The pilot, 69, had almost finished a six-month refurbish-ment of a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser. He had been rebuilding airplanes for 40 years, and his habit was to have a certain A&P mechanic perform a "semifinal" inspection as each project neared completion. The mechanic would give him a list of things that needed to be done before he could sign the airplane off. Accord-ing to the mechanic, it often happened that before he returned to perform the final inspection the pilot would al-ready have performed a "fast taxi test."
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