Annual Coronary

[Jay Honeck]

The junior A&P in the shop that is doing my annual (whom I've known for
years) was poking around in the under-wing inspection cavities on the
starboard fuselage/wing root joint, when he let out a low whistle.

Since I was futzing around with re-attaching my god-awful wheel pants (I
don't CARE if they get me 7 knots, I almost trashed these damned "Fancy
Pants" in frustration, trying to get 'em back on!), I was right next to him
under the plane. My heart stopped -- I *knew* this annual had been going
too well!

Peering up into the hole, he showed me what looked like massive corrosion on
the wing spar -- a sometimes fatal malady, not unknown to Cherokees. Two
years ago a good friend had to replace BOTH wings on his Cherokee 140, and
his plane was down for almost a year, precisely for this problem.

My stomach churned as he called his partner, the senior A&P -- a guy with
30+ years experience on all kinds of planes.

His advice: Poke at it, to see if it's not left-over paint stripper from
the last paint job. This nearly inaccessible joint is a common place for
stripper to accumulate, because it's almost impossible to remove during the
pre-paint job pressure wash.

So, we fashioned a long, sharp scraper from some scrap aluminum, and I held
my breath as he began to poke away at it...

It easily flaked off into little chunks of "melted" paint. The metal
underneath was perfectly clean -- and completely unblemished.

Airplane ownership: A sure-fire way to take YEARS off of your life
expectancy...

Dodged another one! Hee hee!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Ben Jackson]

In article <%0drc.88357$xw3.4960992@attbi_s04>,
Jay Honeck > wrote:
>The junior A&P in the shop that is doing my annual (whom I've known for
>years) was poking around in the under-wing inspection cavities on the
>starboard fuselage/wing root joint, when he let out a low whistle.

This must be the A&P equivalent of the pilot saying "we're not going
to make it".

--
Ben Jackson
>
http://www.ben.com/

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Fri, 21 May 2004 03:01:27 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:

>In article <%0drc.88357$xw3.4960992@attbi_s04>,
>Jay Honeck > wrote:
>>The junior A&P in the shop that is doing my annual (whom I've known for
>>years) was poking around in the under-wing inspection cavities on the
>>starboard fuselage/wing root joint, when he let out a low whistle.
>
>This must be the A&P equivalent of the pilot saying "we're not going
>to make it".

Or when Jay calls the tower and says, "Piper XXXXX is coming in on one
engine...." :-)

Ron Wanttaja

[Dave S]

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, isnt it, Jay? (referring to the
junior A&P).. maybe you need to go flog the poor kid for taking 10 years
off your life with that one whistle..

Sounds like this could be the ONE downside to an owner assisted annual.

Grins..
Dave

Jay Honeck wrote:
> The junior A&P in the shop that is doing my annual (whom I've known for
> years) was poking around in the under-wing inspection cavities on the
> starboard fuselage/wing root joint, when he let out a low whistle.
>
> Since I was futzing around with re-attaching my god-awful wheel pants (I
> don't CARE if they get me 7 knots, I almost trashed these damned "Fancy
> Pants" in frustration, trying to get 'em back on!), I was right next to him
> under the plane. My heart stopped -- I *knew* this annual had been going
> too well!
>
> Peering up into the hole, he showed me what looked like massive corrosion on
> the wing spar -- a sometimes fatal malady, not unknown to Cherokees. Two
> years ago a good friend had to replace BOTH wings on his Cherokee 140, and
> his plane was down for almost a year, precisely for this problem.
>
> My stomach churned as he called his partner, the senior A&P -- a guy with
> 30+ years experience on all kinds of planes.
>
> His advice: Poke at it, to see if it's not left-over paint stripper from
> the last paint job. This nearly inaccessible joint is a common place for
> stripper to accumulate, because it's almost impossible to remove during the
> pre-paint job pressure wash.
>
> So, we fashioned a long, sharp scraper from some scrap aluminum, and I held
> my breath as he began to poke away at it...
>
> It easily flaked off into little chunks of "melted" paint. The metal
> underneath was perfectly clean -- and completely unblemished.
>
> Airplane ownership: A sure-fire way to take YEARS off of your life
> expectancy...
>
> Dodged another one! Hee hee!
>
> ;-)

[Jay Masino]

Jay Honeck > wrote:
> The junior A&P in the shop that is doing my annual (whom I've known for
> Peering up into the hole, he showed me what looked like massive corrosion on
> the wing spar -- a sometimes fatal malady, not unknown to Cherokees. Two
> years ago a good friend had to replace BOTH wings on his Cherokee 140, and
> his plane was down for almost a year, precisely for this problem.
> His advice: Poke at it, to see if it's not left-over paint stripper from
> the last paint job. This nearly inaccessible joint is a common place for
> stripper to accumulate, because it's almost impossible to remove during the
> pre-paint job pressure wash.
> So, we fashioned a long, sharp scraper from some scrap aluminum, and I held
> my breath as he began to poke away at it...
> It easily flaked off into little chunks of "melted" paint. The metal
> underneath was perfectly clean -- and completely unblemished.

