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Hangar Doors are working again

As reported by Robb Butts earlier this month, the hangar door for the Cessna had failed. The Cessna was temporarily moved to another hangar until the door could be fixed. Well, it is fixed now and everything is back to normal. However this is a reminder that we should be on the lookout for hangar door faults before they become catastrophic. Anglin Aviation is pretty good about fixing things to go wrong at the hangar. But they can't fix it unless they are notified. So if you see a hangar door that operates as if something is seriously out of adjustment, or otherwise about to fail, then please contact a maintenance officer or call Anglin Aviation yourself.

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Updated MANG Website

Now that our website has been updated, there are several new features that you may find to be beneficial.

• First, the navigation menu better organizes the information that we previously had on the website. This should make it easier for existing and prospective members to find what they are looking for.
• Links to the ScheduleMaster system and Ypsilanti weather are also provided from the navigation menu. By clicking on the Ypsilanti weather link, a new window will open displaying the current weather conditions.
• Selecting the “General Aviation” option from the “Travel & Activities” tab near the top of the page will let you view TAF’s, METAR’s and weather maps for any reporting station. You can also access many of the popular flight planning and weather-related websites from the “Links” page.
• We now have a page to show off our aircraft. In addition to information describing each of the club planes you can download the Excel weight and balance spreadsheets, and view a photo gallery for each plane.
• The Calendar of Events that previously appeared at the top of the web home page as well as in each monthly newsletter has been given its own page. All events through 2012 are listed there.
• Links to download the Garmin GNS 430W GPS simulator program and GPS operations manuals are now provided on the “Current Members” page for anyone who wants to use this program on their computer to learn or brush up on the use of the Garmin GPS units in our aircraft.
• For those of you who may not know, MANG Aero has a page on Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, you can send a request to join our group.
  

If you have any comments or suggestions to improve the website, send an email to Bob Scott or Chris Willemsen.

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Another Call for Nominations

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Maintenance Corner

"Next Oil Change Due" - Do you notice words to this effect on the chalkboard when you take out a plane? You should. It is for you. Part of your pre-flight inspection is to compare the tach hours reading in the plane with the stated time for the next oil change. If the current tach hours reading is within 5 hours of the next oil change due time, then you should contact a maintenance officer to let them know before the time is up. The maintenance officer for the plane tries to keep track of when an oil change is due. But they do not always come out to the airport every day to read the tach. So make it a point to check for a needed oil change before and after each flight.

And speaking of oil, it was decided at the last Board meeting to begin using a multi-visosity (20/50 weight) oil year round, instead of our current practice of switching between summer oil and winter oil. So as we use up our stock of existing oil, expect to see it replaced by the new year-round oil.

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