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Flyers, My ISP (comcast) just discontinued it's usenet service. How do most of you get on the newsgroups if your ISP does not provide newsgroup service? I am now in Google Groups using internet explorer. It's really clunky compared to using Outlook Express. The threads are not held together...

I just got off the phone with Jay Honeck. The group that had left KIOW this morning arrived at OSH after several holds and an accident on 9/27. Rumors are that a Cherokee pilot perished in an air to ground crash. No other details. For those that are going to the Rec.Aviation.*.* party...

Hello, I'm wondering if its legal to put a 2nd artificial horizon in the plane as a backup if it is not certified? We may want to put one in the plane as a backup... but just wanted to know if we need a certified unit or not. Thanks, -dr

I had an interesting discussion with other pilots about converting my Piper Cherokee 6 to all electric. This would basically require replacing the AI and DG with electric AI and elec. HSI. So, then, there would be no use for vacuum pump. But, one pilot said that the certified elec. AI only...

Almost bought an airplane. Talked to the guy over the phone. He's brokering it for someone else. Asked him about damage history. No damage history, he said. Now, one thing I always do before I go to see an airplane is I check the NTSB database. Actually, I do this before I call the owner so I...

Hello, From your own experience, could you tell me approx. direct hour cost for Navajo and Seneca V? Is Navajo much more expensive than Seneca? Any comments about Seneca's anti-ice system? And another question: Is buying Seneca V from 1997 with about 650hours

I've got a friend with a Garmin GMA-340 audio panel with the marker beacons. It's got a high and low sensitivity switch on it for the marker receiver. When it's on High Sensitivity, everything works OK. When it's on low sensitivity, he can only pick up the outer marker. We pulled the antenna off...

Thank you for the excellent info on parts availabilty. On a similar topic, are there any maintenance trouble spots on the older Navions? I was told that the hydraulic system is leaky or troublesome. Is this true, how bad a problem is it and are there any other areas of concern?

My grandson gave me a beautiful Course & Speed Calculator manufactured by W.C. Pye & Co Ltd. The mahagony box is marked as REF. No. 6B/120. It is a MK IIA model. It is obviously analagous to a very early E6B. My guess it is WWII era, maybe a bit earlier. Does anyone happen to have an instruction...

Anyone know about AMR@D propeller tip mods and Vgs mod for a Cherokee 140. Pros and cons?

The Rogue's Gallery is a website created solely so that users of rec.aviation have a place to post pictures of themselves and their airplanes. See it at: http://alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm Recent additions include: - From Carmel, Indiana, Jon Kraus and his terrific '79 Mooney...

FINALLY got some time to put a quick and dirty Oshkosh 2006 webpage together. See it he http://alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2006.htm If you want to jump straight to the Wednesday Night North 40 Party, see it he http://alexisparkinn.com/wed_-_north_40_party.htm I haven't had time to add some...

With my rebuilt Bonanza engine, I have been faithfully sending in every oil sample drawn from the 40-50 hour oil change to Aviation Laboratories for an oil sample. When I receive the report from the lab, I log it to an MS Excel spreadsheet in order to catch any trends. Currently I have seven oil...

As written, this NPRM would generate $31,000,000 every three years for the FAA, and you'd be paying it out: http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2008/080229registration.html Aircraft registration proposal* hints at cost-based user fees By AOPA ePublishing staff In an effort...

Does anyone know how to go about trouble shooting a Whelan strobe light? It is on a Piper Cherokee and is the "beacon" of the airplane. I had an extra bulb I don't know the status of and swapped it out, but still didn't get any emission. I'm thinking that its probably the unit, but I don't know...

So for 35 years now we've been putting out our kits with two printed manuals per kit ... a "operations and maintenance" and a "construction and assembly" manual. Each of which costs us about $2 a manual. Not a big deal. I've got a wild hair that we can put out a digital CDROM set of manuals...

Me too... I need 5 places... I am looking at all the choices... So I am interested in opinions.. Currently I have an portable 2 place, that I then pulg a 4 place box into, but it is a kludge with cables running 'everywhere', including around peoples ankles, etc.... It works, but...

I fly to KBHM ( Birmingham, AL) Avag gas is $ 5.38 Gal!!! Just over the border in Tennessee AVGAS gas is about $ 3.38 Gal! ????? WHY??? I fly with MOGAS 95 % time for $ 2.65 /gal Thank GOOODNES MY Cessna 150 /150 has the long range wing tanks(40 gal) plus the O&N conversions 15 gal...

THis is a neat list of abandoned airfields in the US. Dave http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/index.htm