I have recently bought a 1960 Aztec with generators. Although these have been overhauled recently, i'd rather have alternators installed. I see InterAv have a generic kit. Has anyone installed this before? What is the time to install, and any issues with particular brand? Any feedback would be...

Howdy, I have an Aeromech 8140B20 encoding altimeter with a KT76 transponder. Mode C is intermittent with ATC. Is it more than likely this is an altimeter problem or transponder problem? Sometimes when it is not reporting, i cycle the transponder off then back on and it starts reporting again. That...

I landed at Bridgeport airport in Connecticut to pick up a friend and ended up at Atlantic Aviation Services. I was trying to get on the other side of the tarmac to where my friends plane was parked but it was blocked. The FBO guy waved me in to park and with nowhere else to go I parked. Before I...

Last week, in -22 temperatures, our nose gear drooped all the way to the stop. Later, we were able to put some down pressure on the stabilator (in the hangar) and bring it back up a couple of inches, but made plans to have our A&P look at it. Yesterday, since he wasn't coming in the shop till...

I use mapsource with my 396. Occasionally an address is incorrect. That got me wondering what is the process by which Garmin (or whoever) builds the database? Can I submit an error to get the database fixed?

Well... it is stripped, sanded, polished.. Now, how do we keep it that way? What do you guys use? How often? Dave

I was wondering if it is possible to remove the ethanol from mogas and thought of the folling idea. Alcohol binds with water. Get a big tank with a spigot at the bottom, fill it with mogas. Add water, aggitate, let sit. The alcohol ladden water will settle to the bottom. Open the spigot, drain the...

Bought myself a new headset for Christmas. I expected it to just be a new toy, but I was amazed at the increase in understandability. Lets face it, like many pilots looking retirement age in the eye, my hearing ain't what it used to be. Previously, when I got into a plane, I would automatically...

Salutations All, I've been reading on aircraft ownership lately, and had a few questions. In general, how do aircraft partnerships work? Do partnerships exist for singles? Are they a good idea vs. purchasing a used aircraft outright? What about flying clubs - do they typically offer...

I may have a chance to acquire a Cessna 402A with low time engines wondering what the good the bad the uglies are? "Please Don't Mention Expencive Fuel Costs I Know They Are HI It A Twin!" Steven Rhine CP-ASEL-IA CFI, Multi, ATP Student

Hi all; Checking into my first plane purchase, and have a question for you that I'm not sure of. I found a plane. I have not seen the registration cert (haven't looked for it). The N-number is *not* in the FAA aircraft registry database.

I am having (I think) antenna problems in my Helio Courier. The radio is a Garmin 530. The antenna is a forward swept :"V" type mounted high on the vertical stabilizer. There is a splitter that spilts the output from this one antenna into two VOR signals and a single GS signal. The NAV flag...

Tell him to try it outside the hangar. ;-)) Jim Burns wrote: A friend of mine has a 12v Garmin 430 that simply does not pick up the satellites. It worked fine about 3 weeks ago (the last time he flew) but now it fails to find any satellite signals. One avionics tech said that it had...

My boss, who I fly for and am office manager for, personally ownes a Seneca II. He had someone come up to him and asked him if he could use the plane to get his commercial multi since there was no other multi in the immediate area to do this in. I am also an MEI so my boss told him that he would...

Hi Peter, The mpeg didn't play for me but just a few thoughts: Since they say they couldn't reproduce it on the ground, could this be a noise issue? Possible sources would be the radio, a transponder transmission, engine ignition, maybe a motor driven trim, fuel equalizer pump if you have one....

Hello: I always had the goal and the illusion of flying on my own, now I have the means to do it... so I have three questions: a) What will be the best choice of airplane, for a firt timmer like myself, considering, price range, flying range and easiness to learn and fly? b) Used or new?

Hi, all, Does anyone have any experience with the Daimond DA-40-180? We saw one at Sun 'n Fun and we're thinking of buying it. TIA, Chuck

Is there a fuel dip tube available for the Piper Warrior II (specifically, pa28-161)? When I flew the 172 I used a fuelhawk dip tube to measure how much fuel I had. In the warrior there are tabs in each tank at 17 gals but other than that it seems like guesswork. I sure would like to find a way...

What kind of internet based scheduling programs are you using? Our flight school is looking for an internet based scheduling program/service for it's planes and instructors. Something that approved pilots and instructors can access from home as well as at the flight school. Looking for the good,...

Go to http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm to see Bob Gardner, aviation author, flight instructor, and newsgroup contributor, in the latest version of our "Rogue's Gallery"! (And we also get to see Karl Gruber's cool Cessna 185 on floats, since that's what Bob is posing with. No sign of...