Hi all! It's been a while since I visited this group, I've been busy putting a Scotish Aviation Bulldog on civilian register with a group of people at the Swedish Air Force Museum. But now a friend of mine visited a cousin in the US and whent on an airboat ride in the Everglades and that hooked him...

I picked up an old Narco Com IIA radio. I'd like to wire it up at home in the garage so I can listen to the traffic and approach control flying overhead. I've searched the internet high and low looking for documentation that would identify the connections on the back. I can't find any, not...

Van's Air Force (VAF) is probably the largest homebuilding site on the Web. But it's devoted to Vans Aircraft homebuilts (the RV series). Worse--for the purpose of this post--it actively deletes negative posts about vendors. So you get all the praises of good vendors, but negative comments are...

We are about to buy a couple of them if the history is good. Anybody know of any glitches with the modified engine? The STC is $350 and was originated by Don Swords of Don's Dream Machines in Griffin, GA. You install an O-200 crankshaft, O-200 rods, and O-200 pistons in a C85, for a total cost...

PHOTOS: 17N - June 04, 2011 A couple nice things at the Fly-in. The Ag Cat and Defiant were the highlights. And a nice helicopter surprise. A couple ultralights. Tomorrow looks iffy - weather wise. Photos Link: http://phlairline.com/spotter/060411.html

I have been off this group for over a year. Previously this was a very active group; however, there has been very few messages since I returned. It may be due to my service provider, or maybe with the passing of a few key members the overall activity has significantly diminished. The main...

For those who built their airplanes for greater efficiency: At this year's Copperstate Southwest Regional Fly-in, we will be hosting another fuel efficiency contest. New for this year is an additional 200 mile competition for aircraft flying the course at 60 to 119 miles an hour average...

Newcomer (Super Senior) - Would like to post a URL for a Google blog site ("From the INSIDE Looking OUT") which is presently in a Beta stage. Is this appropriate and allowable in this Forum? The Blog is a test bed for a DVD project which will (hopefully) be made available to the aviation...

Looks like the F16 over shot the runway on landing and collapsed the nose gear... http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-643829 -- Richard Lamb http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb http://www.home.earthlink.net/~sv_temptress

Missed OSH this year due to work. Shearwater aircraft claims to be there with a mockup or prototype. Anybody seen it/taken any pics? I'm also interested in the AeroCat, if they came back this year. Thanks! Brooks RV-7

Howdy, I was channel surfing the other day, and caught a glimpse of how they make rotor blades for the Hind MI-8 helicopter on RT. (Russian News) Very Interesting. They use small sections of metal (aluminum?) honeycomb cut to the shape of the airfoil, align it them with the spar on the leading and...

On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:12:03 -0500, CaveLamb wrote: Does anyone have a dimensioned sketch of the Ford model A engine? Or a sketch and a reference dimension? The 1932 Flying and glider manual for EAA does have the engine mount dimensions which might help.

Howdy, Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) has been integrated into quite a few automotive engines over the past few years. After reading an article about it, and googling for the availability of GDI fuel injectors I started thinking this might be a cool direction to go in for those persons...

Folks - I applied some aluminium-pigmented dope to some fabric. Tried cleaning up with Mineral Spirits. Not satisfactory. Cleaned up with butyrate thinner. Don't wanna use MEK (sorta scared of it) Anything else make a go cleaner-upper? Looking for something more available than the butyrate...

Hi Folks, I would like to see the Kitplanes magazine from 1986 that showed Mark Brown's Starlites on the cover. I don't know what month it is but it shows two of them, a tailwheel version and a nosewheel version. If someone could scan the cover and article for me and email it or loan the mag to...

Howdy, If I have a long recatangular box like a spar, and want to reduce twisting in the long axis, is it better to lay out the fiberglass mat with the fibers aligned at a 45 to the length, or parallel to the length? For the sake of argument, presume that all I'm concerned about is twist.

http://www.wcarn.com/ The third aircraft "Universiade" of Shenzhen Airline Co., Ltd (B-6750) successfully landed in Shenzhen from France after 15 hours' flight at about 2:15 p.m. on April 30, 2011. It's said the aircraft called "Universiade" will serve for the Universiade to be held in August this...

Which is better? Thanks, -- John Kimmel girls = time x money time = money

Trying to locate a manual or any information relating to the MB-1 pitot static test set. This is an older model originally built by TACTAIR aircraft products co. in Bridgeport, PA. I bought this thing a few years ago and have finally dug it out of the pile accumulating in the hangar. It is time...

Invitation to Holland to NVAV’s 40th anniversary. (www.nvav.nl) The Board of the Netherlands Experimental Aircraft Association (NVAV) has the pleasure to invite foreign pilots and homebuilders you and your partner for a reception at the occasion of the NVAV’s 40th anniversary. The reception will...