That look of "Oh Sh*!" when there was generator problem was heart wrenching! Just a fuse. Whew, absolute relief. She purred on second start up though.

Glen between cooking, aviation and beer brewing you're a Renaissance man.

Shirt matching the plane in the intro !? Such a pro move Glen ! ! :D

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Can't wait to see her fly

I had no idea this channel existed until the cookbook unboxing the other day. Now I'm having a great time watching this whole process! Wonderful content, Glen!

Oh my that engine, sounds like an old school bus. I love it.

I'm an AME. This guy knows his stuff. Meat and potatoes.

She gon' be the Queen of the skies!

Ah the Arrow, beautiful and tragic. What might have been.

As a retired Marine Engineer(Operating Engineer) I am enjoying this channel very much. I have learned a few things as well. I see that your AME is a very patient person and a great teacher. As far as the oil as mentioned it is the trend that needs to be watched. When I sent oil out for analysis if a reading cams back high I would wait wait for a while and redo do it. Most of the time the second one was okay. Can't wait for the next video. Thanks for sharing your experience.

In the 80’s I flew to the Bahamas quite often in single engine club planes. I’m glad I hadn’t seen this video then LOL 😆. Now I wish I had gotten to know the mechanic.

You got so lucky with this inspector. Great job. I see in many channels where they jump in and try to start it after many years sitting. I don't know the back ground prep. But after being an aircraft mechanic for many years it sends chills up my back thinking of all of those parts trying to move with out being inspected and soaked before even trying to start it. Again great job.

So cool to be able to see inside the engine with that long camera!

You saw a mock-up of an Avro Arrow? That's awesome! Your plane looks like a sweet plane, and I never even thought about footage of you flying her, so now I'm excited.

Glen... This is Glen from down here in western Oregon.. I stumbled across your channel and have watched most of what you have posted!!! I am kinda jealous, but excited for you that you got a stellar looking plane for a stellar price!!! They are always a work in progress as you already know and understand.. Maybe some day in your adventures, you can bring that down here to 77S where I live.. But for now, as with many channels that I watch, I’m gonna live my dreams through your eyes... Thanks for posting good stuff for us to watch!!!! See you on the next video Glen...

I am just over near coldwater. We go to show and shine at Edenvale every year love the arrow mock up display every time i see it i just keep dreaming what it could have been.

Did anyone els notice how close this man got those plugs or injectors or whatever they were. To spec by feel befor he got the torque wrench on to it. That was some good shit right there 💪👌

Congratulations Glen! I Started flying on a dollar seventy- two out of Mount Hope a long time ago. Since retired after twenty some-odd thousand hours, I can now live vicariously through your hangar and cooking channels (best of all worlds)

You are going to enjoy this airplane sooooo much Glen. Good point on the oil reports.

I am Grateful you share your videos. I owned a 1961 172c for over 28yr I have touched literally every in part of my Cessna through those years and your videos allows me to visually relive those joyful happy moments and sounds of a Classic Bird and Cont O-300D. Unfortunately a hurricane significantly damage it l did put her back together but because of personal life drama I had to let her go before I got to fly her again. You have a Great Girl there I know she will treat you well and give you wonderful memories. Happy Flying !!!

Keep Chris. He already knows your machine. Snags are a common.

I can’t recommend getting a tire all oily like that. Just this summer, I had a spare oil bottle leak into the trunk of my car. The spare tire sat in the oil for some length of time. The rubber softened and swelled and, eventually the tire delaminated and ruptured from the air pressure inside it.

The check up is pretty much flying colors. A few minor fixes but, you got yourself a nice Cessna there Glen. Can't wait to see the Hugh Hefner Sky Lounge and overnight accomadations.....Ha-Ha!

Following this channel. Enjoying it very much.

Could be the best model Cessna ever built !

Keep the maintenance and repair videos coming. I cannot get enough of these.

Glenn, I am a new pilot and I sell aircraft consumables. This was a great visual for me to understand more about piston engines. One of my customers who is a very experienced and knowledgeable mechanic has planes with only screen filters and is happy without a spin on filter as long as the oil is changed often enough to prevent it from becoming acidic. Oil sampling is a great idea.

I'm impressed with his experience and professionalism.

Your set up photography is awesome and I must say that your photography on the move is splendid also. Chasing Chris around, the audio and the shots were great!

