A Buyer's Guide to the Piper Comanche by Dave Pyle, ICS #730
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OCTOBER 2009 VOLUME 36, NO. 10 The Official Membership Publication of The International Comanche Society You Fly The Plane... UBG-16 Programmable Redlines Shock Cooling Alert Differential Alarm Trend Analysis True Lean Detection Data Recording... and so much More! We’ll Watch Twin Comanche For Sale Ð 1964 PA 30 TOTAL ENGINE TIMES: 230 both The Engine New Lycoming cyc, cams, mags, Lord mounts, oil cooler, fuel & oil hoses, chrome spinners. RADIO NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: PS Engineering audio & marker, four hole intercom, Garmin 430, (traffi c when near Class B air space) Trimble 1000, KY 197A, KN53 with G/S, KR 87, BFG 1000+, electronic dimmer, back lit instruments, Stec 60-2 Coupled Autopilot, DME select Nav1 & 2, KRA Fuel Flow to .1 GPH N7614Y 10 Davtron clock, Aerosonic encoding Multiple Fuel Alarms Serial Number 687; T/T Airframe: alt, Mode S exponder, Hoskins fuel fl ow Fuel Remaining & Used 5670 NDH meter, top mounted iridium antenna FP-5L Time to Empty w/ Alarm with instrument mounted BNC, new EXTERIOR MODS: communications antennas, Ron & Fuel Efficiency Tip tanks, Nacelle tanks (10.4 gal), new John instrument panel le and right. GPS Interface w/ Alarms rudder strobe, VMC rudder seal, jumper Horsepower...and more! car cable, new fuel cells, low thrust FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS: detector system, two year old paint. KCS 55A compass system, Allen standby electric horizon Electronics International Copper cables, alternators, Alcor EGT, INTERIOR: (10) has been imported to EU, airplane 63296 Powell Butte Hwy Two year old grey interior, sheepskin currently in Indiana. front seats, new overhead console, new Bend, OR 97701 PROPS: 230 both headliner. (541)318-6060 WWW.Buy-EI.Com PRICE: $100,000 ($200K invested) Unparalleled Customer CONTACT: Bill Eisele, 219-871-6403, [email protected] Service Since 1979 The Comanche Flyer is the official monthly member publication of the International Comanche Society P.O. Box 1810 Volume 36, No. 10 • October 2009 Traverse City, MI 49685-1810 www.comancheflyer.com U.S.: 888-300-0082 Other: 231-946-3712 Fax: 231-946-6180 Email: [email protected] Published By the International Comanche Society, Inc. www.comancheflyer.com ICS President CONTENTS Dave Fitzgerald (330) 484-4609 Cell: (330) 936-7979 2 Letter from the President Dave Fitzgerald E-mail: [email protected] Managing Editor Comanche Spirit Kim Blonigen 4 Three Years and Many Miles Dick Kuszyk E-mail: [email protected] Display Advertising Manager 8 ICS Items for Sale Genevieve Lyon (800) 773-7798 10 ICS Board of Directors, Tribe Chiefs, Fax: (231) 946-9588 & Tribe Representatives E-mail: [email protected] 2008-2009 ICS Standing Committees Trading Post & Classified Advertising Nancy A. Whitten 11 ICS Technical Directors (800) 773-7798 Fax: (231) 946-9588 ICS Tool Loan Program E-mail: [email protected] CFF-Trained CFIs Graphic Design Brandon Hoffman Online Intelligence E-mail: [email protected] 12 XM Weather Service Problems Printer Village Press 14 ICS Membership Renewal Form 2779 Aero Park Drive Traverse City, MI 49685-0629 Feature www.villagepress.com 18 A Buyer’s Guide to the Piper Comanche Dave Pyle ICS Technical Directors Bill Creech 22 ICS Name Badge Order Form Ph: (915) 581-3401 (9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. MST) Fax: (915) 581-6168 Convention News E-mail: [email protected] Where It All Began! Bob Williams Zach Grant 24 Cell: (317) 201-4293 (Calls accepted all hours on his cell, he’ll return call if message left) Feature E-mail: [email protected] 28 AirVenture 2009: Dave Fitzgerald Cliff Wilewski Another Great Week at Oshkosh Scott Ducey Ph: (815) 395-0500, Cell: (815) 979-7785 E-mail: [email protected] Featured Fly-In ICS Tool Loan Program 32 European Tribe Hosts Technical Effi e Andree Wiltens Matt Kurke Fly-In at Jersey 10340 Regent Circle Naples, FL 34109 Ph: (239) 593-6944 The Best of the Flyer [email protected] 36 TOP SECRET − Training Guides Glenn Plymate The Comanche Flyer (ISSN 08994223, USPS 2-324) is available to members; Fly-In Report the $25 annual subscription rate is included 40 Weather Plays Havoc on Fly-In Kevin Davis in the Society’s Annual Membership dues to Grissom Air Field in US funds below. Comanche Flyer is published monthly by Village Press 42 From the Tribe Chiefs U.S., Canada, Mexico One year $66, Two years $120 Fly-In Report Europe and South Africa 44 Southwest Tribe Returns to the Old West Peggy Harmon One year $89, Two years $166 for Annual Business Meeting/Fly-In Australia, All other countries One year $79, Two years $146 46 Comanche Classifi eds Spousal Members $33 per year 47 Advertiser’s Index Cover Photo Dick Kuszyk’s Comanche 250 taking off from 48 Last Laugh his home base