Its true! N93443 has been fixed and is buzzing the blue again. The spar cap hole saw cut has been patched with a 12" mending plate and a 337 approval. Boy did we learn something about a&p's. The story goes that the mechanic we have been going to for the last year insisted on changing the spar cap to finish the annual.($5000.) We have already invested $2000. in this annual and still did not have a airworthy plane. Steve happened to stop at Alan Buckners at Chandler-Fresno and asked him about the problem. This
guy has a museum full of old planes and he came to our rescue with a mending plate and about 4hrs work. Of course we still had to get a second annual by Alan to be airworthy again but it was worth it to keep our coupe. The annual was done last night and we went to the first airshow of the season at Reedley airport today. It was like a old friend came back from the grave. I want to Thank all the coupers for the help on the problem and thank those interest in buying N93443 as a project. Sorry, but our baby is not for sale anymore and we hope to see you at the next show. jack russell n93343 clovis CA
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