The Second Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is now available from AeroFile. This edition is completely reworked and updated over the 1995 edition, and now features designations from six countries including Canada, United States, Japan, Russia, Germany and Sweden. In all,...

How are those that are using AirGuide Publications FlightGuide finding the timeliness of their bi-annual updates? It seems to me that they are running quite a but behind as of late with the updates - but not on their billing for the next year. For those that have been using them for some time,...

www.niborex.com E6B with W&B (free trial and free if you buy their portable copilot) Pocket FMS (www.pocketfms.com) brilliant free fight planning moving map GPS etc etc for PC and PDA. I use it exclusively - has W&B with graphs on both PDA and PC (and did I say it's free). If you pay US$60...

Don't miss the Gig harbor Cruiser's car, boat, & plane show this Saturday at the Tacoma Narrows airport (KTIW). Admission and parking is *free* for spectators whether you drive or fly in. If you fly in, you can park near the show participants. Everyone would love to see a few planes on display...

My partner and I have decided it is time to upgrade the old 'wing-leveller' autopilot (Century I) to a real autopilot. We will likely be looking for either 2 or 3 axis (altitude would be nice, but we need to factor in cost) and will couple it to the Garmin 530. AP to be installed in a Beech...

I am in need of a spring P8770 part of the mixture control for a Stromberg Carb. Can anyone give me a lead? My best bet was El Reno but they say it's made of unobtainium. Thanks Paul Anton N1431A

Would anyone know (and care to tell me) where to find the power ports found these days on airliners? I'd like to replace the cigarette lighter socket in my Skylane with one of those. Thanks. -jav

I see on AOPA's web site that the FAA has blown off AOPA and all the other industry groups on DRVSM implementation. Does not getting your biz jet or turboprop outfitted with this equipment mean you won't be able to fly it above FL 290 or only at the new intermediate levels? -- Roger Long

Has anyone here heard of something called the "Charter Quest Team" from the FAA? Does anyone know who runs it? What FARs, AC or other document regulate its activities? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Honest to gosh. I want to buy a TRT250 (the pushbutton transponder). Working condition not important. Reason - I want a second so that I can use them as a matched pair of wheel chocks - really. Dennis Brown change the letter o to zero in the email address

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The manufacturer is EYQUEM (French) and the p/n is LCS50 (could also be 3526). email me if you have one (bd5 at bd5 dot com)

The subject header pretty much says it all. I'm in the market and was wondering whether good deals can be found among those hundreds of planes. Thanks, Mike

So, things are going about the way they always do when it comes to aircraft panel work... 1. Trim switch problems As previously posted, electric trim switch dismantled, slightly modified, and repaired. Worked fine on the ground. Test flight today -- nothing. Works forward, not backward, just as...

I'm in the process of rebuilding a wooden aileron spar. The process involves gluing and nailing 2"x3"x1/16" reinforcing patches to the spar. I plan on applied glue and clamped the patches in place; when dry, putting in the nails. What are the nails doing for me and is hammering in nails after the...

I followed the thread from January on painters. Its time for our Warrior as well. Anyone know of Oxford Aviation in Maine??

....is being warned by the paint shop not to wax the airplane for a FULL YEAR. -- Dan C172RG at BFM

("Dan Luke" wrote) My airplane's at BFM, fueled up and ready to go, with a fresh annual. I'm on crutches, grounded by a ruptured tendon and scheduled for surgery that will keep me grounded for at least eight weeks. ****. Good luck with your recovery from surgery. My gal has done a GREAT...

Saturday we took Fat Albert and flew from mid michigan to Dayton, Ohio for the world famous Dayton Hamfest... My son and my old buddy Ed went with me... Took 1:45 going down in the early morning darkness, where the dawn is just a band of bluish light on the horizon... Smooth air... But 30 Knots...