Tripp began her first annual inspection today, and so far great news: the engine checks out perfectly! Tomorrow we start looking at the airframe. It feels really good to be looking at everything in much greater detail than we did on the pre-buy inspection and subsequent minor checkups and fixes. It’s also really scary of course, because we could find something very expensive that needs fixing. The good news there is, we’d be finding it before things could get worse or even more expensive to fix. We’re also starting on my collection of “squawks” (things I’ve noticed that we want fixed, updated, improved, etc.). Within a week or two we should have a much spiffier and even healthier Tripp. Then we begin longer Tripp trips. 🙂