Glacier Air in Squamish offers dual mountain training in C172 and C206. The C206 is used for Forestry and Charter flights to remote locations. www.glacierair.com

1) The shop was NOT the lowest bidder, they charged over $17,000 per plane (3 total). 2) I DID look at the shop prior to the painting, looked at other planes they painted and those in the shop, and the shop has been in business for many years. 3) The shop had no concerns about being paid for their w...

Working for myself...I'm a pretty good boss, my staff likes me (most of the time) and I don't force them to fly outside their comfort zone or outside the regs!
My motto...It's better to loose $100 buck by cancelling a flight than risk loosing a plane, people and my business!

Check the rear bulkheads in front of the tail cone area for cracks. C200 series aircraft often get cracks back there. My maintenance guys added extra reinforcing this area in my plane after they found cracks in a C206, C207 & C210 all in the same area. Unfortunatly you have to remove the tail feathe...

Update: Brought my plane back to the paint shop and left it with them to fix. After 3 weeks in the shop, I went to pick it up and they still didn't fix it right nor did they bother to fix all the areas. I lost time & money going there, the owner kept calling me by the wrong name although I kept corr...

The Cirrus is a nice airplane for flying from one long runway to another long runway with no obsticals on approach. The fancy avionics, slick looks and fast speeds are attractive to those who like flashy, new, high tech stuff. These things, along with the parachute make for a good selling points to ...

Paint was done by an Aircraft company that has a huge shop at a busy airport and not by an Auto shop, although when talking to the autobody shop that fixed my car after a hit and run, they were pretty surprized that this happened too. I can accept minor blemished here and there, but this is beyond m...

Thanks for the responces. My thought were poor prep job and/or contaminents in the paint booth too. Log book says "Aircraft disassemblerd and stripped for painting. Aircraft painted by XXX using PPG primer (7755), White (ESSS903654), Blue.... I'm not sure if it was Endura paint or not. Unfortunatly ...

I just had my plane painted and there are fish eyes all along one side of the plane, both in the white and coloured areas. There are also lots of areas where lint and crap is stuck in the paint. I pointed it out to the painter and was told they could "touch it up" anytime. The paint was done at a re...