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?
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| 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.
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| Glenn welds a new yoke attach fitting for the tailwheel.
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The broken fitting, top center. | So one day I decided to paint... |
Fairchild 24
| History |
Fairchild 24W's |
Places We've Been
Antique Airplane Fly-In @ Blakesburg 2007
Creve Coeur Airport
The Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum's DeHavilland Dh-4!
Photographs