of Parlin Field (2B3) in New Hampshire. Copyright Notice The act of making a submission for publication is an express warranty that such contribution does not infringe on the rights or copyright of others. Nothing appearing INTERNATIONAL in the Comanche Flyer shall be reproduced or distributed without the express permission of the publisher. COMANCHE Postmaster SOCIETY, INC. Send address changes to the above address. Periodical postage paid at Traverse City, MI 49686 OCTOBER 2009 Comanche Flyer • 1 Letter from the President am writing my last President’s • ICS and CFF have collec- column for the Flyer and I must tively been working together say serving as President of ICS for to sponsor more mainte- I the last two years has not only been nance seminars. challenging, it’s been very interesting • We now have a gear simu- and rewarding. I think what has lation box available for impressed me the most is to see just emergency gear exten- how much can be accomplished when sion training. Any tribe members work together to achieve a planning a maintenance common purpose. For the benefit of seminar can contact Matt those ICS members who wonder what Kurke at Comanche Gear goes on behind the scenes at ICS, the for availability. following are just some of the initiatives • The new Comanche Pilot and accomplishments of ICS and CFF, Proficiency Program (CPPP) achieved by working together during the is up and running and last few years. There have been so many available to everyone. This volunteers working on various projects is an excellent program that I will not attempt to mention every- one’s name for fear of missing some. that everyone should take advantage of. • The Comanche Tips book was updated in 2007 and as new tips are acquired, • ICS is now represented at Oshkosh. the Comanche tail issue and other it will continue to be updated. It is We’ve had our own tent on the main Aging Aircraft issues has brought now available for purchase or can be grounds for two years now with recognition to our group as a strong viewed on our website. maintenance and educational semi- and safety-oriented type club by nars. Plans are in place to do the the FAA and EAA. ICS has also been • The Technical Articles section from the same at Sun ‘n Fun in 2010. working hard on ways to better old website is now being updated and will soon be available on the new site. • Significant changes and improve- keep its membership informed on ments have been made to the ICS important maintenance and safety • ICS obtained the rights to the Doug website; we will continue to add issues through its newsletters, web- Killough Pilot Operating Handbooks more useful information and improve site, maintenance seminars and (POH). All the manuals have been its accessibility. social gatherings. reformatted to PDFs and are now available as a single or double-sided • ICS now has a “Fast Notification • Due to good leadership from the publication, either spiral bound or Newsletter” system in place to entire Board of Directors and sound unbound. inform the society of any emergency decisions made by the past adminis- trations, ICS is now financially running • Most technical questions can be or important issues. in the black. To a large extent, this is answered on our Maintenance Forum; • Members of the Australian Tribe due to the move to Village Press, our but if you can’t get an answer there, are working to get approval for a present business managers. you can send a question directly to new main landing gear trunion for our maintenance committee from all Comanches. I strongly encourage any of you who the main menu on our website. • Our membership numbers have would like to help ICS better serve its membership to become involved by • “Care and Maintenance of the Piper increased over the last couple of volunteering to help. You can be sure Single Comanche” written and years and I believe this is not only donated by ICS Member, Bill Creech due to good marketing, but also to an your Tribe Chief is waiting for your is available on our website, or can be increased effort by ICS and CFF to call. Thanks to all the members who ordered from the Comanche Flyer. provide technical seminars and have volunteered their time and ser- Although written primarily with the maintenance information. vices through the years to make ICS everything it is today. Sometimes it’s single in mind, much of the informa- • ICS has been working with the FAA good to stop and reflect on the benefits tion is germane to all Comanches, to help provide the necessary techni- of being a member of the International and is a “should have” for all cal information to help bring the Comanche Society. Comanche owners. issue of a few cracked horns found • ICS is actively supporting represen- on some of our older singles to a sen- Dave Fitzgerald tation to the “Aging Aircraft Program” sible conclusion.