some disturbing news was revealed at the last eaa mtg, when one of the members got up and passed out a copy of the latest city ordinance, amending what a residential dweller could do and have at their dwelling. enclosed is a copy of the admendment. the interesting point is how specifically the...

There was a very extensive article about the repro Hughes H-1/1B Racer in the May '03 issue of Air & Space. Jim Wright was the owner who spent over $1million and 35,000 hours building it. Well, it's just been reported that a Hughes H-1 has crashed in Yellowstone Park, killing the lone pilot who...

x-posted to rah,rao,rap Here's a news scoop for you all... Express Aircraft Company, formerly Wheeler Express, has gone out of business. Apparently TCM (Teledyne Continental Motors) was unable to honor shipment of their "Full Authority Digital Engine Control" (FADEC) IOF-550 engines which...

Since the untimely death of our friend (and chief charter pilot at the local FBO) while ferrying a Spencer Air Car back from Seattle, WA last week, our local pilot community has been roiled with speculation about the cause of the crash. Of course we won't know anything definitive for a long while,...

Chris, I have helped build fiberglass, tube and fabric, wood and fiberglass, and all aluminum kits and "plans built" aircraft. Regardless of the construction method there is one thing that stands out about the process of "home-building" and that is Commitment. Commitment, of course,...

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Less than 4 weeks to go! If you are planning to attend this event please call +27 82 490 5721 or send an email to so that we may have an idea as to how many aircraft will be attending and to provide sufficient parking space etc. We cannot accommodate an unlimited amount of...

Being a Rotax 912s driver, and being as how the Rotax prefers premium automobile fuel, I have been searching for places that serve automobile gas that are accessable to airplanes. I'm not having much luck. So, does anyone know of a database that tracks availability of MOGAS for aviation...

There's a show on NPR called Cartalk. 2 car mechanics supposedly giving advice to callers but really it's just an excuse for them to goof around. Hysterical. There's a segment about a guy wanting to put a Subaru engine in an experiment plane. Scroll down to Mazda Miata with...

Whats with mooz and Adam aircraft? Didn't last year he have some sort of gripe with them for taking their new jet to a fly-in? In todays blog he came down on them for doing what alot of others have done. He is barking about the Certification claims of Adam. They claim that they are FAA...

This is my 2nd update on the Lightspeed Plasma II Ignition System, making a total of 3 posts in 3 years. (To see the original post and 1st update, go to GOOGLE Groups, and type in *** with the quotes *** "Review of Plasma II Ignition System" ---------------------- In this update, - Hall Effect...

Waht is the best way to glue two piece of phenolic together? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

The engine on my homebuilt aircraft is a small French turbine, a Microturbo 022 Couguar (one version behind the TRS-18-046). It starts using good ol' air impingement, which the manual specs out to 145 psi, 1.21 lbs volume. Now, I always had problems motoring the engine to a high enough RPM where...

"Dick" wrote in message ... Staring at my empty instrument panel while considering which instruments and their placement, I got wondering how old time Mail pilots flew if caught in IFR conditions. On my project...

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On 27 Dec 2003 17:09:52 -0800, wrote: Well, it looks like President Bush (Or Hitler, as he's known among certain circles) has staged another Hollywood style "Terrorist Plot" that he can use to destroy our civil rights. Godwin's law is...

Here's a quote from yesterdays ANN article: "ANN's Jim Campbell, flying an R-44 helo (which is proving to be an impressive load-hauler, even in the oppressive heat) in outlying disaster areas..." What a hoot he's got them convinced at the home office that he's flying relief missions in a R-44 ....

I have noted here that Northwest Aero, the manufacturer of the evolution of the Blanton designed cog belt prop speed reduction unit had been sold. The new owner said that he would continue making he PSRUs for the Chevies and Fords. Yesterday I got an Email from another V-6 STOL builder who needed...

"...but I don't have a lathe." Sound familiar? The truth is, you probably have any number of things around your shop that can serve as a lathe. In a lathe, the work rotates against the cutting tool. ( In a milling machine, it's the cutting tool that rotates against the work.) The main purpose...

I've installed a 12-gallon fuel cell aux tank in the tailcone of my 4-place conventional low-wing plane -- intended for go-fast trimming when flying solo more than for its extra fuel capacity. As you know, a typical 4-place is terribly nose-heavy with only front-seat passengers and no baggage. ...