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Gma340/pma8000 used? $550-1000. Buy yourself a healthy amount of 27500 22g /3c on eBay along with 22759/22g. Many shops charge 2000-2500 for an audio panel install, but you can do it if you wish and have your IA sign it off. I collect proposals from shops that only install the new equipment...

Ewwww. Six pack. From a G5 to GI275 to Dynon HDX to G3x to pick your glass including Avidyne, I can install avionics in it to a pilot’s preference in a jiffy. A bulky G1000 that’s largely outdated and unmodular? Not so much.

I loathe the support from vendors including BK a lot of the time. How many of you have a broken KX155 / 165 display? How easy has BK made it to replace them and make a reasonable replacement available? I’ll gladly install any navcomm at our hourly rate (rather than usual avionics shop rates of...

One particular county in the same state has even more onerous regulations. I happen to have a business based in one of those airports. Don’t be so sure that grant assurances are so readily dismissed. At a series of county airports that used to be managed by a third party, there seemed to be a...

I’ve been handing out a few paint show discounts this week …:)

We use aircraft windshield company who makes the windows on the spot in Los Alamitos ca. Hmmm yeah no on the $600. I wish all windows were as easy to replace as a Cherokee or Comanche. Can you say Mooney / Piper Apache / pick your jet? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Huh? OP is high. Those seats are great. Another plus for leatherique and letting the product sit for the gunk to come out. I sew. I reupholster but it’s not my strong suit. I own a paint shop so luckily I have minions who help :) (not minions - awesome employees) What shops do often to make...

Pay attention to the “mechanic” tab in the airmen page. Some people miss it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Busch is great and knowledgeable. Some of their staff is good. One of their mechanics strikes me as arrogant and that’s precisely one of the flying attitudes i avoid. Sadly I would not consider savvy because of the potential of being assigned to him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why? Before I purchased a paint shop, and part of the reason I learned how to paint, was because of the pricing in Mexico and the Dominican Republic compared to the US and my perception of price. The materials used were inferior; the work performed was average and the savings non existent when...

As a paint and avionics shop, we will have new employees come on board at times. Whether it is teaching them to remove control surfaces, learning how to strip, the value of using a brightener, to alodine or not, different qualities of primers, one type or paint versus another, blocking vs hand...

I figured I would start at the initial and disassembly phase. We bought this beauty for $6k - it’s pretty public - so $3k a piece isn’t horrible. The prop with a reseal is worth more than that. We rescue and pick up airplanes often enough- I’ve worked on Comanches in the past, but in all...

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There are two co-owners: One has owned a Comanche 260 for 30 years and used to work for Boeing. The other owns a paint and avionics repair station (that’s me). The airplane is not intended for resale. We are keeping it as a shop plane. The airframe was complete except for the...

This lovely dilapidated piece of history had been neglected at a local airport for a great long time. We purchased it at auction. It would be great to track down the logbooks… Piper seemed to be really good at chromating these models - so the airframe, while looking pretty mangy, seems in...

My 1st flight instructor was a grumpy stickler. When I considered switching, the instructor let his ego get engaged and I was ridiculed. The next instructor continues to be a friend to this day. I buried the first instructor at age 75. I have about 3500 hours with a lot of heavy IFR. I’m a...

Evtol companies are already signing non disclosures and briefing state, county and local governments on “vertiports” with an eye towards signing land contracts. Some shippers / online retailers delivering by drone are doing the same. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Friends don’t let friends perpetuate high prices at the Prop Park in Van Nuys. It’s just silly. Hawthorne too is equally overpriced since the takeover by Levi / advanced air. Compton, brackett, El Monte, and even whiteman may have quicker lists than not since being in the midst of tossing out...

- A Rhino labeler is a god sent in avionics work when dealing with existing versus “I’m sorry but we will have to use brand new wiring” shops - a local avionics shop in Chino charged $10k…just for the aluminum panel on a Piper. At $145 an hour, they’re proud of their labor and bill like...

That one happens to be a Lance. 2 1100’s, 1 800 for engine monitoring, backup AI, everything battery backed up, ADAHRS/429/EMS. I could probably Knock out the next similar customer install in one week including GPS and Audio Panel. The biggest speed impediment to completion is the carving...