One too many chip lights. pretty far up north in the middle of nowhere. only down for a few days. flew the engine in by twin otter but had to float it to shore on some empty barrels. All went well and back up the next day. This was the easiest engine install I have done. The counter balance of the pilot made it so i could move the engine with one hand and If you've installed these before the bolts are kind of hard to get in. Counter balanced hoists are not a thing but they really should be. Imagine lifting a transmission or engine with your pinky instead of the kchunk kchunk of an electric hoist.

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Hello everyone, I’m going to be taking a 2 year AME diploma course and was wondering if this toolbox would be good for starting out as an AME. This is the toolbox I have my eye on it’s for 600 CAD already used as you can see, the seller said it’s 35.5 inches in width (excluding handles) about 44 inches tall with tires. Would you consider this a good starting box!

I’m worried that I’ll buy it but will need to upgrade later on depending on if I need more space for tools.

I work for a major making $53/hr now and in less than 2 years I’ll be at $70/hr. The problem is I’m miserable. Graveyard shifts, workplace drama, and stress on my body are all starting to affect me negatively.

I have an opportunity to switch careers from aviation to project managing at a marble contracting company. M-F normal daytime shifts, small and family like work environment, and zero stress on the body. I have been drinking daily since I started aviation maintenance 5 years ago.

The thing is I’ll be starting at $40/hr until I learn the ropes, and potentially making $65+ in a year or two.

Would it be a smart move to switch over for my health and happiness? I’ll be giving up medical, strong 401k, flight benefits, and a strong union.

I have worked 2 weeks at this marble company and it has been great. Getting lots of sunlight, great sleep, and best of all I stopped drinking.

I’m 32, engaged, no kids. What would you do?

Edit: I really appreciate each and every one of your insightful feedbacks. If nothing else, the industry has been rough, but the community has been the best thing to come from it. Thank you all.

Let’s see your snack stash!

Why does F/A-18 Super Hornet has transparent parts in it's nose landing gear door?

Hello, I have been offered a supervisor position at the current job I am. Supervisors, leads, I am looking for advice on how to be a successful supervisor, I have covered for supervisors several times but I haven’t ran a shift of my own. I want to be able to be a successful supervisor. Any tips, tricks and advice is most appreciated, thank you!!

Dirty cabin evaporator.

How long did it take for sida badge background? Just trying to get an idea of how long the process is?

Looking through this IPC for mounting hardware for an aileron on a 172 and I cannot read this full part number. What's yall's opinion?

Picked one of these up a few weeks ago for $25 in nearly new condition. Had some signs that it was used in the aviation industry by a few things left inside. I know these were somewhat popular with mechanics. This is a newer made one although the model has been around forever. For anyone who's owned one of these, they get really heavy, to the point of only being able to hold it for a little bit, do you think the top handle is strong enough for this? It feels like it shouldn't but I don't want to find out the hard way. I feel like the 4 little rivets will blow out. It will mostly be stationary at my job, but may move it around to take back home every few weekends or so, and im concerned about the handle.

Thanks

This thing cooked at 90psi and 300f.

Hi everyone! I have a pretty serious inquiry, maybe, possibly someone could help. So:

I live right under approach line of a major airport (30km south of WAW, planes fly here all day) and found this strange looking object. There is no road or even any construction site nearby so it pretty much has to be of plane origin.

It's a thin piece of a flexible metal (non magnetic, possibly aluminium, maybe tutanium or an alloy of some sort) covered in rubber from both sides, one side showing traces of thermal and mechanical wear, other looks rather clean.

If you got any clue what could it be or even where to look for better more expert advice please lmk.

Sorry for trouble and have a great day, thanks for reading through!

Hey all! This is my first commercial flight since going to A&P school. I couldn't stop staring at these trails behind the rivets on the inboard leading edge of the wing. In the clouds they were a bit subtle, but they became really obvious when we broke through cloud cover and the sun hit them. Are these smoking rivets or just dirt from rivets that aren't flush? Would this be cause for concern?

Obviously I think i need calculator to solve math.. but any calculator should be fine though?

Our hangar con-man known as George did it again. Something simple, something he's done before, something incredibly hard to fuck up and he fucked it up gloriously.

One of our training birds was coming out of annual, a C172N. I ran it up. Post run it was noticed that there was a running leak from the fuel strainer bowl. Fuel valve was set to off. Upon closer inspection it was noticed that there was no safety wire!!! Thinking the retaining nut was simply loose, I tightened the nut and opened fuel to both for a leak check. This did not stop the leak, set valve to off again. Attempted to remove the retaining nut and the whole damn strainer bowl came off, complete with the standpipe. THE GODDAMN STANDPIPE WAS LOOSE!!! Had to damage the internal threads at the top of the standpipe in order to remove the retaining nut. Retaining nut was removed, backing ring was not properly seated. Why? The o-ring was incorrectly installed and had been cut as a result, causing the leak that I saw. Got a new o-ring. Got a tap with proper thread pitch and cleaned up the standpipe threads. Reassembled, leak check passed. Safety wired and reinstalled drain tube.

Forty five goddamn minutes wasted because George didn't bother to do a leak check on the aircraft after monkeying with the fuel system. Owner had to lose out thrice. Paying George for the labor to do the fuel bowl initially. Paying me to correct the fuel bowl. Losing out on any revenue that would have been generated had I not needed to correct George's fuck up. And that's all before parts and materials are factored in.

This comes one month after George nearly killed a CFI and student because his incompetence caused a gear collapse upon landing. Had I not caught this the airplane could have suffered fuel starvation at altitude and the outcome would have been at best bad, at worst fatalities would have occurred. A post annual runup is NOT THE FUCKING TIME FOR THIS SHIT TO BE DISCOVERED!!!

There is, maybe, a happy epilogue to this. That gear collapse? NTSB and FAA got involved. My IA's ticket is in jeopardy. But the FAA is digging deep, they acknowledge he is desk bound a majority of the time, and so they're looking at the individuals who did the work.
Another 172N school bird was in for some brake work. After burning in the new linings I was doing the administrative shit to release the bird. I was present in the office while the FAA guy was talking with my IA. The IA and FAA dude were discussing George, his incompetence, lack of a certificate, owner's unwillingness to fire him. My IA was spilling all the beans concerning George, to the point that it came up while I was in the office that I went off on George over one of his other fuck ups I posted about. So the silver lining is that now they're aware. Whether they can and will do anything remains to be seen.

i went to a trade school in PHX as a high school student, and i’m sure there’s more around the country. everything was payed for, i just spent a few hundred on books. just something to keep in mind for the younger crowd.

As I promised in comment to another post, I found pictures and a video of a fuel tank stored incorrectly, without enough fuel, biocide and sumping.

Sadly, reddit reject the video, I'll try to upload it some other way, but here are the pictures.

Hey guys sorry for asking such a common question. I got my A&P about two weeks ago and I am just looking for a job anywhere that will take me. I’m only 18 and located in Oklahoma but willing to move. Only problem is I have no experience in the field other than the school I attended. Now I’m applying for all the jobs I can, but I’m looking for some insight. I just want to know who you guys would recommend working for to gain some actual experience and who to avoid. Thanks

So the Cessna 680A has a RECOG (I'm guessing recognition) and 2 landing light buttons, the recog button also turns on the landing lights though. Can anybody tell me why they have this button and not JUST the L LDG and R LDG??

I've tried to take my written exams, but it's really hard to memorize 1,000 questions per exam. Could you give me some advice? I enrolled in an online school! But I can only watch videos, and it's very tedious. I'd really appreciate it if you could guide me! I'm from California! Regards!