It’s been a busy month in the hangar here
in Ohio. The Cessna 210 that we had in for an annual was returned to service
and it’s owner flew back it to Minnesota last month. Since then I have spent a
couple of weeks working with Mike on an avionics installation of Gospel Carrier’s
International’s Cessna 172. It is being upgraded with a new audio panel
(intercom) and an engine monitoring system which will give much more accurate
information to the pilot and help him operate the plane in a much more efficient
way. I don’t have much experience with electrics and electronics, so being
involved in the installation of a whole variety of sensors and wiring, in
preparation for the installation of the processor and display unit, was good
experience. I also had the experience of putting together the wiring harness
for the audio panel. We tailored the harness exactly to the plane we are
working on, running all the cables from the connector at the back of the audio
panel, in the stack in the centre of the instrument panel, to the various headset
jacks, and speakers around the cabin.
The following week saw me working with Tim
on an annual inspection on a Diamond DA40. This plane is owned by a local guy,
and although it is not a “mission aircraft”, we agreed to doing it’s annual
inspection. The valuable inspection experience that we can get from doing
annual inspections, means that MMS will take on a few annual inspections on
local aeroplanes that aren’t operated by mission organisations. It has been
good experience, and a good preparation for the practical exam which will be
coming in a few months’ time. The Diamond was collected by its owner today, and
has now been tucked up, back in its own hangar.
The space it left in hangar A has already been filled by Pfeiffer
Evangelical’s Piper Aztec. Yesterday we started on it’s annual inspection, and
the next few weeks will probably see me working on this plane again.
I have also spent a bit of time in the last
few evenings putting together our latest newsletter. We took the time to update
our email list a bit, and if you would like to be added to that list we would
love to keep you up to date! Drop me an email at andyswansonmaf@gmail.com, and I will
add you to our mailing list!
One of the things I enjoyed most when we
moved to Ohio, was showing our visitors round the hangar and explaining to them
a bit about how planes can be used as missionary tools, and let them actually
sit in the planes that are used all around the world. Unfortunately I can’t
give hangar tours here in Ohio to all of our supporters, but if you can make it
to Cumbernauld airport on June 29th, you will be able to see the new
Cessna 182 that MAF are sending to South Sudan. Cumbernauld airport is also
where Revival Radio have their studios, and as a wee bonus, if you come and see
the 182 you can get a tour of the Revival Radio studio as well!
Thanks again for checking in and keeping up
to date with what we are doing over here in Ohio!
