Anyone is interested in the Sporty's DVD - So You Want to Fly Twins? I have it on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/36mp5y Kobra

After a snow here in the NW, we often get the "pineapple Express," warm moist air from Hawaii. This causes a huge amount of water to condense in my hangar. The floor will have 1/8 inch of water on it. This has only happened once in 5 years. But today I bought a couple of big fans and plan to...

I was thumbing through the FAR/AIM last night, trying to fall asleep and I noticed something that I couldn't understand. It appeared (in my half-asleep state) that the FAR says not to operate an out-of-calibration transponder at all, and the FAR says to operate it with altitude reporting off. On...

I've got about 40 100 ohm headphone speakers that are surplus to my needs. Two of them in series make a very nice 200 ohm circuit that will work quite nicely on a 150 ohm radio headphone output. Where you get the headset hardware itself is up to you ... modification of a Rat Shack set of...

The foolish buyer trick I've seen more often than others is the "It comes with a fresh annual, I don't need a pre-purchase inspection." approach to airplane buying. Aargh. We had an estate auction in this area recently where 4 vintage aircraft were sold. Unfortunately (for the buyers), the...

Hi guys I have just started looking for my first aircraft and have been doing all the due diligence of reading up as much as I can. What I am struggling with is the fact how do I go about locating a good mechanic for a pre buy inspection far away from home assuming I do find a plane that I...

So I have a friend going out to Red Deer Alberta to so some industial air flow measurements of a sort. In his calculations he must enter the atmospheric pressure. I thought, no problem, just get it from the metar for Red Deer. Red Deer is 3000 odd feet asl. If they are reporting 29.92 is the...

Hi I am First time buyer looking into a Cherokee 6 with is located in St. Louis Missouri. Can anyone recommend a A&P mechanic in the area who can do a through pre buy/annual inspection on the aircraft. All help is really appreciated Sumeet

Hello ! We are a small group of pilots who operate a PA 38-112 Tomahawk II. On the last anual inspection we were told that next time the three universal joints in the aileron control linkage need to be replaced. They are located under the instrument panel. We got a price quote from Piper, they...

Has anyone tried anti-reflective plastic film on the gpsmap or another device? Garmin says there is an anti-reflective coating on the screen but it doesn't look like it to me. With the 496 gizmo mounted on the copilot side I've been able to knock down the glare by putting a kid's black tee...

Well, it's final--as of last Monday, I can post to r.a.OWNing without feeling like I snuck in.... Yep, I am officially an airplane owner!! I flew (airlines) to Hartford last Sunday and finalized the sale on Monday. N2509X is the world's most beautiful aircraft--and, I will brook no argument to...

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 23:12:48 -0700, "Matt Barrow" wrote: Okay...so I'm misunderstanding a wet top end. Still, you inferred the accusation that Newps was faking his compression levels, so put up or shut up. Well Matt, rather than spending a lot of time trying...

This year's Open House highlight is a special appearance by the "Dragon," a BAC 167 Strikemaster MK 84! The extremely popular event features food vendors, a hot rod and antique car show and free plane rides for kids, ages 8-17, provided by the Young Eagles and tractors supplied by the American...

I removed a questionable external splice on a Taylorcraft landing gear. The splice was on the streamlined strut. Unfortunately, removing the splice didn't allow enough original tubing at the lower end to apply an external sleeve. So I figured I'd install a splice using an internal sleeve and give...

Termination of 121.5 MHz Beacons for Satellite Alerting is Coming Soon Notice Number: NOTC0981 On 1 February 2009, the International Cospas-Sarsat Organization (U.S. included) will terminate processing of distress signals emitted by 121.5 MHz Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs). This means that...

I'm trying to figure out what portable device to buy to provide in- flight weather, as well as terrain info. Electronic approach plates and enroute charts, as well as flight planning capability, would also be a plus, but not essential. I fly a Cessna 172 that is already equipped with a Garmin...

Has anybody here put GAMIjectors on their LYC. TIO-540? If so, how did you like them? -- Dan T-182T at BFM

It's battery replacement time for the 172 and I'm contemplating the installation of a sealed battery to eliminate the destructive corrosion that's plaguing our new battery box. I've done some research courtesy of google and the consensus appears to be that the sealed units function equally well as...

I'm practicing a splice of streamlined tube by inner sleeve. I'm splitting some of the original tubing to reduce it's diameter. Any tricks to making this easier? Anyway to ease the attempts to form the inner sleeve? - Mike

There is still no word locating him. Hope for the best. That brings up the ELT topic. It either did not go off or it is out of range. I have a APRS tracker that continuously sends position/velocity info on the ham frequency and can easily be viewed on a Google map anytime. Worked very well for me...