New Additions: See Bill Oparowski's beautiful '77 Grumman Tiger AND his gorgeous 2002 Hatz biplane at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm ! You can add pix of YOUR pride & joy! Email a few pix (as attachments), with a couple of sentences of history and explanation, to...

Any one know of a reliable mechanic for a pre buy in the Pheonix, AZ area...... Thanks. ....Robbie.

Looking to buy a Cessna 150/150 STOL. Lower 48 states only

Many thanks to everyone in the aviation community for making our annual Big Kids Toy Show in Iowa City (KIOW) a success! We had T-28s, T-6s, a Mustang, a Columbia 300, a turbine-powered Lancair IV-P, a Citation (straight from Cessna's factory!), a '29 Travel Air, a Gypsy Moth, a Pitts Special, a...

Any info about relative cost of a high quality overhaul of an IO520 compared with replacement by a (say) second run IO550? "high quality" means to me, at least, either ECI or Millennium cylinders and a nationally known shop.

I have lost my Job! I need to sell a picture I have of the original Skyblazers Signed by the team. My grandfather passed it on to me but, I am in need of money right now. The Twin Patillo Brothers knew my grandfather, (They give it to him). It is a pen and ink done in Fürstenfeldbruck, (In...

I took our sick DG to Airtech Instrument at BFI in Seattle. They can overhaul ours for around $450, or provide an exchange overhauled unit for $495, which seems like a reasonable price. (This is an Edo/Mitchell vacuum DG with heading bug for the AP). Does anyone have any feedback (good, bad or...

Greetings everyone, Our club is looking into expanding its fleet. Most of the fixed costs associated with an airplane can be obtained from the insurance company and your favorite A&P. I seem to remember a website that published the operating costs associated with a great number of GA airplanes. ...

AOPA have experts to help with crafting a formal response with statistics, etc. Have someone contact them.

Flyers, If anyone is interested in Barry Schiff's Proficient Flying DVD (3 DVD Set) I am selling mine on EBay. http://tinyurl.com/9ez2e As most of you may know I have been selling my DVD's and I'm now quite familiar with what's out there in this market. I have to say that *this* set was one of...

Almost time to rebuild my IO-520B. Anyone have experience with RAM engines using ECi nickel silicon carbide cylinders?

I see on AvWeb that Cessna is, at least, in talks to buy some or all of Columbia Aircraft. Otherwise Columbia is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Is that round #2 of Chap. 11?) Apparently Cessna will accept product liability for the aircraft built so far and some of Columbia's debt. I wonder...

I'm looking for a PDA program that will do wifi to allow duats flight plans to be filed where there is a wireless hotspot like an FBO. Probably would work thru DUATs. Should be heavily template driven so that I only have to fill in a few things. Bill Hale

I know that a medical is not needed to fly a glider. Does the same apply to motorgliders? Juan

I've been struggling trying to teach myself Access by writing a program for airframe and engine logbooks. The Access part is pretty easy, but the logbook doesn't have that "polished" look to it that I want. Sort of like your first landings. The first ones are a success if you can use the...

A friend of mine who is an experienced commercial and airshow pilot, but who is not too internet savvy asked me a question today which I couldn't answer - but I am hoping that someone here can. He is currently looking to sell a brand new custom built aircaft which was built with one specific goal...

Recently someone listed a 1960 Cessna 310 for sale for $40,000 obo, located near Washington, DC... saved the e-mail but cannot locate... any help appreciated on this or any other 310 for sale reasonable. thanks

Has anyone out there modified their spinner to fit the Hartzell "B" suffix hub?

Just a guess but EEPROM can be very slow indeed. Depending on the exact part number, it may not even be possible to change a single location in the chip. This means that you have to read the entire contents (or a large part) of the chip, change the value you need to update and then write it all...

The left door of my Cessna 172 is warped. I've tried the benign options of using wooden blocks at appropriate places and applying pressure to bend the door. But that didn't get the door back to where it has a tight seal at the lower side (opposite hinges). There's still about 1/2 inch gap between...