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All, I sourced a new tailwheel spring from Dan (Thanks Dan!) I had my machinist take a look at my current tailwheel fork and tube and he is suggesting that I look for a replacement fork. My current tailwheel fork shaft is worn into an oval shape where it rides the bushing, and so the shaft...

Does anyone have a spare Cruisemaster or Cruisair tailwheel spring they would be willing to part with? If not, does anyone have the drawing or specs for the spring so I can have one made? Thanks! -Adam

I purchased a pre-formed landing light lense from Cee Bailey's for my Cruisemaster. At 70 bucks I figured it was worth the time savings. I then spent 3 hours trimming every edge to make it fit, only to find that the curve leaves a small gap on the leading edge. Would have been better off just...

Bob Goodman, Serial Number 4001 is registered in your name. Is it flying? I just got off the phone with Alexandria, and 4001 was the first CruiseMaster off the factory floor. Kinda cool. -Adam

Many of you know that I was previously based in the Bay Area before moving to Massachusetts. I was connected to a local A&P / IA who oversaw small maintenance and an annual. After finishing a two-week-long annual that included an alternator conversion etc, the IA offered to file the 337 and...

The UAvionix SkyBeacon STC was just approved with a 272 model AML. Of course the Triple Tails and Vikings aren't included, but the Citarbia line it. Luckily, install approval is automatic as long as it doesn't require airframe modification, and they even provide a template 337 to submit. This...

The UAvionix SkyBeacon STC was just approved with a 272 model AML. Of course the Triple Tails and Vikings aren't included, but the Citarbia line it. Luckily, install approval is automatic as long as it doesn't require airframe modification, and they even provide a template 337 to submit. This...

I took the Termite Queen and flew out to Seattle this past weekend from Idaho and the smoke was some of the worst I've seen. At certain points we were down to about 5 miles visibility or less. Cruised along about 2000 AGL to keep ground contact but it was far from enjoyable. We are trying to...

As many of you know, I do quite a bit of long cross-country trips in my CruiseMaster. The useful load and front-heavy CG have been great for packing it full of stuff, whether it be baggage, tools, dogs, or even 600 pounds of candy at one point. I was just planning out my pilgrimage back to...

In my conversations with Alexandria, I was under the impression that the wings on the 14-19-2, -3, and vikings are the same, with the exception of an additional flap bracket on the viking, 2 beefed up ribs, and an additional fuel tank and return lines. Is the spacing between the gear legs also...

This past summer I threw a rock into my passenger side tip plate landing in Idaho. The rock crushed / broke about 1 inch of the tip plate wood. My tip plates appear to be connected with the horizontal stabilizer with fabric to provide a bit of fairing between the two making removal slightly...

Airworx LLC is rebuilding a fresh Franklin 165 and offering it for sale in the coming weeks. I just wanted to give our group a buyers edge in case anyone needs a motor. -Adam

Foreflight has just announced an affordable option for Ads-B in weather and information. The product is called the Scout, and is essentially a smaller and cheaper version of the Stratus. Again, it's only an ads-b in receiver, so you only get weather, metars, tafs, ETC, but its also only $199...

Another neat tidbit from the Factory: I was talking to Randy at Alexandria, and I mentioned the idea of Alexandra holding Workshops, focusing on either Wood Construction and Repair, or Bellanca Repair in General. Randy then mentioned that the factory has been kicking around the idea of a...

While on the phone with the Factory in Alexandria, I got the chance to spend some time to talk to Randy (the wood expert). According to Randy, the flaps from the 14-19 all the way through the Viking are the same, and interchangeable! The changes through the years were the following: The Flaps...

Good Morning All! I hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful flying weather (and heat :oops: ) I got the Skin Removed from one of the flaps to inspect the "Bent Up" inboard corner. The plane either had a gear up landing long or gear collapse on roll out long ago, listed as a "Prop Strike" in the...

It looks to my untrained eye that the flaps on my cruisemaster were dragged on the inboard tips from a gear collapse. The right flap also has some fabric coming loose. I would like to strip and repair the flaps, and then recover. Any leads on a good fabric shop in the San Francisco Bay area...

Well, I made it through my first Annual on my 1957 Cruisemaster. I was expecting some squawks, as with any new airplane, but was overall pretty happy with the outcome. I took my time and really went through the bird with a fine tooth comb, and was pleasantly surprised on most of what I found...

A couple observations on my recent alternator install on my 1957 14-19-2 with the O-470k: The Generator on my bird continually threw belts (about every 3-4 hours), somewhat obnoxious on long trips. I first thought that the bearings in the Generator were bad, checked out fine. Then I noticed the...

I've noticed an interesting trend in the selling prices of our birds. Cruisairs seem to be fairly happy selling between 18-25k in decent shape 14-19's seem to draw a much smaller amount below 20k usually do to the 0-435, which I understand 14-19-2's seem to command prices in the 30-40k range...