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The wing attach bolts on light aircraft and Bellancas rarely wear out. If you are careful during installation and removal, they can be replated if necessary and reused. If you need the AN9 or AN 10 bolts, the best place to get them has been B&B Aircraft Supply of Gardner, Kansas. Apparently...

He'd better check the main retract strut and the "cage assembly" that holds the trunion nut for cracks and trueness. Dan

Ok..I've Had it...............It's been months since a post here. If There's no interest, I'm going elsewhere.......... D

I'll try to send a photo and a sketch of the boot on my Cruisair in time for the next newsletter. Mind you that what I have is very stiff canvas - about as stiff as the side of a tropical combat boot. It has heavy brass eyelets installed along two edges. This is something a shoemaker is going to...

Bernie, I hope you aren't close to those fires, 'downunder.' Dan

Thanks, Bob for an excellent newsletter. The Aeromatic spinner drawing is excellent. However, it brings out one flaw in this assembly. If you'll look at the backplate drawing, you will see that it calls for a heat treat after forming. This makes this part too hard to withstand stress and almost...

I'm not big into obituaries; however, the Bellanca community lost a good friend and active participant, yesterday. Fred Egli of Walnut Creek, CA. passed away yesterday at 6:30 AM. Most west coasters knew Fred as he had restored both a Cruisair and a 14-19 Cruisemaster. These were not simple...

OK. Here's my new topic to chew on.........the cooling baffling on the Franklin installation in the 14-13 series Bellanca. I think the various airframe manufacturers were still trying to figure out how to cool the horizontally opposed aircraft engine, as late as 1960. I have seen so many early...

Another thing of interest that I've had on my mind is magneto cooling. Magnetos, for the most part, sit behind the baffling on most airplanes. Those of us with the O-470 in a Cruisemaster know this is not always true. Somewhere in my archives---------Bendix stuff, says that '...the maximum...

Until I get burned out, I'll post a topic of interest every week or so........For now, it's fire extinguishers. These are my ideas from practical experience. I bought my first Bellanca in 1970, at the age of 23. I didn't know anything about Bellancas or fire extinguishers at that time. Since...

Apparently, there is little or no interest in the pre-war Bellancas. Am I to assume there is little or no interest in my column in the "BC Contact"??????????? Dan

This is an old topic that I wanted to bring back to life. I have used C-10S, BG 707SR, and REJ 38J plugs and have my own ideas about their benefits and detriments. How about it?