I found out today that -- surprise - the fix kit for the Van's Service bulletin on the HIC connector is now back-ordered. I love Van's but this is getting ridiculous. At least when things were bad last year they produced video updates describing what they're doing to cure their supply problems. But on has not been produced since April.

But Van's also has a quality control issue. In the absence of anything else to do, I decided to finish up the Angle of Attack kit installation in the wing, the last step of which calls for making a 2 inch long aluminum tube that connects the wing to the fuselage, allowing the AOA pressure to go up to the Garmin instruments.

One was in the retrofit kit. Wrong sized tube.

So ordered another one. $4 plus the usual handling. The website says it's in stock. We'll see.