On Sat, 07 May 2005 00:31:56 GMT, Jon Kraus wrote:

First our exhaust system needs
to be rebuilt so it was sent to a place in Minnesota. This was back on
April 18th and it still isn't back yet. Next was the nosewheel truss and
pivot mount. One piece went out to Utah and the other to California.
Heck my planes parts are doing more traveling than I am!! :-)

Sorry to hear this Jon! None of this showed up on the prebuy? Sounds like
at least the nosewheel problem would have shown some discrepancy? What
happened to be able to discover this?

Question do most first new owner annual's take a long time? How bout
some story's about your annual experiences?

My first annual was just short of 2 weeks. Crank bell assembly in the
aileron was partially broke (A$P apologized for not catching this on my
pre-buy inspection), lots of goodies for an underused plane, and $5000
dollars later, all was well. My last annual lasted about 1 week, with no
unusual squawks.

I have my 411 and 413 due this month, so hopefully, no unpleasant surprises
show up. I know my altimeter needs an adjustment. It's about 50 feet off.
Everything else looks good from my side, hopefully everything will check
out ok.

Allen