The Rogue's Gallery -- a website created exclusively for Rec.Aviation participants to show off their planes -- continues to grow! We've now got 67 pilots and 80 aircraft on display, from 28 U.S. states, and two countries! See them at www.Alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm New additions in...

Has anyone installed one in a Spam Can? With the advent of laptops and portable DVD/CD players, it would seem logical to have some sort of a power port in the back seat -- yet I have never seen one. My kids could sure use one! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

Is it worth the bother? We're coming up on our annual inspection in May, and there are at least four antennas on our bird that do nothing. I'll bet there's a few feet of cable going to each one, too. Does removing an antenna net you any extra speed, or is it mainly a weight reduction...

And it's not even for the Dept. of Defense! :-) For those of you thinking about airplane ownership (and I know you're lurking out there!), we just got the bill to replace one of the two dimmer switches (and a few light bulbs) in our Pathfinder's panel. $104 in parts, 5 hours labor (It's a real...

As most of you know, the "Rogue's Gallery" is a picture website created solely for the use of Rec.Aviation pilots. Here we can all post pictures of our beautiful aircraft, so that the rest of us can drool all over them! :-) Here are the February...

....And just to prove it, I will announce the following to the aviation world: Yesterday, for the first time since I bought Atlas in 2002, EVERYTHING in the panel worked as designed all at the same time! Both radios (one new), both VORs (one new), both GPS's (one new), the transponder (new), the...

We've got a bag full of leather scraps, left over from our new interior job last fall. I would like to wrap our yokes with it, so that they match the seats and throttle cover. Anyone ever done this? I don't want to just wind the stuff around and have it look like crap in a few months. Should I...

In the last couple of months we have replaced both vacuum instruments (DG and AI) as well as all vacuum hoses. Immediately after this was done, I noticed our suction was lower than before. It would top out in the 4.8 region -- at the very low end of the acceptable scale. At the same time we also...

The old wind-up clock in my Pathfinder has become sporadic at best. When it was below zero here, it didn't work at all. Any recommendations on a replacement? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

In another thread (about cold starting) it was mentioned that Alaskan bush pilots routinely drain their oil, take it inside, and heat it on the stove before starting in the morning. While this guarantees a warm(er) engine, wouldn't this risk damage to the engine from shock heating (assuming there...

Another cool RV-4 has been added to the Rec.Aviation Rogue's Gallery! See Jim Fleischman's fabulous paint job at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm (You've got to navigate your way to the "F's" to see it...) He's even got working "bomb shackles" on the wings, for dropping flour...

It's been too damned cold here to change my oil, so we took the plane over to our A&P's heated hangar this morning to have it done. He offered to let us do the work inside, if all we wanted was to borrow his heated hangar -- a kind offer that Mary wanted NOTHING to do with! So, we left him to his...

The faceplate on my Narco CP-136 Audio Panel was broken off (and glued back together) before I bought the plane. The left side of the faceplate, where 2 retaining screws attach it to the metal chassis, had been glued at least once before I bought it, and my avionics shop had glued it back together...

We've got the PS Engineering CD/Intercom in our plane, and listen to CDs on long trips. I am obviously slipping into "dinosaur" status, as I have never downloaded music, for "burning" onto a blank CD. I *have* burned CDs, but I've always done it from tracks played off of another CD. Does anyone...

I am looking at a plane. It is at a private gravel airstrip. I usually fly off aspalt runways.. Would flying off a gravel strip hurt the plane landing gear,etc as opposed to aphalt runways? Check the paint -- if there's any left -- on the under-side of the elevator. That'll tell the...

My Narco audio panel works just fine. However, the faceplate has been glued back together twice by my avionics shop. (How it got broken in the first place is anyone's guess...) In the recent intense cold, the epoxy has let go again, so I think it's time to replace the unit. Other than requiring...

Today a pilot-guest had the coolest idea for the side-entrance to our lobby: "Chasing" lights recessed in the drop-ceiling tiles, leading to the main lobby area, that look just like the "rabbit" lights that lead to the approach end of a runway! (Background: Over half of our guests come in the...

I obtained this unit on Ebay nearly a month ago, from an avionics shop in Bakersfield, CA. The unit had been installed in a plane for precisely one day before that owner had decided that he REALLY wanted the Mode S GTX-330, with traffic information capability. The shop couldn't sell it as new...

This time it's Vlado Lenoch gracing the pages of our rec.aviation photo gallery, colloquially known in these parts as the "Rogue's Gallery"... Check out his fabulous 1944 P-51D Mustang, "Moonbeam McSwine," at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm . (Navigate to the "L"s to find Vlado's...

http://alexisparkinn.com/fly-in_aviation_museums.htm I think this list of fly-in museums is by far the most useful I've found -- thanks for helping to create it, folks! Please check it over for accuracy, and submit any additions/corrections you may find to me at I have...