Finally

I finally got the Aurora 340 to its new home. It was 200' overcast all morning, so we waited, then around 11 am when it was still 200' overcast we took off in the RG and headed to Aurora, me and Morgan. It was clear above, and clear in Aurora. She dropped me off, I preflighted, took my time.  She headed back to Kokomo, and I took off for Kentucky. It's an old panel, but everything did pretty well with a couple exceptions.  It was running hot on takeoff, seemed to be running lean a little on takeoff.  And I'm cruising along, have the autopilot on, and about 20 minutes into the flight on autopilot, the yoke quickly jerks up and down, and then it fairly violently pitches up and down. I disconnect the altitude hold, disconnect the autopilot, and then reset it.  Twenty minutes later it does the same thing, but you only fool me once.  I was ready for it the next time.  lol  

Got to Kentucky, and an entire family was standing outside waiting for me.  The new owner, his mom and dad, his wife and kids, and his instructor.  Super nice family. They brought me Burger King for a late lunch, which I appreciated.  I talked to the instructor, I don't even know his first name. Chris I think, he was just called "Sky King".  Then we topped off and went flying.  I did a quick checkout in the plane, but fortunately the new owner Karsten videoed everything I said, so they could go back and look at it later.  There's a lot of info to just do a quick thing. I covered it all, but if they remember it all will be another question. Fortunately he's experienced in C-421s and a smaller Cheyenne, so he'll take his time and go up and fly it himself and get comfortable again before teaching the other guy.  He did fine, though.  All good.  I didn't do stalls or single engine work because we had four people on board, and that's not a...wise... time to do that, for a couple reasons, including not needing an aft CG, or scaring people.

So that makes the...4th? 3rd? I think 4th 340 I've flown now.  I'm not going to keep a list of those like I do the T-6s though, other than in my logbook.  lol

I'm so glad to have that job completed, the airplane home with its new people, and the job safely and happily completed. When they dropped me back off at Kokomo, I took them back to our hangars to see the airplanes, and they loved that.  The new owner's dad gave me a hug before they left, the other two just shook hands with a thank you.  The owner (his name is Karsten and I thought that was a girl) prayed out loud before we took off, thanking God for the beautiful day, and for me, and prayed for a safe flight.  Everyone in the plane said "Amen" out loud, including me.  :)

Job complete, I've been paid, more than I asked for, actually, and all is well.  Whew.  Finally got that marked off the list of things to do!

Shadows of the RG coming in to land at Aurora

Spindly gear down and locked

Panel, without an N# plaque on it.  N377JS for the record

I should've taken a photo of the outside of the plane. It's this bright blue, black and white.