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My first IT job (back in 1996) - I applied at the company's booth at a job fair. Every subsequent job has been through IT recruiters with consulting agencies. My current job started as a contract position, and I was hired on after my first year.

Can you tell me more about how you modded the yoke? I just picked one up and the feel is a bit stiff for my liking.

Treating the rudder pedals like bicycle handlebars: push on the right side to go left, etc.

Well, we're finally getting somewhere. Here's the new firewall being test fit into place. Most of the braces and doublers have been riveted into place. There are a few holes that don't match up, so he'll have to do some adjustments. For example, the large hole circled in red should have been a...

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Comes with a free box of Kleenex.

At least they proved that an umbrella can't be used as a parachute. :rolleyes:

I see what you're talking about. It does look like the wrinkle, although it doesn't seem to originate at the top right rivet like the more recent photos. I'll take a look at the original photo (and I took a lot more back then that didn't make it to the blog)

IIRC, her case was animal damage - a family of mice had taken up residence in the cabin overhead and their urine had started the corrosion.

You sure? I spent a lot of time cleaning the firewall (and a lot more) when the engine was off back then and never noticed a wrinkle. The mechanic who found the damage last year has done my annuals since 2010 and never noted any damage before.

That, and a similar wrinkle on the other side.

My mechanic squawked the firewall during last year's annual. We were commited to replacing it based on his judgement before I contacted the insurance company to file a claim. My mechanic has done this repair before, including on another Cardinal, and he considered replacement to be a better...

Here's progress at last. First, my poor girl with her nose wide open. Because it's a view you don't get to see too often, here's a close-up of the stuff behind the center pedestal, mostly rudder trim linkage and one of the brake cylinders/ From the other side. There's a bit more footroom...

There aren't enough buglers around to cover the need. Our trumpet players are called on quite frequently for funeral detail, and we even have other brass players (who can at least play taps on a trumpet, if not the ending of In The Mood) doing funeral duty when they can. Over the last two years...

I'd be interested in seeing what he actually did, rather than jsut how the charges were classified. What instructions were ignored and how were they ignored? What racial remarks did he make? What innacurate information was submitted on fitness reports?

Music: Mostly low brass (trombone, euphonium, tuba), but I've played trumpet and electric bass as needed. 28.5 years and counting in the Air Force/Air National Guard band program (currently bass trombone/arranger with the IL ANG band). IT: Started as a COBOL programmer in the mid 90's, moved...

I suspect my plane will be fixed and in the air before you guys finish bickering about this. :wink2:

1974 :)

Nope - they had to contract it out to one of their vendors. When we ordered it in late Jan 2013, we were given a two month lead time. When that time came and went, we were told that the vendor had a "tooling problem" and that it would take a few more months. We got that run around until the end...

That may be it, or close. I haven't seen the invoice yet, but my mechanic said that it was more than the $900 or so that they quoted us when we originally ordered it last January, and that was far more than the $200 or so he paid when he replaced a Cardinal firewall a couple of years ago.