It has been quite some time since last updating what has been happening out at the hangar. Last week we had a few aircraft in for maintenance. We had a normally aspirated GA8 in for an engine change, a C206 in for a 100 hourly inspection, a Twin Otter for unscheduled and the C208 for a mini phase check. It has been really good to be getting back into maintenance in the New Year. The last few weeks of last year I was probably spending more time in hangar maintenance and safety work/projects than working on aircraft. Lately I have been getting to work on gas turbine engines more frequently. So it has been working out with each check rotating from airframe to engine and vice versa. It has been really good for a change and to work towards getting hours for PT6 license.
1. C208 Caravan
The C208 mini phase check is done at each 100 hours between Phase checks which is every 200 hours. I do enjoy working on the C208 and as time goes on I am getting more familiar with it, especially as we only have one of them. Normally with the C208 checks it is more intense for me than any other check to get the aircraft serviceable. But this time round we had an extra day than normal and were able to get the aircraft ready for a few weeks of flight training which was good.
2. GA8 in the process of having it’s firewall painted during the engine change
This week has been busy too, the engine change being completed on the GA8, finishing a C206 100 hourly and a 100 hourly on our newest GA8 turbo airvan. On the GA8 Turbo I was put on to do the engine, first time doing a 100 hourly on a GA8 engine. So it has been good to get more exposure on piston engine’s (new for me) and work towards engine licenses more (still awaiting airframe licenses to be processed). We had three aircraft in the hangar yesterday trying to get finished so they could return to flying. This morning before lunch the GA8 Turbo being the last one was finished. So the next two days will be a bit quieter, but will leave room for more hangar projects (always plenty to do) and unscheduled maintenance and give us some breathing space before next week.
3. Twin Otter in for unscheduled maintenance
Next week we have a C check starting on one of our Twin Otters which is scheduled for four weeks. Something that is challenging at times , labor intensive and requires patience. Seems to be plenty of work on in the weeks ahead.
