Today I went flying. I took off and everything went perfect. I did 2-touch and goes at South Valley
Regional then headed NW to the Tooele valley.
I did 2-touch and goes at the Tooele Valley airport and then headed
south to Cedar Valley. I engaged the autopilot
and climbed to 7500’. I flew around the
Munitions Disposal Plant and then west.
I flew into a across Cedar Valley then to the east side of the Lewiston
Peak and up the shore of Utah Lake back to the point of the mountain. I entered the Salt Lake valley and flew NW to
South Valley Regional. I made one last
landing then put the airplane away.
While doing so I noticed a sort of clicking sound coming from the nose
wheel. I checked and found the nose
wheel fairing had been broken. I don’t
recall flopping the nose wheel on any of my landings but it obviously deflected
enough to catch the rear and sides of the fairing and it broke out a chunk about
3-4” behind the tire. I will remove the
back portion of the fairing and do a fiberglass patch. I will then take the fairing to Dave
Wissinger and have him repaint the lower portion of the fairing. I guess there will always be something to
work on.
I took some new photos of the
airplane. I need to come back and take
better photos in the afternoon sun.
