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.


If you have a Navion, make sure the gear handle is down.

I check over the plane looking especially for inspection
panels and hoses not reinstalled. A do a brief test
flight (vicinity of the airport) and open it up again looking for leaks.