinge points, etc.
We also will remove the glider interiors in preparation for their Annual
Inspections.

Anyone that would like to come and give a hand is welcome.

The Maintenance Crew

Saturday Maintenance!

 
Craig Bixby and the maintenance crew need your help this Saturday:

Hi All
Weather looks warmer for our Saturday workday this week. Our focus Saturday will be on completing the Astir and PW 5 (see Below) along with getting at least one of them on its' trailer.
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Anyone else that is able is welcome to come out and enjoy the camaraderie.

Thanks

The Maintenance Crew