My local avionics shop had a hell of a time moving his 'certified repair
station' across the field. Took several months. Fortunately, he waited until
everything was in place before he closed up the old shop.

I wouldn't want to try to convince the FAA to certify my u-haul van.

On the other hand, when I went, a friend bought some new gyros. My co-pilot
is an A&P, so installed them on the field. Worked out OK except it had
problems on the test flight. He had to do without until the next planned
stopping point. There were seven planes, and we weren't stopping because his
gyro wasn't working. Didn't need them anyway. We could see across Lake
Michigan from the shoreline.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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They probably meant dealers do have specials, but nobody installs
anything.

Which, IMHO, is a huge opportunity at OSH.

For example, most large motorcycle rallies (like Americade in New York --
a
rough parallel to OSH for aircraft) offer similar savings on accessories
(they even have GPS, just like we do) -- but, most importantly, they offer
to install the stuff ON THE SPOT.

I've often wondered why some enterprising young avionics tech doesn't take
this to heart, and offer a "mobile installation" option. They could drive
their van out to your plane in the North 40, and install your new toys,
for
a fee.

I'll bet they would clean up.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"