Fixing the Fairchild

This page is dedicated to my friend Glenn Peck, who does all the maintenance on N690FA.

His website my be seen at http://www.peckaeroplanerestoration.com

(Look at the 1929 Zenith Z6a we're about to fly!)

Hand me a 7/16's, will ya?

 

Don taking the cylinders off for a top overhaul. Glenn working on a door mechanism. With the fabric peeled away, Glenn examines the broken tailwheel part. I was pretty nervous at this part.

He wasn't.

 

 

 

Glenn welds a new yoke attach fitting for the tailwheel.

 

The broken fitting, top center. So one day I decided to paint...

 

Fairchild 24

Fairchild 24R's

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Fairchild 24W's

My F24R46 Fixing My F-24 Lincoln Electric
Movies and Sound  
Survivors

2004 Reunion

 

Places We've Been

1970's Oshkosh

Oshkosh 2001

Oshkosh 2002

Oshkosh 2003

Oshkosh 2004

Oshkosh 2006

Oshkosh 2007-The Dh-4 Saga.

Antique Airplane Fly-In @ Blakesburg 2007

Thunder Over Michigan 2006

 

Creve Coeur Airport

Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum

 

2005 American Waco Club Fly-In

 

Tailwheels in the Grass

The Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum's DeHavilland Dh-4!

 

Zenith Z6a

 

Photographs

Aviation Nation Airshow in Las Vegas

Monterey, CA

 

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