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Is white fabric easiest to repair and match to the correct color? I've heard that ideally, when an airplane is manufactured or recovered, you should attempt to attain a few yards of extra treated fabric painted in the appropriate colors for repairs. Airports up here are predominately gravel and...

Not to say mechanics can't be wrong, but our A&P IA is the one who recommended that I use a winch.

I called the engineer and asked why he did the floor pulley, he said he was afraid of water on the floor, only 1 hole vs 2+ in the concrete, and didn't want the winch to be pulling 90 degrees its mounting bolts? I ordered a badlands winch with a wireless remote so hopefully that works. Alaska...

The wall is definitely made out of wood - I think painted plywood? I didn't think to ask him why he mounted the winch on the wall rather than just straight to the floor - maybe he only wanted to make one hole in the floor, but I don't know.

Apparently what I need to do is mount the winch on the back wall and use a snatch block attached to a concrete anchor on the floor (according to an engineer who helped design the hangars and uses that kind of setup for his 206). He said that the rail in the floor was for a manual-pulley-winch...

Seems complicated with the slab joint and the cracks (there was a 7.0+ quake here 18 months ago, could be from that). Maybe I should just accept the expense of a nice tug. I would need something capable of a ~5 degree upslope with ~2100 lbs on ice though.

Hello, I recently procured a hangar for a C182B. The previous owner was not using it to store an aircraft, however I am not able to push the airplane upslope into the hangar, even with only VFR reserve remaining in the tanks. I am wondering if anyone can tell from these photos if it would be...