Friday March 24, 2006
Friday March 24, 2006
Oh so much safer!
So about a month ago I flew my plane to Houston to have some work done on it. I got the fuel tank leak fixed and some other stuff I put off. I also got the annual inspection done. Two weeks ago I went and picked it up and flew it back home. It was pretty expensive [ > $6.5k ] but it was nice to finally be able to have full tanks again and my flaps rigging is actually correct for the first time since I owned the plane. The only really annoying thing (and the reason for this entry) is my seatbelts.
When the did the annual inspection one of the things that was "wrong" was that my shoulder harnesses were missing the TSO tags. I didn't even know they ever had the tags. Could you just sew a new copy of the tag on? Oh no only the manufacturer can. So I had to replace the shoulder harnesses with new (old really) harnesses at a cost of $260. I feel sooo much safer now. I'm glad the FAA is protecting me so well. It'll be so much better when I build my Velocity.
So here's a picture of one of those really expensive tags...
Mar 24 2006, 09:48:29 AM EST
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