Remove Center of Gravity Remove Firewall Remove Hangar
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Approachable Excellence

Plane and Pilot

The owner I joined in partnership was the second owner of the Cherokee, and it was based right here, Widell says, gesturing to his spotless hangar at Twin Oaks. Even though the CFI immediately firewalled the throttle, a wingtip hit the ground and ended the flight. Eventually that partner wanted to sell and Widell found Brian Bishop.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

Pretty much the only metal parts are the landing gear legs, stainless firewalls, engine mounts, engines and hardware. At that point the project is trucked 5 miles to the Prineville Airport where final assembly takes place in a hangar. Everything that can be composite is, all the way down to the engine baffling.