Mike and Eesa

That’s right! We closed on N5451U this morning and the registration has been filed with the FAA! That means we officially own a plane! We’ll be taking final delivery of the plane in her hanger at KARR on Saturday to officially get the keys and such. My insurance company is...

Today I stopped by the shop to check on the progress of soon-to-be our plane. She is coming along and they are almost done with all the work. That’s both airworthy items and some other small items that I asked to be done while it was in the shop. They...

Today came to an agreement on the terms of the acceptance of the aircraft and I signed it! The acceptance states that the repairs must be complete to close and we must close by April 12th. I’m hoping it happens faster than that, but hey.. at least its going to...

I got the final pre-buy report and, I gotta say, it looks pretty good actually! There are a couple airworthiness items that the seller will take care of (including the wingspar issue), and aside from that, only nit-pick low dollar items to repair. Overall, I’m pretty happy. I even got...

Today was the first of a 2 day full pre-buy inspection. As part of this inspection, the mechanic takes all the inspection plates off and really goes over it with a fine-toothed comb. Well, Beechcraft aircraft have an airworthiness directive that states that the wing spar carrythrough needs to be...