Darth Vader's Oil Cooling Tips (September 1997)
Dirt Cheap Ammeter Shunt (December 1998)
Q-200 Spinner Front Bulkhead (January 1999)
Fightin' Skywagon Undergoes Elective Surgery (March 2002)
Adding Access Panels to the Fightin' Skywagon (September 2003)
Fightin' Skywagon Solenoid Post Mortem (January 2004) -- starter solenoid stuck in the "0N" mode
Giles G-202 Update--OUCH! (February 2004) -- busted canopy
What The Erbman Meant To Say Was... (February 2004)
High CHTs Cause By Excess Flashing? (August 2004)
John "Bushman" Bush's Mystery Part (October 2007)
The Smoking Gun...er...Engine (September 2008) -- the cause of Three Sigma's overheating engine is found
Operation PHOENIX NOISEMAKER Prematurely Declared Complete (December 2008)
The Saga Of The Bare Naked Crankshaft (January 2009)
Cylinder Problems Abound (February 2009)
Operation PHOENIX NOISEMAKER...continued (March 2009)
Operation PHOENIX NOISEMAKER...continued (April 2009)
Three Sigma Vernatherm Follies (June 2009)
Three Sigma Flight Test Update (July 2009) -- engine cooling woes and adjusting landing gear toe-in
Shields Up! (December 2009) -- Post AirVenture 2009 Squawk Fixing
Plane Fly Good (December 2009) -- Functional Check Flight (FCF) results after making above fixes
Three Sigma High Power Cooling Test (April 2011)
Chasing Queertrons: Troubleshooting Tales of the Unualified (July 2011) -- Part 1 of chasing electromagnetic interference between the autopilot and comm radio
Chasing Queertrons: Troubleshooting Tales of the Unualified (August 2011) -- Part 2 of chasing electromagnetic interference between the autopilot and comm radio
Stopping the Oil Leak From Valve Cover Gaskets (August 2012)
A Simple 4 Hour Fix To Make Magneto Timing Easier (July 2013)
Chasing Rabbits or The Joys of Troubleshooting Engine Problems (July 2013) -- chasing down an induction leak
Recent Bearhawk Mods (November 2013)
Half A Pound Here, Half A Pound There, And Pretty Soon You're Talking A Lot of Weight (May 2014)
It All Started Innocently Enough... (July 2015) -- How I tried to service my landing gear shock strut and dropped the airplane, almost on my head
In Flight Emergency - Rough Running Engine (August 2015)
Landing a Cessna 310 with a Failed Nose Gear (October 2015)
Primer Troubles, Fightin' Skywagon Return To Flight (January 2016)
Windows 10 Isn't The Only Upgrade Currently In Season (April 2016) -- Opus Sei's F1 Rocket, the Kommandant's Fightin' Skywagon, and Glamorous Glasair ADS-B Upgrade
Windows 10 Isn't The Only Upgrade Currently In Season (continued) (May 2016) -- Combat Bearhawk Avionics Upgrade
Demons and Angels in the Air (August 2016) -- Replacing improper engine mount bolts and nuts
When Good Seals Go Bad (November 2016) -- Fixing a carburetor fuel leak by swapping out the carburetor
Random Thoughts From This Month's Flying (July 2017) -- Flying to and from Pagosa Springs, plus a flat tire on return from Chiriaco Summit
Trim Is Your Friend (October 2017) -- at least until it stops working
Well! There's Your Problem! (July 2018) -- Fouled plugs and high EGTs
The Saga of Lois Skylane
The "Bug Blocker" Blocks Too Well (October 2019)
Follow-Up To The "Bug Blocker" (November 2019)
Troubleshooting CO Alerts (November 2020)
Teaser: Lois Gets A Top Overhaul (December 2020)
Troubleshooting a Failing Alternator (July 2021)
Fightin' Skywagon AD Tail Inspection (October 2021)
Lois' (Skylane) 2020 Annual, or How I learned why A&Ps get paid so much for cylinder replacement
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