I plan on replacing the original windshield and all other windows on a 1963 Cessna 205.

We are using the plane in an air tour business so the clarity/quality is important.

I would like bubble windows for any of the side windows that we can get bubbled and standard windows for the others.

Does anyone have a PIREP on a good source for the windows?

Thank you,

KJ

Great Lakes Aero Products is a great group of people and do a great job on windows. My IA and I have used them for decades.. Being local to us helps, but they still do a great job.

www.glapinc.com

Thank you Jason. Looks like good pricing and the bubble windows that we want.

KJ

Very happy with the GLAP windshield we installed 3 years ago.

RAS

I too went with Great Lakes when I replaced all of my glass back with 2016. I upgraded from green tint to green tint with the UV Solar Screen and noticed a significant difference in cockpit temperatures when the plane has sat out in the sun on a ramp.

Prior to the Solar Screen, the plane would become hot as an oven. After getting the new glass, the plane will get warm, but not that oven sensation like it had in the past. Better for the occupants, the avionics and the interior as well.

Thanks guys. Gets 115 plus here in the summer. I am debating the clear windows for sight seeing vs a UV tint.

KJ

S. Louisiana gets warm & moist in the summer. At minimum get the UV version...

RAS

LP Aero UV tint

They will machine the windows to the frame no charge

Talk with George

LP is oem at beech / Cessna

My mechanic chose LP Aero UV for windshields to install in my 182, front and rear. He said they required far less fitting and trimming than other brands he had previously installed. That equates to a labor cost savings , which is good because labor for the windshield replacement will run more than the cost of the windshield itself.

We had all of our side windows replaced with LP. They look great.

I didn’t hear if there was any trimming required.

George and the LP team were amazing for me.

Since I am EXP I bought the clear glass and took it to an commercial tint place and had expensive commercial building tint installed. Sitting in my glass house (all “glass” cabin doors) in the Phoenix summer you can’t even feel the sun. Pretty amazing.

I don't remember which brands now, but at one time I thought GLAP told me they made about 60% of the non-pressurized OEM windows..

Thank you Guy, will check them out.

KJ

Seal

I had a Cessna 180 owner restoring a complete early

I reproduced the door and baggage seal per original sample

Iam doing the opening window seal now

Happy to send you some material

GB

Thank you Guy, will contact you when ready. Your engine baffles really helped in cooling the engine down.

We have about 80 hours to go until the next 100 hr inspection. To avoid down time, we will do the windows in a couple months when it is down for inspection.

KJ