Fellow T-34 Owners,
As we have entered the home stretch regarding the ALEC AMOC's final testing and completion of the certification, we are now (again) accepting deposits against the kit of ALEC parts. We are requesting a $2,500.00 deposit for the kit with a total sales price of $7,500.00. (Estimated installation is $2,500.00). Although we have a good number of kits already completed and in house, I am going to be ordering materials for more kits and need to get an idea of the quantities required when we begin shipping these, hopefully in a few months time. Please note: This $7,500.00 price is the same as was announced more than two years ago when we expected this certification effort to be much less of a challenge and the delays have come with considerable additional costs. We are anticipating announcing a meaningful price increase (of about $2,500) for these kits following this round of ordering of parts, so I would encourage any owners to order now to avoid that increase. This deposit will be refundable at your discretion, however we will require a deposit to be on hand with us before November 15th, 2009 in order to qualify for the discount.
Unless other AMOCs have been implemented or are planned, in order to effect long term compliance with A.D. 2001-13-18R1 and return the airplane to its original flight envelope, our "W.S. 66 Fix" needs to be installed on the rear spar of the wings, assuming either the T-34 Spar Corp. Doubler Plate or Nogle and Black Common Spar has been installed on/in place of the Main Wing Spars. These kits are available today for $2,500.00. Installation of the "W.S. 66 Fix" is estimated at $2,500.00 and takes about a week, if no problems are noted.
As a reminder, our current AMOC for A.D. 2004-25-51 (the eddy current inspection of the spar carry through), which most of you have used to continue flying under the 120/120/600 hrs. reinspection provisions, was done based upon the considerable R and D as a part of the ALEC AMOC program and was offered to the fleet at no charge. In order to provide for an adequate installation time for the multitude of aircraft anticipated to implement the ALEC AMOC with the somewhat limited capacity of the Authorized Installation Centers, some further effort there is expected of us (at the T-34 Spar Corp.) if we are to request an extension of the May 2010 deadline. If needed, we will continue to support that effort on behalf of the T-34 fleet as we have in the past.
To place a deposit, please contact me by email, phone or fax and provide a completed form or send a check with that information to T-34 Spar Corp., 2800 Airport Rd., Ada, OK, 74820. Orders will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. A form with that information to be completed is available here.
P.S. We bought another T-34 last week! A real "peach" which we will be selling! Some lucky person is soon to be the new owner. I'll wait for them to break the news once the deal is done!
Thank you,
Tim Roehl
The T-34 Technical Committee's Report No. 071102, Part 1, Rev IR, dated July 11, 2002 contains two methods (Fluorescent Penetrant and Eddy Current) for inspection of the rear spar bathtub fitting. Only Method I (Fluorescent Penetrant) has been approved for use in accordance with SAIB No. CE-02-38R1, August 8, 2002.
Announcing AMOC approval! - November 4, 2002
Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin No. CE-02-38R2 - August 8, 2002
