Well, it happended. I have owned the plane (Piper Turbo Arrow III) for 3 months and the engine failed during climb out on Tuesday. Altitude was 4400 feet. Luckily, the engine did not entirely quit and I made it to an airport within 10 miles. TBO was 1000 hours away. Dissapointing! When we cut...

I know this has been asked a million times, but I have to ask just one more time. I would love to know your real-world costs of ownership for your fixed gear single. A 172, cherk 180, etc. I'm trying to figure out how much renting I have to do before it becomes plausible to own. Any advice as to...

I had an interesting experience the other day. To some degree I was testing the theory that a local Class-C facility would invariably vector VFR aircraft outside the lateral boundaries of their airspace. I've seen this at a few different airports where I transition through with flight...

I am looking for some input on the least expensive airplanes to own. I've heard so many horror stories about the $5000 or even $15,000 annual, or the seat adjuster that costs $600, that I thought I would get some input on this before buying. So I'm looking for low purchase price (used), low...

My friend owns a 77 172N. Eats Landing lights. A real pain to change with the cowling. I recently read in an old copy of Aviation Consumer Buyers guide that some of the N models are known to do this and that there's a Landing Light Improvement Kit from Cessna. I could not find one online Does...

Has anyone here done this? I am considering the acquisition of a C175a with a runout engine and replacing the engine with an O-300 engine. Is there a kit for doing this? Does the engine mount have to be replaced? I am guessing the airframe is just a C172 airframe. Am I wrong? Does the cowling...

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I need to replace the aluminum wiring in my Archer with new copper cables. Spruce is selling Bogart replacement cables for $289 which seems a bit steep for the amount of cable and connectors involved. I understand Piper has a description of the parts and technique for doing the replacement, but...

Because a topic like this never gets too old ;) 1979 172 with original Cessna (RT-385 IIRC?) radios, the NAV frq display on the #1 box failed and the partners now finally agree it's not worth repairing. I'm contemplating two options: 1. Replace with a slide-in replacement like the TKM series,...

"MikeremlaP" wrote in message ... While a firewall isn't as severe a heat location as a front baffle, our firewall still gets fairly hot after a few hours of flying. Don't know if the electrolyte drying out is a...

I did some checking around my area today (thanks www.100ll.com) about what the fuel prices are, and was surprised to learn that my home base (KTYQ) is charging $4.47 (the highest in the area), and that includes our based-on-the-field discount. That is up around $1.00 from a little over a year ago...

I have (2) KX170B radios which I'm very happy with, except that one of them has been diagnosed with a bad MHz crystal on the comm side. The new crystals are apparently no longer available from Bendix/King. The avionics shop apparently scavenged a replacement from a used radio they had in the...

Anyone worries about what the rising avgas price to the light plane ownership in the U.S? I have absolutely no doubt that the average avgas price will surpass $5/gallon in about 5 years. We'll probably see a significant drop of GA flying, along with a big drop of the value of used airplanes. ...

I was surprised by the acceptance of an HTML post in another thread. I, for one, could read the HTML fine. Others said the same thing. Has the time come for HTML in the newsgroup(s)? My (change is bad - we fear change) vote is no HTML ... for now. I'm being fuddy-duddy with my reason: I get...

Hello all, I may soon be the happy owner of a 78 Cheetah. I would be tempted to immediately install the LoPresti cowl & rudder cap, and the Powerflow exhaust. When the engine croaks I will go for the 160 STC, but in the meantime the cowl and exhaust combination may extend the cylinder life on...

Does anyone know if there would be tax consequences for the lucky winner of the AOPA Commander 112. Thanks!! Jon Kraus '79 Mooney 201 4443H @ TYQ

Assuming proper maintanence and a good airframe log/book inspection, are there any concerns about high time airframes, like insurability, etc? My partners and I are looking at a warrior with over 11,000 AFTT.

Wow. When we started the Rogue's Gallery -- a webpage where aviation newsgroup aficionados can post pictures of our aircraft, in an effort to get to know one another better -- I had no idea this thing would eventually grow to encompass 32 different makes of aircraft! More amazingly, within those...

I have rented space in a 40x40 hangar for the last few years, and am planning on purchasing a t-hangar in the near future. I would appreciate comments on desireable things to look for in a hangar. My thoughts: 1. Overall hangar condition, structurally sound. All the T-hangars at my airport are...

It looks like I will have a mission to pick up a PA32-300 on Thurs. Can anyone point me to an online copy of the flight maual, or perhaps some of the pertinent information? I've got a couple of hours in a PA32-260 some years ago, and will have a copy of the manual available when I pick up...