Well Jon,

Let me guess your exhaust went to AWI to be overhauled. I could be wrong,
but I only say that because I only found a couple of places that did that
work along with engine mount repairs. They were 2+ weeks late on our shroud
work and we had to send our Lance mount to them 3 times before they got it
right. It's been an experience and we've had our plane down for three
months waiting on out-of-state shops. I hope yours goes better.

Our club 4 planes fly 300-500 hours a year so our annuals are usually pretty
expensive. Good luck to you.

SAC


"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
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We are in the middle of our first annual for 43H and it seems to be taking
longer than I thought. I figured on about a week from beginning to end...
Wrong!! After it is said and done it looks like it is going to take around
a month. Ran into a couple unexpected items (sound familiar) that require
out of state help. 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!! :-)

I am expecting the exhaust on Monday and the the nosewheel pieces by the
end of next week or early the week after. So it could possible that this
annual takes a month.

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

Thanks!!

Jon Kraus
Planeless in Indianapolis