I guess one special thing I did after last annual, was have the guy who
did the annual fly the plane first. Actually it was his preference to
check everything out. After each oil change or engine maintenance, I do
a full preflight & runup, followed by a high speed taxi test. Then I
taxi back and shut down to let the cowling cool down enough so I can
open it to see if anything is leaking. Then I'll give it a normal
preflight before flying it.

Eric Bartsch
1959 Pilatus P-3 A-848
http://www.hometown.aol.com/bartscher/P3A848.html


On Dec 18, 11:10 am, (Paul Tomblin) wrote:
When you pick up your plane after an annual, is there any special things
you do? I'm picking up the club's Lance after its annual today, and
flying it back from Batavia NY to Rochester NY (about a 25 minute flight).
Do you do any special pre-flight or flight check? I was planning to climb
up over the airport to about 4,000 feet so that I'll have some glide
cushion if something goes wrong.

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Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/