Introduction to AMU spending

The Arrow came out of the shop Friday at a cost just south of 2 AMUs.
Can you say "It's nice to have a 3-way partnership"? I sure did.

Nothing major but the minor stuff sure adds up quick:
- Installed Davtron chronometer (or first official upgrade as the old
analog clock was INOP)
- Swing the compass (didn't have a compass correction card)
- Oil change (would have done it ourselves last weekend but we needed a
socket extension). Also installed a quick drain.
- Install new door and baggage compartment seals. New door clevis pins
as well. No air leaks now!
- Service fuel selector since it was extremely stiff
- R&R landing light
- Found/fixed small hydraulic leak
- Re-key door and baggage compartment locks
- Check into potential JPI sensor issue with #1 cylinder (sporadic/high
EGT readings)

We could have saved a few bucks and done some of the work ourselves (and
will do so in the future) but opted to have the local shop take care of
everything at once.

It took a bit over a week as we needed to get a field approval from the
FSDO for the Davtron. Ah, welcome to FAA paperwork, eh?

Best of all, however, is the fact that we now have a hanger at our home
field (LHM). We'd been hangered at a different airport but it was just
under 2X the going rate at LHM (community "full service" style hanger).
Now, we're in a T-hanger at our final destination. Yea, I can now be
a hanger rat...in my own hanger :-)

I just finished logging my required 20 hours so I'm now legal to carry
passengers. It was an aviation filled weekend with two short cross
country flights and an instrument lesson. Man, this airplane
ownership thing rocks! :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T (Yes, Jon K...dropped the "student owner" tag, just for you
:-) )

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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On 5/2/2005 12:31, Jack Allison wrote:

The Arrow came out of the shop Friday at a cost just south of 2 AMUs.
Can you say "It's nice to have a 3-way partnership"? I sure did.

AMUs?

It sure sounds nice getting everything fixed. I'll bet that comes
with a really great feeling!

Especially getting the locks re-keyed. Now it really is *yours* :-)

--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Student
Sacramento, CA

AMU??? Adult Monitary Unit? Aviation Monitary Unit? as in $1000 per unit?
Jim

("Jack Allison" wrote)
Best of all, however, is the fact that we now have a hanger at our home
field (LHM). We'd been hangered at a different airport but it was just
under 2X the going rate at LHM (community "full service" style hanger).
Now, we're in a T-hanger at our final destination. Yea, I can now be a
hanger rat...in my own hanger :-)


Finally, hangar talk! g

How's your pad and taxiways, good shape?
Blacktop or cement out front?
How's your floor? Paintable or leave it as is?

Sliding door(s) or Bi-Fold?

Do you guys have water at the hangars?
ANE has a good sized "plane wash" cement pad (next to the tower) with water,
hoses, drains, etc. Very nice, and free to use.

Fridge and microwave installed yet?
Is there room for a picnic table out front? Airport allow that?

Any fun "Renovate My Hangar" plans ...or is it "Pimp My Hangar?"

Open wireless signal in the area - if you climb up on the roof? g

Very cool. Looking forward to the pics of your new home away from home :-)


Montblack

Paul are you on that all caffeine and nicotine diet again?

" Finally, hangar talk! g

How's your pad and taxiways, good shape?
Blacktop or cement out front?
How's your floor? Paintable or leave it as is?

Sliding door(s) or Bi-Fold?

Do you guys have water at the hangars?
ANE has a good sized "plane wash" cement pad (next to the tower) with
water,
hoses, drains, etc. Very nice, and free to use.

Fridge and microwave installed yet?
Is there room for a picnic table out front? Airport allow that?

Any fun "Renovate My Hangar" plans ...or is it "Pimp My Hangar?"