What a beautiful Cessna, perhaps one of the best buys I've seen for a aircraft in it's class! I very much look forward to seeing you taking it up on it's maiden voyage around the patch. Glen, you brought up a very good point about the perspective buyer/ pilot being involved in the inspection process with your AME. It indeed gives you so much knowledge of everything whereas you gain a intimate knowledge of all of it's mechanical workings throughout the entire aircraft. Once again, I am also impressed with your AME and his great communication skills, along with you asking the relevant questions about each component in question. Overall it all just makes for an excellent video!

The watching-over-the-shoulder effect using the Go Pro is great! I'm jealous. You can't inspect Lycoming cams like that unless you have the cylinders off. About the only thing you can do is check for fine steel slivers in the oil filter. I take the filter apart and cut out the element, wash it in varsol, then swirl a neodium magnet through the dirty varsol looking for fine steel shavings. It's always a hearts topping moment of truth, but all I ever see is a bit of ferrous paste accumulated on the magnet. I bought a bluetooth endoscope off Amazon to borescope the cylinders, looking for scoring and checking the exhaust valve. Normally the exhaust valve should look like a bullseye with an even heat pattern, but because I run on mogas, it just looks like an off-white disc from an ash buildup from something in the fuel, the way they look on cars. Anyway cylinder borescope is actually more useful than a differential pressure test.

I'm liking this channel so much, it shows very openly what it usually you don't get to see about planes

I always love to be involved with when doing a compression check with the A&P Mechanic and I’ve enjoyed watching the work that’s being done

I'm not a pilot and I've never owned an aircraft or flew in one this size but ... I really enjoy the exposure this channel brings. Thanks for taking us along Glen whether it's cooking, cocktails, craft ale or the Cessna.

Very excited for you! Can't wait to see it break into the skyline - got goosebumps when it started up!

🚧🚧Outstanding informative video Sir😇😇👍👍 Cheers 🍻🍻🚧🚧

What a great start to your channel you have here. It's been great to watch you take this wonderful airplane and bring it back to flying condition. I love the this old airplane you've found and are bringing back.

Great series and much appreciated. Love the way Chris speaks, thinks and works all at the same pace :-) Early PPL myself so this has been really useful, cheers.

I know nothing about planes but the mechanical engineering elements are very interesting, great channel, looking forward to seeing it flying.

Very satisfying watching it being broken down and then see it start up

Congratulations on your purchase Glen, I'm looking forward to watching your progress. I hope you have many enjoyable hours in it... 🇬🇧👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

This makes me want to find "Sky King" reruns. In 1971 I had the chance to go halves with my dad buying a membership into a flying club that owned a Piper Cherokee. I bought a car instead, and passed up a potential life changing opportunity in favor of something that wore out a few years later. This series really could stand alone as a tutorial on effective decision making.

Excellent series. The only thing on this one I can'tbelieve that he just allowed the oil to drip all over the front tyre and hanger floor.

Thankyou and congratulations on your plane, good luck I will be following

as a student pilot I really love the insight into maintenance your videos have been giving, so cool to see how it all works from a new perspective not covered in ground school!

That one time KZfaq gets a recommendation correct. The purveyor of fine food and cocktails is also a pilot!

So it turns out that my wife enjoys your cooking channel. I have no idea on how we realized that we both enjoy your content but it was a great laugh when we figured it out. She won't watch this channel with me but it just gives us one more thing in common.

Can’t wait to see you and Julie start taking trips in that bad boy!

It's interesting, and perhaps not surprising, to see that people were/are doing the same thing with aircraft as with automobiles and real estate. Desperate enough to buy that they're willing to throw caution to the wind, and extra money on top, to avoid someone else doing the same from buying it out from under them.

Wait. You fly too?? Great. Another channel I need to subscribe to. :D

I have not been in a Cessna since before my father died. Even though there is a GPS on the board, all the old controls and instruments were just as I remember them. He used to navigate by road maps sometimes...lol

G,day Glen's Hanger from Sydney Australia. Chrome cylinders, exceptional news. Great troubleshooting finding the generator fues and explaining the pitting and spalling effect on cam shaft. I wondered way a plane had a spinner: not just presentation. With chrome plated cylinders, you could space oil changes more than (25) hours. Thankyou for sharing your experience with this 172. Best wishes. 🌏🇦🇺

love that plane Glen

Really enjoying the channel; have recently taken over CAMO responsibilities for our group aircraft based in Leicestershire in the UK. A Robin DR400 so nothing like a C172B. The annual walk through was still really great and I learned a lot thanks. Our A/C has just gone in for its annual. Keep up the good work

I thought it was going going to take off across the tarmac for a little "test drive" but happy to hear the noisiness inside the cockpit even if it's not quite what it should sound like yet and the propeller running. It's a good start.

