![]() ![]() I remember one Sunday when John and I were flying to Wichita in John’s T210 from our home base in California. John carries a very complete tool kit in the baggage compartment of his Cessna T210, and it has bailed us out hot water on several occasions. Sometimes we travel in my airplane, and sometimes we take John’s. Several times a year, John and I travel around the country together teaching technical seminars for the Cessna Pilots Association. I learned most of what I know about aircraft maintenance from John. John is a 14,000-hour pilot, a licensed A&P with Inspection Authorization, and probably knows more about buying, owning, and fixing Cessnas than anyone else on earth. I resolved that before I headed off on another long X-C, I would assemble a basic survival tool kit to carry in the airplane.Īsk the expertI decided to consult with my close friend John Frank, who is the Executive Director of the Cessna Pilots Association. Ultimately, I found some really awful Taiwanese tools in the auto department of a Wal-Mart store, and managed to get the heater fixed. Naturally, all the mechanics had gone home for the weekend. I was sure I could fix it easily with a piece of duct tape or strategically placed dab of RTV sealant.īut first I had to gain access to the heater which is buried deep in the nose of the 310. I was confident I knew what the problem was (an air leak between the combustion air blower and the heater) because I’d seen this happen before. At the same time, I wasn’t too keen on being stuck in Tulsa for the weekend. My wife informed me in no undertain terms through chattering teeth that she had no intention of getting back into the airplane until the heater was fixed.
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