When your airplane breaks during a trip, you have a dilemma: fix it or defer it for the trip home. Here are some commonsense guidelines. Nothing is more frustrating than dealing with mechanical problems while on the road. It's always uncomfortable when you're far away from your usual support system—your trusted mechanic, your hangar, your toolbox. To add insult to injury, mechanicals invariably seem occur at the most inconvenient possible time and place—like Sunday at Sheepdip County Airport when you've just gotta be back at work Monday morning. It'll be a miracle if you can find a local A&P at Sheepdip on a Sunday ... and if you do, you'll get the uneasy feeling that Bubba knows he's got you and your American Express card by the short ones.
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