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From one young guy (A&P, Comm SEL/MEL w/ 525 sic type) to another, if you want to break into corporate aviation be it 91/91K/135, you are better off sticking with one side of things. Has having an A&P helped me in my career so far, sure, but it has also slowed down my movement into a flying...

Key word... Network. If able find an airport job or just hang out at an airport. Quickest option for most is getting the CFI. Some can skip CFIing by networking and sometimes just being lucky. Additionally, once you get the instrument rating, multi rating, ect. use them as much as possible. For...

The Industry is strong right now and having an A&P will open up many doors. As previously mentioned, figure out what part of aviation interests you most, if Its GA, generally there is less money but if you have a good reputation and eventually an IA, you will never be without work. Corporate is...

Im not goig to dog you Juliet Hotel as i partially agree with your comments, wrenching isnt for everyone, honestly it is hard for someone to make it an entire career, ive worked with many people in my short career so far that by their retirement were wore down after years of crawling around...

@FlyBoy152, as a 22 y/o A&P, if your thinking of going for the A&P i would fully say do it. New A&P’s are being hired right out of school immediately by everyone, from my class i am the only one who stayed GA/Corporate and it has turned out great for me, lucky to have stepped straight in to...

A&P here as well. Im corporate side and the reason GA mechanics are becoming hard to find is because of the pay/benefits. I manage mx on a small fleet of aircraft (warrior through citations) and if i were to go to a Regional airline (TSA, Gojet, ect.) i would start out making close to 35% more...

Ive Had my A&P for 1 1/2 yrs now (its a license to learn) i went to school right after graduating highschool. If he likes to turn wrenches and is wanting to be around aviation, right now with the industry as strong as it is, there would be no reason not too if he has already given it a thought...

Owned a 14 Veloster (non-turboed) 6 speed for 1 1/2 years, in the 28k miles i drove it i had a love hate relationship with it, fun car to drive even with the lower hp (132 iirc). My biggest issues where tire life, 90% highway driven and tires lasted 12-15k miles, messed with toe checks and...

@FloridaPilot , i believe you are right on after i thought 1972-73 (im no expert, when the third side window was added) or so they had lengthed the fuselage which increased rear leg room, for the OP he really just needs to see if he cant get access to a few examples of each and either fly them...

Width should be close to same, 182 may give you an inch or so shoulder room more, rear seat does have a bit more room. If your over 6,0ft cherokee rear seats wont be comfortable on long flights.

Really depends on if you prefer a cessna or piper products, either i think are great choices. With time in both, they both are great airplanes. As far as maintenance, they both are pretty much equal(AD’s, overhauling a TBO engine), performance is the close to equal, insurance im sure is pretty...

@Bell206, as far as this aircraft, no not managing it at all, its just a guy on the field that has reached out to me asking for help on a few items that he saw needed fixed, but i believe ive uncovered a few more items that i feel are unairworthy from just looking over the aircraft, i have not...

Mondster, you are probably right, i like to help people any way i can in this industry as ive had alot of help on my end, but also dont want to ruin a reputation over a situation that may or may not never be an issue anyways as this industry is pretty close knit. I do appreciate y’alls advice.

No work order Tom, really probably wont do the work off of my gut instinct but i guess my other concern is that even though ive told the owner i find multiple items unairworthy and he has told me he agrees, he still flies the aircraft, again just hate to see the thing run off a runway or any...

Hello all, need the advice from the seasoned GA mechanics, little background, im a new A&P (graduated school in 2017) but worked through highschool with a very well respected GA A&P-IA and am in a position where im managing the maintenance on quite a few airplanes, everything from a piper...

Probably not much helpful info but Unionville’s airport is K43, about 1 hrs flight north of me not a busy airport at all. A&P myself but unfortanetly i know nobody from that area.

Jefferson City Flying Service (kjef) just west of STL has a very nice Aztec for multi training.

Very true, i know the props are most likely no good and the AD does apply to these props anyways, as far as engines go, granted this wont tell me the exact condition of the engines internals but i plan on pulling the jugs to see if there are any obvious problems, still if the plane turns out to...

Ted Dupuis, thank you, i will have to het a hold of him, as promised i have pictures of the plane as of this morning, im talking to the owners today and will see where it goes, the more i look at it the airframe is really clean , i terior is not good and avionics are kings radios, my biggest...

Good points and I totally agree with everything said, yes there are a few ad's as mentioned that are/could be a problem. Honestly if i decide to actually fix the plane ill be keeping it long term, ive always been a beechcraft fan and like the the looks of the travelair and other early beechs. On...