The Tutor is very reminiscent of the Jet Provost and Cessna T-37 - similar requirements leading to similar configurations.

Thanks Glen. Fantastic video series so far. Looking forward to more!

Wait, what? You cook and fly as well?? Strewth! Subscribed to the max, woo-hoo :-)

I'm really enjoying the new channel, Glen. Keep up the good work.

Unreal series already. Great work Glen!

Congratulations on your purchase Glen, I'm looking forward to watching your progress. I hope you have many enjoyable hours in it... 👍🏼🇬🇧

I'm really enjoying your videos. I'm motivated to check the bulletin boards of local FBOs to see if someone locally has a deal like this. Can't wait to see you fly her!

That Snowbirds jet though 🤤 What a beauty!

You should invite the seller over and cook them a spectacular meal especially for what they sold it to you for.

Nice work Glen! Not a pilot here but my son just got is license less than 100 hours but it has been his dream since he was a little one. Dad just keep nudging him to just do it!

thank you for your videos

Yay! I'm looking to buy a 177B myself, so this is awesome!

I'm really looking forward to seeing this project.

New sub from the UK, watching with interest :)

Great video...my first owner assisted annual with my 172D happens this weekend and it was good to see a similar 172 going through the annual. I helped with two annuals with a 150G that I owned prior to the 172D, but this will be a little different.

Congrats Glen, looking forward to seeing you up in the sky

The mechanic uses a serious torque wrench.

totally Awesome!

Congrats on the purchase! I know nothing about planes, and I highly doubt I will ever get a pilots license, but I really enjoyed watching this series so far and look forward to seeing it up in the air!

Thank u Captain

Great

I don't think the footage is rough at all.. love the AME footage.

I love watching you work on Charlie. Yes, I'm naming the plane Charlie until you have a proper name.

keep the videos coming ❤️❤️

Very Kool !

Hey... that looks like that cooking guy! What's he doing on an aviation channel? (No two more terrifying words in the English language than an A&P/AME's saying... "Something's wrong." Phew. Nice to hear it was just a fuse. I wonder how much a 50 cent fuse costs when it's "aviation certified"...)

Would you mind posting or making a video on nicks and knacks needing fixing or a video on fixing them? I find the mechanical part of planes fascinating

Glad everything is moving smoothly for you! Maybe we’ll catch you at Oshkosh next year.

Really enjoying this Glen. Thanks!

Nice!

Really enjoying this series. Keep it up!

Looks like you got yourself a great deal !

Thank you for sharing

I had to purchase a spinner for a 172b. Found the assembly for around $600 US. I think I found on ebay about a year ago. There were a few available there.

$100 bucks an hour? We pay more than that for auto mechanics in the US! I worked for American Airlines and only made $35 an hour as an AMT. you guys in Canada are lucky for what you make.

that AME knows his sh*t!

I believe every pilot needs to at least once be required to participate throughout the entire pre-buy inspection/annual!!!!!!

You’ve got me hooked.

When did they stop painting the Position Numbers on the Snowbirds jets? I remember for years they were painted 1 through 11, with 9 of them being show use, and the other two for spares/ferrying team members around to shows. That Arrow mockup was AWESOME! I'm going to have to get out that way to check it out one of these years. Any chance that Chris would be willing to do a Q&A/AMA about being an AME or his take on general aviation in Canada?

Loving these videos, Glen.

Glen, there is an aircraft boneyard in north texas... lots of old birds out in the sand... might be able to get a used spinner that way?

And LPS!!

Good stuff Glen.

Awesome videos! Haven’t seen anything this in depth before. Would have expected the suction level to come up a little higher when running up at the higher RPM. Could be an issue with that regulator.

Awesome content! Love all the technical stuff. Just gutted my '94 Corolla just to see the inner working and do a major overhaul. Was it needed. No. Is it fun/educational/worth it? Absolutely :)