http://www3.menards.com/menards?mm_dest=%2Fflyer.jsp $57.64! Yeah, it's not an aviation GPS, but so what? It stores 100 waypoints, dozens of routes, and costs less than I paid for dinner last night! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993

Greetings, Curious if anyone can comment on what the parts availability (in the US, that is) is for Gypsy engine used in Tiger Moths and Chipmunks? Is this an orphan? Any other advise sought as well about a Chipmunk specifically, but mostly curious about what parts are like. Does England or Canada...

A number of Cubs were built or assembled in Canada in 1945, 1946, and 1952. Some of these were called the Cub Prospector, which evidently had provision for enlarging the baggage area by taking out the rear seat and stick. I'm told they didn't carry a Piper serial plate. I'm looking for more...

A Cherokee 180 landing in a thunderstorm, ends up entangled in power lines -- and the pilot survives! http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/13/plane.entangled/index.html -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

In the Nov issue of Business & Commercial Aviation there's two articles covering the two stolen planes earlier this year. The drunk idiot that stole the 172 from Danbury is still under 23-hour lockdown in the Westchester County Jail since the incident. If he can come up with the 250k bail he's out....

So after getting my instrument rating in my COZY last April, I'm starting to think about getting my commercial rating. I realize that per FAR 61.129 (a)(3)(ii) I need to have 10 hours in a complex aircraft (flaps, retracts, CS prop), which my COZY doesn't have, so I'll have to take that 10 hours...

I am working on my CFI, and giving thought to taking the ride in another area, since the local FSDO is swamped. Does anyone have experience doing this? Is it frowned upon? Is it a common practice?? Anyhelp would be appreciated. Bill Snow CP,IA, ASEL.

My business partner got his ticket last month an we have finally been justifiying the business expense for our training. Last month we did our first business trip to KROA. Great trip. Rented the FBO's PA28-180 with VFR GPS. Got there in about 1:45 with a massive headwind (from 8A6, near...

I fly a 172 F. The fuel selector says to select single tank operation at or above 5000 feet. If you leave the selector in the "both" position, under 5000 for any prolonged period of time (couple of hours) the right tank appears to go down more quickly than the left. This is confirmed at...

It isn't really the fact that a lady passenger decided to open the door of a 737 in flight so she could have a smoke that bothers me. It's the fact she got far enough into actually doing it to get a panel warning light up front while the stews were shouting at her and apparently doing little...

A gulfstream jet carrying Nike executives has a landing gear problem and is trying to burn fuel to land at Hillsboro, Oregon airport. On CNN.

I missed this article when it first appeared. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/FlyingHigh/story?id=949148&page=1 Is it possible for the Light Sport category to revive that old slogan of "An Airplane In Every Garage" in order to bolster the number of GA pilots? AJ

------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA ePilot Volume 7, Issue 46 November 18, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA FIGHTS TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA AIRPORT Despite federal grant obligations to keep California's...

"Illinois lawmakers ought to drop the state's sales tax on aircraft and aircraft parts so the industry can remain competitive, aviation industry officials said at a meeting at DuPage Airport in West Chicago Friday. Ed Green, vice president and general manager of the Springfield- based Garrett...

Believe it or not, this was my sainted mother's favorite joke. But she told it about a family of Vermont woodcutters. Seth "Jim Burns" wrote in message ... It Pays To Be A Pilot ........... and don't you forget it.

Friends of ours are going through tough times. With two little kids, and a third on the way, my friend recently lost his job, and is having a difficult time finding equivalent work. He loves to fly, and his wife's father was an active pilot, so we thought we'd cheer both of them up with a brunch...

Who else makes an in-ear aviation headset other than Clarity Aloft and Lightspeed? I thought I had seen reference to another one, cheaper, from a start-up, within the last few months? It had an "obvious" sort of URL like "inearheadset.com" or something like that (obviously not obviouse enough for...

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message ... "Matt Barrow" wrote in message ... No matter how you try to spin it, and how many excuses...

I own both the Bose and the DC H10-13XL. The Bose is more comfortable, but I don't find the DCs UNcomfortable by any means. I logged over 7 hrs last Friday and wasn't bothered by headset issues at all (my butt was pretty numb, however!) The Bose are also FAR more fragile compared to...

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