Airplane Mechanics

Airplane Mechanics

These are posts that mention me (or somebody else) working on or complaining about an airplane.
15
Apr
Work Team Frees Mechanic Held Hostage By Airplanes

Work Team Frees Mechanic Held Hostage By Airplanes

A "Global Response" team traveled from Ohio to perform the rescue using only rivet guns and wrenches.
3 min read
19
Aug
Phantom Potholes & Life Lessons

Phantom Potholes & Life Lessons

Elliot learns to use a drill, Adi learns life lessons, and our new espresso machine keeps our guard up all night.
12 min read
02
Jun
Elliot sitting on Wewak's seawall in Papua New Guinea.

Simple Solutions Versus Wild Ambition

Mechanics without pilot licenses are a bit like penguins. We’re basically flightless birds. This is why we don’t care much about the weather. Pilots do.
8 min read
01
Jan
Our First Tropical Christmas

Our First Tropical Christmas

Sweating while caroling and other strange ways to spend Christmas.
11 min read
26
Nov
Samaritan Aviation attaching floats to a Cessna amphibious missionary float plane in Papua New Guinea

Airplane In A Box

Even the most stoic mechanic will leap around and shout like a spirit-filled Pentecostal if the airplane goes down when it was supposed to go up.
6 min read
11
Apr
Finally An A&P Mechanic!

Finally An A&P Mechanic!

This is the culmination of two and half years of working towards the 4,800 hours of experience needed to take the tests.
2 min read
02
Apr
My Written Exams Are Done!

My Written Exams Are Done!

General aviation is one part Stone Age and one part NASA. Sometimes we're fretting over .005" tolerance and sometimes we're beating things with a hammer and a block of wood.
4 min read
22
Oct
Close, But No Baby

Close, But No Baby

Janice recovers from COVID and almost has a baby. I work on a Porter and get some help changing a tire on a King Air.
5 min read
02
Oct
Dissolving Steel With Alum Powder

Dissolving Steel With Alum Powder

Apparently watchmakers came up with this method to dissolve screws out of brass.
6 min read
20
Dec
Video: The Bearhawk Project

Video: The Bearhawk Project

That time we completely disassembled a Bearhawk, sandblasted the frame, and rebuilt it from the ground up.
1 min read