A strange thing has happened that I cannot explain. I wonder what the readership thinks . . . I have a Precision vertical card compass. I fly at least 3 times a week, and I know my airplane real well. Last week, when I looked at my compass, the little airplane that should point up was about 30...

I present, for your viewing pleasure, 200+ pix and several videos, all taken last week at Oshkosh Airventure 2009: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2009.htm Included in this collection is exceedingly rare, uncut footage of Jay, Mary, and Brian Douglas singing karaoke at a formerly...

I'm thinking seriously now about upgrading the avionics in my Comanche. An HSI would be a nice thing to have too (once you've flown something with one you become a believer) so I'm thinking of combining the effort and putting one of them in too. Maybe a GNS 430 and keeping the 155 as my second...

Anyone here have or use the new Apollo CNX80 ? I am getting the list together for my avionics upgrade and an swaying between the garmin 430, CNX80 or a smaller IFR certified GPS/com and MX20. I would really like the MX20 but wouldnt be able to get it if I got the 430 or CNX-80 but I want a GPS...

Well, yesterday I paid for my third of my airplane Congrats, Wayne. Welcome to the world of the joyously impoverished! :) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com

I have a Helio Courier with four fuel cells holding 30 gallons each. My typical flight uses ~35 gallons so I would like to leave the outer (aux) tanks empty most of the time. I understand that leaving them empty will reduce their life expectancy. How much should I expect the life expectancy to...

Niche auction for aviation...they just went live... Can it compete with eBay? Your thoughts? http://www.aerobid.net

My new partner and I are looking at a 1975 Mooney M20C. It is a nicely upgraded IFR plane with a 400 hour O-360 engine. It is a rather high time airplane (7000) hours and the price reflects this fact. It is being sold by the owner of the FBO we fly out of for one of his friends. They just finished...

Hello, Does anyone have any more information about this new product from Garmin? Price or any reviews that may be out already? http://www.garmin.com/products/g600/# Thanks, -dr

Anybody try this (rather expensive) new product (approved for aircraft)? In particular, it's advertised as OK for aluminum, rubber and plastic (unlike mineral spirits). http://industrial.simplegreen.com/ind_prod_ext_mor.php

For the last 200 hours I've recorded all the data from my engine analyzer which makes it easy to look at such things. Anyway a week ago I was flying along steady at 12 thousand feet when I noticed an unusual shift in the engine bar graph display. Looking at the recorded data I see that all flight...

I received a notice in the mail. It says, "If your Lycoming engine has a diaphragm-type fuel pump with Lycoming P/N LW-15473 installed, and has a date code of 3201, the pump must be replaced PRIOR TO NEXT FLIGHT." The defective pumps were shipped from Lycoming between 10/1/01 and 2/2/04. It...

We were grounded last week, after discovering a cracked exhaust pipe and rotted muffler baffles during routine maintenance. Amazingly, we discovered that Dawley Aviation (*the* exhaust repair station in the Midwest, and the place my A&P recommended) is located in Burlington, WI -- literally on the...

Hi all; I'm wondering if anybody here has any experience with "Aircraft Paint & Prep Booth" at the Corona airport in Southern California. How was their work? Did it hold up over time? Also, someone has told me there's a good paint shop at the Sebring, FL airport, but couldn't remember its name. ...

Please read this. This is what's killing GA and we ought to do something about it. http://www.cdapress.com/articles/2005/02/08/news/news04.prt and this http://www.news4jax.com/news/4269212/detail.html#

I am about to activitate my garmin 496 weather and music features w the xm folks... I am going to use the "full blown" weather service @ $50 + $7 for the radio feature..... Two questions...1) if I know I am not going to use the features for say 2 months ( or longer ) ...can I temp. turn on and...

brian whatcott wrote: Mike Ash wrote: So far I do not regret my decision to purchase in the least. /snip/ Money wasn't a worry to me, but it's still something I thought about. So far, so good. I put 55.4 hours on it over the past year /snip/ All in all, it's been a great...

OSH First-Timer (hopefully!) here. Assuming I can get the plane out of annual in time, I plan to make the trip! I'm curious about lodging. I snagged a room at the Super 8 on the field. Outrageous prices, of course, and I also wonder if I'm missing an essential part of the experience by not...

Still getting to know my new baby (1990 TB-20, normally aspirated 250hp Lycoming IO-540). I imagine my question here must apply to most non-turbo, non-FADEC pistons (though I gather there's some sort of altitude compensator on some airplanes' engines?). I live in Colorado, which means routine...

On Mar 26, 6:18*pm, wrote: The older 172's with manual flaps and simple basic electronics are pretty low maintenance. Nope. Unless someone has already replaced a lot of stuff like control cables, pulleys, control surface hinges and many other things, these will all be pretty...