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Michael Leigh

Michael Leigh
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Michael Leigh is based at the Tullahoma Airport in Tennessee, which once served as a WW-II bomber training base. In this partly historical setting, Michael enjoys his involvement as an officer in the local EAA chapter 458 and has built a Baby Ace airplane that is currently undergoing its test phases. Michael is also a satisfactory electrical engineer with a master's degree in aviation systems and an airframe mechanic's license. He has worked for Boeing Helicopters in flight testing and the University of Tennessee Space Institute as a research engineer. He currently works part time in the field of electronic flight control augmentation.

Breaking In an Engine on the Ground

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Can you do that?

In Case You Missed It

Completions

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Builders share their successes.

Maintenance Tools

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If you are going to do a proper job of maintaining your airplane, you will need some tools that don’t have much use outside of aviation.

Buyer Beware

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Registering a homebuilt airplane you didn’t start.

Plastic Tubing No-No

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The symptom was a static system that leaked like a sieve when tested. Further...