Open wireless signal in the area - if you climb up on the roof? g

Very cool. Looking forward to the pics of your new home away from home :-)


Montblack

AMU = Aviation Monetary Unit

1 AMU = $1000.00

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201

Mark Hansen wrote:

On 5/2/2005 12:31, Jack Allison wrote:

The Arrow came out of the shop Friday at a cost just south of 2 AMUs.
Can you say "It's nice to have a 3-way partnership"? I sure did.


AMUs?

It sure sounds nice getting everything fixed. I'll bet that comes
with a really great feeling!

Especially getting the locks re-keyed. Now it really is *yours* :-)

Ahhhhh... Let the spending begin!! :-) When we first got 43H we
dropped 2 AMU's in it quickly too... Then we dropped 2 more... and so
on... and so on.... :-)

Now we're looking at our first annual at around 6 AMU's

Shhhhh... don't tell the wife!!! This airplane ownership stuff is
expensive!! :-) Welcome to the club Mr. Allison!!

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201

Jack Allison wrote:

The Arrow came out of the shop Friday at a cost just south of 2 AMUs.
Can you say "It's nice to have a 3-way partnership"? I sure did.

Nothing major but the minor stuff sure adds up quick:
- Installed Davtron chronometer (or first official upgrade as the old
analog clock was INOP)
- Swing the compass (didn't have a compass correction card)
- Oil change (would have done it ourselves last weekend but we needed a
socket extension). Also installed a quick drain.
- Install new door and baggage compartment seals. New door clevis pins
as well. No air leaks now!
- Service fuel selector since it was extremely stiff
- R&R landing light
- Found/fixed small hydraulic leak
- Re-key door and baggage compartment locks
- Check into potential JPI sensor issue with #1 cylinder (sporadic/high
EGT readings)

We could have saved a few bucks and done some of the work ourselves (and
will do so in the future) but opted to have the local shop take care of
everything at once.

It took a bit over a week as we needed to get a field approval from the
FSDO for the Davtron. Ah, welcome to FAA paperwork, eh?

Best of all, however, is the fact that we now have a hanger at our home
field (LHM). We'd been hangered at a different airport but it was just
under 2X the going rate at LHM (community "full service" style hanger).
Now, we're in a T-hanger at our final destination. Yea, I can now be a
hanger rat...in my own hanger :-)

I just finished logging my required 20 hours so I'm now legal to carry
passengers. It was an aviation filled weekend with two short cross
country flights and an instrument lesson. Man, this airplane
ownership thing rocks! :-)

LOL.. that sounds a lot like 1 tow coupon... = $25 (glider speak)

BT

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...
AMU = Aviation Monetary Unit

1 AMU = $1000.00

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201

Mark Hansen wrote:

On 5/2/2005 12:31, Jack Allison wrote:

The Arrow came out of the shop Friday at a cost just south of 2 AMUs.
Can you say "It's nice to have a 3-way partnership"? I sure did.


AMUs?

It sure sounds nice getting everything fixed. I'll bet that comes
with a really great feeling!

Especially getting the locks re-keyed. Now it really is *yours* :-)

Jim Burns wrote:

AMU??? Adult Monitary Unit? Aviation Monitary Unit? as in $1000 per unit?
Jim


Jim Jim Jim...me a newbie owner who knows what an AMU is and an old pro
like you that doesn't??? What's up with that? :-) Actually, you got
it right, Aviation Monetary Unit = $1000.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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Snip Paul's rapid fire caffeine induced list of questions

Yikes Paul, I'm tired reading the reply! :-)

Blacktop all around (taxiway, floor of the hanger...*everywhere*), good
shape. Sliding doors (it's a T-hanger), no water (or power), wash rack
(that's "plane wash cement pad" to you my non-owning friend) located 1/4
mile away (water, power, free to use...when the water is on), no
fridge/microwave (refer to earlier no power statement), no room for
picnic table but a few chairs and small card table are on the list of
improvements, haven't checked for wireless access (good idea
though...probably nothing available but I'll have to bring the laptop
out next time and see)



--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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