I'm not sleeping after getting the report grounding my Luscombe 8A after its first annual as my plane. All the advise about a pre-buy inspection is true! I thought my plane was too to do that at a long distance. (My plane came from Georgia, I'm in California). The outboard five feet of the wings...

Gang, I am peparing to purchase a Long EZ (a very nice one, at that). While I have the cash, I figure I'm better financing a portion of hte airplane for various reasons (likely 60-70%). Am I going to have difficulty finding a lender for an Experimental category aircraft that is already built and...

Hello, Could anyone please direct me to a company that sells yokes? We're looking to replace our yokes with newer more "modern" ones. And links would be appreciated. Thanks, -dr

I am curious about a situation I haven't encountered before. I just bought a '62 Cessna 172 with 70 hours on an overhauled 0-300 engine. New millenium cylinders were installed. Can I, or should I, run on 80 octane or 100LL? The airport that I'm moving to has 80 octane available (a rarity in this...

Hey folks, I've been sitting here thinking about our upcoming get together in OSH, and I realized that not only don't we know what each other looks like, but -- worse! -- we don't know what each other's planes look like! This seems to be a major failing of this newsgroup, if you ask me. I...

Hello, I'm on the board of our local flying club and we manage the GA ramp. I am wondering if people can share with me what their airport (or other airports they've been to) are charge for overnight fees for jets. We have a small overnight fee for planes (which i believe is waived if they fuel...

I am seeking educated information on the following issue: My company is planning on getting a Pilatus PC-12/45 for future regional charter within Europe. If there is anyone experienced in owning/flying a PC-12, I would appreciate answers to these questions: ..) Is there any other major...

What do you do out there - buy or rent? I have need for 6 life vests for a flight to Cancun at the end of October. Should I rent or buy? TIA, {|;-) Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

My maintenance shop rigged my control surfaces, at my request. The plane 'seemed' to have been flying in a bank, despite having the AI centered and DG on the same track. They found that the flaps were the biggest culprits and adjusted them accordingly. When I flew it and took it up to cruise,...

It won't help on your 2008 tax return, but this article on aviation taxes talks about some new tax benefits available if you purchase an aircraft in 2009. http://pilotadvice.com/news/aviation-tax-ideas-2009 Does anyone have tax tips that might help aircraft owners in 2008???

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Our club currently flies a 172R and 172SP as trainers and a Diamond DA40 as our 3rd plane. We've put tons of students thru our 172s and are finally getting some good usage on our Diamond. We've started "long distance" planning on our next planes. We'd like to get a good low wing trainer like...

Hello thanck you for Riviere http://www.airliners.net/open.file/471547/M/ Franck

I'm looking for some advice on a voltmeter (preferably digital) that will plug into the "cigarette lighter" of my airplane. I found one on the J. C. Whitney site, but $50 is too much for what I want to use it for. I've got a JPI analyzer which reads voltages off the avionics bus, and also a...

Yesterday's flight to Natchez MS KHEZ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAREmeeboYU While enroute, I filed a PIREP with FSS. Video includes screenhots on how that PIREP shows up at http://adds.aviationweather.gov/ I filed a PIREP on my return trip which included a turbulence report of light chop...

Well we finally went and paid for our new bird. A 1964 Comanche 250. After months of deciding to buy it or get a small plane. We went down as they were doing the annual on it. All turned out good. All compression 72/80 with only 10 hours on the plane in the last year. Our first projects a Paint,...

Mike, how about another update on flying the Courier?

Hello, our german parachuting-club is looking for a Cessna 182 Super Skylane (300hp). Thank you for any tips and offers! please send email: Jürgen

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We are based in NE Ohio and looking to overhaul another Archer's engine soon. We had a bad experience recently with core charges from Lycoming and have decided to do a field overhaul on this bird. We would like to fly the bird in so we are looking at companies within a reasonable distance of NE...