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We invite comments and welcome any report of inferior products obtained through our advertising, so corrective action may be taken. 4 • Cessna Flyer / January 2020 January 2020 / Cessna Flyer • 5 January 2020 • Volume 17 • Issue 1 Prop & Cowling "I’d shake my fist in 8 THE VIEW from HERE • Jennifer Dellenbusch defiance…if I could feel my 8 LETTERS to the EDITOR arms" 10 CESSNA FLYER EVENTS 14 THE HIGH and the WRITEY • Kevin Garrison 18 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS • Steve Ells Cockpit & Fuselage 22 RENOVATING AN INTERIOR, PART SEVEN: PREPPING , PRIMING AND PAINTING INTERIOR PLASTIC PARTS • Dennis Wolter 26 MAXIMIZING THE OWNER-MECHANIC RELATIONSHIP: WHAT MECHANICS WANT YOU TO KNOW • Dale Smith 32 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, PART FIVE: TIRES AND TUBES • Kristin Winter 38 CESSNA'S 205, 206 AND 207 • Jennifer Dellenbusch 48 SOUTHERN CHARM: THE MANY WONDERS OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY • Kevin Garrison Tail & Rudder 56 NEWS 64 AIRCRAFT SAFETY ALERTS 72 ADVERTISER INDEX 74 BACK WHEN: VINTAGE CESSNA ADVERTISING AND MARKETING 6 • Cessna Flyer / January 2020 UPGRADE YOUR INTERIOR INCREASE VALUE AND COMFORT Enjoy your flying time more with a custom interior tailored to meet your needs and budget by our expert craftsmen. Call 651.451.1205 wipaire.com/interiors January 2020 / Cessna Flyer • 7 The View from Here Letters to the Editor By JENNIFER DELLENBUSCH Send your letters to [email protected] In Memoriam: 2020 Vision Brian Wrightman November 2019 WOW, 2020 IS HERE. Another trip around the globe and another opportunity to set out our resolutions for the new Hi Kent... year. Where do I start? I really don’t Do you make resolutions? Do you keep them? know how to begin to thank you, but I I’ve made them (often) and kept them (rarely). I think will try. that’s because we make resolutions about the things we The package of the two magazines, “should” do and not the things we want to do. If we wanted to with the very personal and touching let- do these things, we’d already be doing them. ter arrived here a little over a week ago. But we do want to improve, don’t we? Is it possible to set I cannot express to you how moved goals for improvement that we can actually keep? I’m going to I was to see the “In Memoriam” article try setting a few resolutions for Cessna Flyer Association for you wrote about Brian! You captured 2020 and we’ll see how well I do at keeping them. his personality perfectly and I guess af- ter 15 years of friendship, you did know 1. Continue to improve Cessna Flyer magazine’s him well! design, content and usability I’ve shown the article and the let- You can see from the issue you are holding that we ter to all of our family, the first reaction are well on our way with this first resolution and our is “wow.” and then they giggle at the new design. We will continue to work to provide the best pictures you used—but as you said, that content in a user-friendly format. was Brian! It fills my heart to know that your friendship with Brian was so 2. Improve our website’s speed, usability and content meaningful to you, that you would honor As I write this, our web developers are working to him in such a wonderful way. He would make some improvements to the site. We know we have a be a little embarrassed...but he’d love it!! long way to go to improve the site, but we are on it. Relationships with people like you are one of the reasons why I think he 3. Improve our membership benefits was reluctant to retire...he found his We have some ideas in the works and are also working niche and really enjoyed it. on improving communication channels between Cessna Again, I thank you from the Flyer staff and members. bottom of my heart, you are truly a special friend, and I am so glad Brian 4. Have some fun in 2020 found you! OK, this one should be easy. We’ll be hosting the Annual Gratefully yours, Gathering at Waupaca again on July 18-19, 2020 and we Cathie Wrightman want you to join us. This is our annual member event and it’s always fun and informative. Cessna Flyer members fly in to beautiful Waupaca (KPCZ) for a Saturday night cocktail reception, full slate of informative seminars on Sunday and a Sunday evening banquet. Enjoy riding to AirVenture Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (with an optional night bus Wednesday to accommodate viewing the night air show) in our chartered, air-conditioned motor coach. As usual, we’ll have some fabulous raffle prizes at our Sunday drawing. 8 • Cessna Flyer / January 2020 January 2020 / Cessna Flyer • 9 Events CFA EVENTS at the Beverly Hilton from 5 to 11:30 hosts the event at the Washington State pm. For more information, visit living- Fair Events Center that includes more JULY 18–19 legends-of-aviation.myshopify.com. than 75 hours of safety seminars and WAUPACA, WISCONSIN 122,000 square feet of aviation displays. 16TH ANNUAL GATHERING AT WAUPACA. FEB. 6–9 Saturday 9 am to 5:30 pm, Sunday 10 Save the date for CFA’s annual pre-OSH BUCKEYE, ARIZONA am to 4 pm. Entry is $5 per day; kids event with fun, food and friendship at COPPERSTATE 2020 17 and under get free admission. Free the Waupaca Municipal Airport (KPCZ). Because of the success of last year, parking. For more information, visit Watch this space and CessnaFlyer.org Copperstate 2020 has expanded to a washington-aviation.org. in the coming months for more details. four-day event at the Buckeye Municipal Airport (KBXK). In addition to the terrific MARCH 5–7 events from 2019, we will be holding a LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA Competition Day featuring spot landing, 31ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FEATURED EVENTS STOL and other events to be announced. IN AVIATION CONFERENCE Proceeds from the fly-in help support There’s no better place to connect with JAN. 16 scholarship programs for youth seeking others who share the same passion BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA careers in the aerospace industry. Free for the aviation industry. This annual 17TH ANNUAL LIVING LEGENDS OF admission. 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