Categories: Maintenance and Improvements, Braking system, Don't Do This..., Intercom Replacement, Oil Consumption, The Cabin Heating Saga, The Cooling Saga, The Nosedragger Club, True Confessions aka I Have Been A Fool
The N131JF avionics upgrade
by Graham 
When I bought N131JF from Jesse in 2000, the plane had reliable and effective, but mostly old instrumentation. It is a classic "steam guages" plane.
Over the last 10 years, the only improvements I made in the avionics were a newer GPS (which is now its… more »
06/02/10 11:03:34 pm, After a lengthy hiatus, N131JF is back in the air!
by Graham
At 9.30pm on Friday 28th May, the engine on N131JF fired up first time (as ever) and ran like a watch in the hangar at Lancaster, following a pre-oiling using the J&S Aviation home-built pre-oiling kit.
The plane had been sleeping since last August… more »
A sad and cautionary tale...
by Graham
This NTSB accident report, concerning the crash of an RV-10, killing the pilot, is a cautionary story about the negative impacts of impatience.
The moral of this story - if you get impatient and start short-cutting things, it can kill you... more »
Bahamas plane debrief
by Graham
We went down to the hangar last night and washed and inspected the plane.
One thing to be aware of - landing and taking off in the Bahamas is hard on your prop if you fly a canard pusher. I found a number of small dings on the outboard ends of my prop.… more »
Grove wheels and brakes fitted to the Long-EZ
by Graham
I have been operating N131JF frequently over gross on takeoff in recent years. With an empty weight of 960 pounds and a placarded gross weight of 1420 pounds, operating the plane with pilot and passenger and more than minimal fuel puts me above gross wei… more »