CESSNA LANDING GEAR POWER PACKS p.28 June 2020 • cessnaflyer.org CESSNA 180 The Half-Ton Pickup of the Skies p.42 Aircraft Explore Aviation Cleaning 101 History via a p.34 Virtual Aviation Museum Tour Renovating an Interior p.54 Securing Seat Covers p.24 2 • Cessna Flyer / June 2020 …the heart of your aircraft® Special Announcements IMPORTANT: The following information is confidential and should only be distributed to personnel within your company as necessary. November 17, 2014 Dear valued Lightspeed dealer, With the holiday season approaching, we wanted to reach out and make sure you are up to date on all of the exciting things Aircraft Spruce is the leading worldwide distributorhappening at Lightspeed. of generalAs it turns out, theaviation highly successful parts launch andof our Zulu supplies. PFX headset this summer was just the beginning. Please read below for the following topics: Our orders ship same day, at the lowest• CES Innovationprices, Awards and Honoree with the support of the most helpful staff in the industry. We look • forward Lightspeed online to trainingour next available opportunity to serve you! • Holiday gift with purchase promotion • Lightspeed Aviation Adventure Flight Bag Launch www.aircraftspruce.comLightspeed Aviation has been named a 2015 CES Innovation Awards Honoree for our Zulu PFX ANR aviation headset. Products entered into this prestigious program are judged by an expert ORDER YOUR FREE panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the consumer 2019-2020 CATALOG! electronics trade media assembled to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge 1000 PAGES OF PRODUCTS! Call Toll Free 1-877-4-SPRUCEconsumer electronics products across 28 product categories. Zulu PFX won in the In-VehicleJune 2020 / Cessna Flyer • 3 Accessories/Control/Navigation category. The CES Innovation Awards are sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the producer of the International Consumer Electronics Show. Entries are evaluated on their engineering, aesthetic and design qualities, intended use/function and user value, how the design and innovation of the product directly compares to other products in the marketplace and the unique/novel features present. Products chosen as CES Innovation Honorees reflect innovative design and engineering in some of the most cutting edge tech products and services coming to market. I don’t think I can overstate what this honor means to Lightspeed, but what this means to you as a dealer is that in addition to the innovative features that speak for themselves and the great reviews that keep rolling in from pilots and prominent aviation editors, you can now point to the CES award as solid proof that Zulu PFX is a groundbreaking product, even when compared with products across other industries. Become a Lightspeed expert with online training With such great reviews being published in nearly all of the key general aviation publications (and now the CES Innovation Award) we are expecting interest in all of our products to increase significantly, so now is the time to make sure you are prepared to answer any questions. Our website offers a wealth of resources, including detailed product descriptions, educational videos, FAQs for each product, and an easy-to-understand primer on active noise cancellation. Because Zulu PFX incorporates many features never before seen in aviation headsets, several months ago we created an exciting, easy to access online training platform. The Zulu PFX Sales Training course consists of six short modules, each followed by a brief interactive quiz. We’ve designed the course so that an average trainee can finish all six modules in less than 30 minutes (but the course does not have to be completed in one sitting). One of the most exciting features of this training platform is that it allows us to track the progress of trainees, giving us an idea of our dealers’ readiness regarding their knowledge of Zulu PFX. Many of our dealers have already taken advantage of this free resource. If you aren’t one of them, don’t miss this opportunity to increase your staff’s readiness. This will be an important step to ensuring a confident sales team and a successful holiday selling season. 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June 2020 / Cessna Flyer • 5 20-9307 1 4/C Cessna an Piper Mag AD 8.75" x 11.25" 6/1/20 8.25" x 10.75" Lauren Latona Marine & Aviation June 2020 • Volume 17 • Issue 6 Prop & Cowling "If my plane doesn't want to 8 THE VIEW from HERE • go there, maybe Jennifer Dellenbusch I should not 8 LETTERS to the EDITOR want to go there 10 CESSNA FLYER EVENTS either" 12 THE HIGH and the WRITEY • Kevin Garrison 18 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS • Steve Ells Cockpit & Fuselage 24 RENOVATING AN INTERIOR, PART TWELVE: SECURING SEAT COVERS • Dennis Wolter 28 CESSNA HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS, PART 2: CESSNA LANDING GEAR POWER PACKS • Kristin Winter 34 AIRCRAFT CLEANING 101 • Dale Smith 42 CESSNA 180: THE HALF-TON PICKUP OF THE SKIES • Steve Ells 54 EXPLORE AVIATION HISTORY VIA A VIRTUAL AVIATION MUSEUM TOUR • Kevin Garrison Tail & Rudder 64 NEWS 80 ADVERTISER INDEX 82 BACK WHEN: VINTAGE CESSNA ADVERTISING AND MARKETING COVER: Cessna 180. 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