The first pleasure flight after getting the airplane back from maintenance, I decided to go have lunch with my good friend Patrick in Mariposa-Yosemite Airport at the Airport Bar and Grill. A fun short flight from Tracy.

My first lesson to become a Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI). Flying with my friend Mark who is a CFI.

This is my third time riding in the right seat of an airplane, and first time actually trying to provide instructions. Please keep in mind, editing removes a lot of context and Mark is pretending to be a student.

My airplane is still down for maintenance, and in this video I explain that the problem is lifter spalling and what we're doing to repair the airplane. There were some shipping delays and other reasons. In doing research for this video and the repair, I'm finding this is not an uncommon issue on CM engines, and there is a "Service Information Directive SID05-1B" from 2005 and updated in 2016 that explains how to inspect the engine for this sort of abnormal wear http://www.tcmlink.com/pdf2/SID05-1B.pdf

My Cessna Turbo Centurion is still at the aviation mechanic for its annual inspection, waiting for lifters and now a problem during the gear swing.

It's been 5 weeks and my airplane is still in the shop.

I have been itching to get into the air, so I decided to rent from the school and get some practice in.

Will be starting lessons again to earn my CFI.

Taking the Centurion in for it's annual inspection 2 months early.
A quick trip from Tracy to Stockton in the Centurion.

Decided to take a flight in the Centurion around Half Moon Bay directly over the top of San Jose.

For this video, I'm trying some new editing techniques such as quick cuts and motion tracking call outs. Would love to hear your feedback.

Decided to take the airplane for a quick flight over to Columbia California The K-Factor setting on the MVP-50 is better but still not right. #Cessna​ #Centurion​ #T210​ #KTCY​ #O22

In this video, I take an evening flight around the valley and realize I had the engine management system automatically reconfigure itself based on fuel load, which changed the K-Factor causing the flow to read really low.

The K-factor is a constant, referring to the number of measurable pulses required for a given volume of fuel to pass through the point where flow is being measured.

I discuss flying in the evening and at night