AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 87

NEW AGAIN
Skilled craftsmen repair tornado-damaged Husky
BY DAVE HIRSCHMAN

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epairs on AOPA’s 2012 Sweepstakes “Tougher Than a Tornado” Husky begin on a Monday morning. After a marathon 18-hour flight from AOPA’s home base in Frederick, Maryland, the Tornado Husky with its temporary, silver-primed control surfaces has returned to its mountain place of origin. Less than six months after it first took to the air here, the Tornado Husky is back at the Aviat Aircraft factory in Afton, Wyoming—with battle scars. Technicians pull the familiar airplane into a maintenance hangar and evaluate the damage with a collective shrug. For

the 40 skilled technicians and artisans who build up to 50 Huskies a year here, making this airplane as good as new will take less than 72 hours. And they don’t waste any time getting started. With country music from an Idaho Falls radio station blaring and the dramatic landscape of the snow-capped mountains outside the open hangar door, Jason Matijcsyk quickly disconnects the rudder cables and elevator torque tube; removes the horizontal stabilizer, elevator, rudder, and right aileron; and takes them to the paint shop. Aviat has formulas for all its paint colors so that they can
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE FIZER

be matched perfectly. No one will be able to tell which parts were repainted after the job is done, the techs assure me. The vinyl decal N numbers on the left side of the airplane were peeled away to get a better look at the hole the March 31 Sun ’n Fun tornado punched in the fuselage fabric. This, too, is a relatively simple fix, but the most time consuming. In order to patch the Ceconite fabric smoothly, workers must apply several layers of coatings and sand them multiple

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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011

AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011
Contents
President’s Position
Hangar Talk
AOPA Media
AOPA Action
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Pilot Briefing
Rally GA: Come One, Come All
Epic Flight: Greenland Adventure
Budget Buy: Drag Your Tail—Cheaply
Swamp Pirates
Tattoos in the Air
2012 Tougher Than a Tornado Sweepstakes: New Again
Technique: The “Panic Pull”
Wx Watch: MOS for the Masses
Avionics: The iPad-centric Cockpit
Never Again
Fly-Outs
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - President’s Position
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 5
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Hangar Talk
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 7
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 8
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - AOPA Media
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 11
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - AOPA Action
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Letters
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 21
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 23
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Waypoints
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 25
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Proficient Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Safety Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 29
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 31
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 33
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Fly Well
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 35
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 36
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 37
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Pilot Briefing
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Rally GA: Come One, Come All
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 48
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 49
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 50
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 51
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Epic Flight: Greenland Adventure
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 53
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 55
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 56
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 57
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 58
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 59
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Budget Buy: Drag Your Tail—Cheaply
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 61
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Swamp Pirates
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 70
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 71
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 77
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Tattoos in the Air
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 84
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 85
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 86
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 2012 Tougher Than a Tornado Sweepstakes: New Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 88
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 89
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 90
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Technique: The “Panic Pull”
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 92
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 93
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 94
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Wx Watch: MOS for the Masses
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - I1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - I2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 98
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Avionics: The iPad-centric Cockpit
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 100
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Never Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 103
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 105
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Fly-Outs
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Fly by Wire
AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - 108
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2011 - Pilots
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