Yea. My A&P found a similar area several years ago. I can't remember
what he did to clean it, but I do remember him dowsing it with one of the
corrosion sprays (ACF-50 or Corrorsion-X or something) after he was done
cleaning it. You might want to do the same thing "just in case". It
couldn't hurt.

--- Jay

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[EDR]

(With respect to Ann Rand)... Atlas shrugged.

[Dave Butler]

EDR wrote:
> (With respect to Ann Rand)... Atlas shrugged.

[groan]

[Jay Honeck]

> Yea. My A&P found a similar area several years ago. I can't remember
> what he did to clean it, but I do remember him dowsing it with one of the
> corrosion sprays (ACF-50 or Corrorsion-X or something) after he was done
> cleaning it. You might want to do the same thing "just in case". It
> couldn't hurt.

Yeah, he painted the exposed metal with the green stuff.

(Can't think of the name of that anti-corrosion paint at the moment...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

That was truly awful...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Dave Butler" > wrote in message
...
> EDR wrote:
> > (With respect to Ann Rand)... Atlas shrugged.
>
> [groan]
>

[Jürgen Exner]

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
> On Fri, 21 May 2004 03:01:27 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:
>
>> In article <%0drc.88357$xw3.4960992@attbi_s04>,
>> Jay Honeck > wrote:
>>> The junior A&P in the shop that is doing my annual (whom I've known
>>> for years) was poking around in the under-wing inspection cavities
>>> on the starboard fuselage/wing root joint, when he let out a low
>>> whistle.
>>
>> This must be the A&P equivalent of the pilot saying "we're not going
>> to make it".
>
> Or when Jay calls the tower and says, "Piper XXXXX is coming in on one
> engine...." :-)

Or "Cessna XXXX student pilot, I am out of fuel [five seconds wait] Could
you send the fuel truck to the north ramp?"

jue

[LF TIGER]

Kinda like when your doctor says "oops" during surgery...

Or when your girlfriend says "we need to talk"....

[TTA Cherokee Driver]

LF TIGER wrote:

> Kinda like when your doctor says "oops" during surgery...

Hopefully you don't hear that, being knocked out and all.

[Tom Sixkiller]

"Ben Jackson" > wrote in message
news:aierc.88770$xw3.4997154@attbi_s04...
> In article <%0drc.88357$xw3.4960992@attbi_s04>,
> Jay Honeck > wrote:
> >The junior A&P in the shop that is doing my annual (whom I've known for
> >years) was poking around in the under-wing inspection cavities on the
> >starboard fuselage/wing root joint, when he let out a low whistle.
>
> This must be the A&P equivalent of the pilot saying "we're not going
> to make it".

Or your surgeon saying "Uh, Oh!!"

[LF TIGER]

>LF TIGER wrote:
>
>> Kinda like when your doctor says "oops" during surgery...
>
>Hopefully you don't hear that, being knocked out and all.
>

They do a lot of surgery without general anesthesia, now.

[No Spam]

>> Yea. My A&P found a similar area several years ago. I can't remember
>> what he did to clean it, but I do remember him dowsing it with one of the
>> corrosion sprays (ACF-50 or Corrorsion-X or something) after he was done
>> cleaning it. You might want to do the same thing "just in case". It
>> couldn't hurt.
>
> Yeah, he painted the exposed metal with the green stuff.
>
> (Can't think of the name of that anti-corrosion paint at the moment...)

Zinc chromate.


No Spam

[Jack Allison]

or "oops" :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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[Jay Honeck]

> Zinc chromate.

Bingo!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Bill Carton - (The Roadie)]

(LF TIGER) wrote:

>>LF TIGER wrote:
>>
>>> Kinda like when your doctor says "oops" during surgery...
>>
>>Hopefully you don't hear that, being knocked out and all.
>
>They do a lot of surgery without general anesthesia, now.

Yep, and my surgeon said "uh-oh" last year while digging out a benign lump
from a knuckle joint. I was talking to the anesthesiologist about flying,
and my heart rate monitor just about ran away with itself when I heard the
Uh-oh. I think it was just that the surgeon was about to let out a burp.
:-)

--
Bill "the Roadie" Carton

[Jerry Kurata]

"EDR" > wrote in message
...
>
> (With respect to Ann Rand)... Atlas shrugged.

Ayn Rand

[Bob Chilcoat]

My father had a full stomach when his appendix ruptured, so they had to do
the op under spinal anesthesia. He was lying there under the drapes
enjoying the operation when the surgeon suddenly said to his resident, "Now
look what you've done." Can you say tachycardia?

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Tom Sixkiller" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ben Jackson" > wrote in message
> news:aierc.88770$xw3.4997154@attbi_s04...
> > In article <%0drc.88357$xw3.4960992@attbi_s04>,
> > Jay Honeck > wrote:
> > >The junior A&P in the shop that is doing my annual (whom I've known for
> > >years) was poking around in the under-wing inspection cavities on the
> > >starboard fuselage/wing root joint, when he let out a low whistle.
> >
> > This must be the A&P equivalent of the pilot saying "we're not going
> > to make it".
>
> Or your surgeon saying "Uh, Oh!!"
>
>