Tropical Training

This week is another week of "tropical training" at MMS. No, the guys aren't sitting around in lounge chairs, under palm trees, sipping iced drinks with umbrellas in them...it's just HOT (93 degrees) and HUMID (80%) with rather regular, intense thunderstorms rolling through every afternoon.

Once such storm just rolled through just a few minutes ago which did its best to blow, blast, and wash us off the top of the hill here at Richard Downing/Coshocton County Airport. Yee-haw. Of course in a few very short months we'll go into our "Arctic training" mode. When you prepare people to live and work in all parts of the globe it helps to have a weather range representative of the varied climates in which they'll serve. And here, in east central Ohio...we see it all...sometimes in a matter of hours.

Andy, Mike, and Mark make a plan for drilling the spar strap.

Terry begins work on the right main landing gear of the 210.

Paul works behind the instrument panel in preparation for installing instrumentation in the 337.

Pfeifer Aztec Returns to Service

The guys wrapped up work on the Pfeifer Evangelical Association's Piper Aztec this afternoon. With the left landing gear successfully repaired, they finished troubleshooting an electrical problem and fixed a leak in the left fuel bladder. The Aztec's now back in service!

Terry troubleshoots a problem with an electrical component.

Josh repairs the fuel bladder.

Mike and Josh cowl the right engine.

The Aztec leaves our ramp for the taxiway.

A Summer Visit

We had a fun visit the past few days with good friends from PA. Jay and Renee Harnish came with their kids Cameron and Joelle. Cameron is 6 and just finished kindergarten. Joelle is 3 and keeps up with her big brother quite well. We enjoyed swimming, bike riding and playing with the dogs and Lincoln Logs and trains. Some tears fell as they had to leave today but smiles returned when they realized that in only "14 nighty-nights" "Uncle Keith and Aunt Karen" will be coming to stay at their house for a bit. We always look forward to a warm welcome and happy hugs when we visit with the Harnish household. They always have a bed waiting for us when we go to the Lancaster area. If you want to see just a few pictures of the kids you can click here and see a "Smilebox" I have created.

Dynamic's DC-3 Visits MMS Aviation

On their way to AirVenture 2010 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this morning Dynamic Aviation flew their DC-3 to Richard Downing/Coshocton County Airport for fuel and to visit MMS Aviation. Here's a video I put together featuring the visit.