My buddies tell me my handheld is too painfull to listen to anymore. I would put in a panel mount, but since I have a mostly carbon aircraft, where should I put the antenna? Too late to install it in the rudder, or is there a solution that would allow me to install one in the rudder?? I think the...

I will be displaying my Tetra-15 at the Seattle Museum of Flight March 17 and 18. The Tetra-15 is the first article HP-24 that we made in Bob's and my shop over the last several years. I won't be able to take it to the SSA convention in Reno this year, but it will be on display in Seattle on the...

meets and exceeds all expectations. Brad

My mechanical Altimeter is not working properly and I am looking to replace it. Does anyone out there have one they would like to sell? Regards, Brad

My sailplane lists an Artificial Horizon as part of the minimum equipment list, I made it that way for safety. Am I now prevented from flying in competition? Brad

There is an instructor in our club that's claiming the FAA would "like" pilots to get BFR's in all aircraft they are rated to fly. It makes sense to me that if a guy flies a twin turbine, getting a BFR in a Blanik, and then jumping in a King Air is probably not a good idea. What about a pilot who...

I seem to have misplaced my "new towpilot proceedures" document. Anyone have a link to this ? thanks, Brad

Over the Memorial Day weekend the Seattle Glider Council hosted the Dust-Up in Ephrata. This years Dust-Up was run again by Noel Wade and Kevin Finke. The objective this year was a badge and XC encampment. Several clubs in R8 attended as well as the normal folks that fly out of Ephrata. I had not...

might be just a rumor, but I just read that a SC sailplane pilot was arrested for flying to close to a nuclear reactor by DHS..................seems they were rather upset and stripped his sailplane of all instrumentation................no wonder I slept so well last night, just think what might...

this has got to be the weirdest e-mail yet...........I have an ad on W&W for a trailer...........as a result of this.....apparently some dude say's he's been hired to kill me and unless I send him big bucks I'm dead. who knew an ad could be so dangerous! Brad AKA Monroe Brad by this nefarious...

I had a chance to tow a Cobra trailer the other day from Ephrata to Arlington, about 150 miles or so and now am very desirous of having one for my HP-24. If anyone knows of a used Cobra or Komet out there please let me know. I have cash! thanks, Brad

Today when I went flying, my Ipaq had a wonderfully blueish white screen...................to my horror, when I landed it had somehow turned to a reddish-pink screen. Can't seem to find any menu items that might help me restore to the "default" background color and the manual does not seem to...

Just got this link from a buddy of mine. http://www.lisa-airplanes.com/index-uk.php Not sure I understand the "landing gear" concept! Brad

I was looking at some pictures of an LS-1F..........does the fuselage have a wing fairing? from the pix it appears the wings plug right in to the side of the fuselage like an LS-3. Does this model have auto-hookups? looks like maybe the elevator does. Also, is the F model...

I have a Wendezeiger needle/ball gyro that does not work anymore. I am wondering if there might be a repair station that still works on these instruments. It is quite old, it came out of my Austria I bought several years ago. Thanks, Brad

Now, at the complete opposite end of the fabrication spectrum we have a new update on the HP-24 project at: www.hpaircraft.com No fancy autoclaves or pre-pregs here folks, nope.......................we use icky sticky 2-part epoxy resins and hoghair bristle brushes! Getting tricky for us is when...

My buddy Ron in his LS-3 and I in my Apis cavorted for a couple of hours back in the snow covered Cascades on Monday. Here's a link to the video. The Casio camera has Rather poor video specs, but it works ok. Brad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82s9ZGKv-k8

I'm wondering why the winter soaring video I posted was deleted from R.A.S.? Brad

I decided to paint my HP-24 myself. Overall it turned out nice and saved me a whole bunch of money, while not "perfect" it will do just fine. For a guy with a CostCo hoop house and a Harbor Freight conversion gun I'm pleased! My question is: how long should I wait to apply protective wax to...

kinda long, but a lot of fun had on a marginal day. Hero3 mounted to Ron Clarks LS3 pursuing Brads Tetra-15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMxmbS9cDbw&feature=youtu.be Brad