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 Post subject: Great Twin Cessna shop in Ohio: Fortner Air Pro
PostPosted: 31 Jul 2018, 14:06 
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If you are looking for a Twin Cessna maintenance specialist, I highly recommend Steve Fortner at Fortner Air Pro. Fortner Air Pro is located at the Williams County Airport, 0G6, in northwest Ohio.

Steve worked on my Cessna 421C for my entire 12-year ownership period. Steve is an expert at engine setups and has a great intuition for how one tweak will affect all of the other parameters. Also, he understands cooling and baffling – and knows that extraordinary effort is frequently needed to get the engine running cool in all regimes.

On the airframe side, Steve has a keen eye for items that are out of position, missing, cracked, or worn out. Some mechanics look without really seeing – not Steve. There were many occasions where Steve saved me from an unscheduled breakdown by finding a chafing wire, a cracked bracket, or a loose fastener. With his keen eye, he is terrific for pre-purchase inspections.

I have known Steve since August of 2004 – in a few days it will be 14 years. I can vouch for his integrity, his knowledge, and the high quality of his work. He has opened his own shop because he wants to control his work product and he wants to communicate directly with his customers.

When I had my Cessna 421, I travelled from NJ to OH so Steve could do my maintenance work. He is worth the effort. Steve’s contact info is at

https://fortnerairpro.com/


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 Post subject: Re: Great Twin Cessna shop in Ohio: Fortner Air Pro
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Thanks for sharing, Don.

Interesting that this is only about 10 miles from the other well-known Twin-Cessna shop in the USA.

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 Post subject: Re: Great Twin Cessna shop in Ohio: Fortner Air Pro
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That's right down the road from me. Great to know there's another highly respected Twin Cessna shop around here. My guess is that he is much more affordable than some of the other more well known shops...

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Arlen and Don,

Steve was the Chief Inspector at TAS. He worked there for 28 years. He has seen it all.

Steve is excited to build direct relationships with aircraft owners and to provide top-notch work. I think he will not miss the production environment where he had to crank out so many planes every week and where he was responsible for training and overseeing the revolving door of new-hire A&Ps.


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Steve has been my crew chief last 8 years at TAS. Living the dream. Being his own boss. We all understand that. Solid, reponsive guy.

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