My partner and I are having a discussion about how the original pilot's shoulder belt tensioner is supposed to work in our 1978 Arrow III. Currently, it always applies tension, which bothers him a bit during long flights. He thinks it should latch or ratchet so that once it finds a position,...

I feel sorry for the SW pilots who went through the fence at Midway last week. Now every edition of the local newspapers runs articles by lawyers and journalists second-guessing every decision made on a difficult approach - quartering tail wind, marginal visibility, fair braking, short...

Looking for an avionics shop in NJ or eastern PA. I want to get an IFR moving map GPS installed in my Archer. Don't have the budget for a GNS-430 or CNX-80 so I'm thinking either a KLN-89B or the Garmin GPS-155XL. Any other thoughts in that price range? I'm hoping to keep the entire bill under...

Landing light circuit breaker 20 amp. Pops after about one minute. I have changed the landing light 4552, changed the CB and thought I had the problem solved. This morning Taxi at 6 am (still dark) I was pleased to have the landing light while in close quarters, then the CB popped. I have checked...

Does anyone have a source for a Cessna 180 100 hour/annual checklist? No results from Google or Alta Vista searches. Thanks...

Montage of my Instrument panel to music - Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl5g6lfZ4Cw 1 1/2 minute compilation of what is pushed, pulled, turned, twisted or toggled in the panel of N1943L 5 high resolution pictures taken and cropped down to 80 pictures for this video. Watch in full screen...

Last week, my name finally rose to the top of the shade hangar list at South Valley Regional Airport (U42) in West Jordan, Utah. U42 is a few miles south of Salt Lake International (KSLC). When we went to see the airport manager to sign the contract and get our badges, he told us an interesting...

Flyers, This is just a quick flying story some might be interested it. My plane ('71 Cardinal RG) just came out of annual with a newly over-hauled prop and hub. The mechanic and I test flew the plane around the pattern.

Ok guys I finally had time to transfer video from my mini dv to my computer , my first few landings in my 150 it seems like the wife only records my bad landings ohh well!! The best landing out of the 3 on this video was a simulated short field right on the 1,000 bars the first landing and...

Hello, I'm wondering if someone can tell me a step by step process that is required to de-register an N# plane. I'm in canada and need to let the gentleman in the US know the process. Somehow I doubt this happens automagically! Links to an FAA site would be great. Thanks,

Does anyone have any experience towing their airplane with a golf cart? I'm thinking about mounting a ball on the front of a golf cart to move my Bonanza in and out of the hangar. Many thanks. Ashton

I'm wondering what everyone else's definition of "Damage History" is. After looking through Ebay for a Cessna 172 I ran across this description: Complete Logs, Computerized AD List, Logs reflect no history of damage except: 11/2/95 Off airport landing; Wings, rudder & vertical fin replaced...

A while back I asked for information about installing a landing light blinker system in an Archer. Now that the job is done I'll share my experiences with the Great Planetary Bit-Bucket. First off, I'm very pleased with the system. I want Jim Weir to know his generosity was not in vain! ...

http://w3n-a.blogspot.com/2008/12/secondary-stall.html This stall is called a secondary stall since it may occur after a recovery from a preceding stall. It is caused by attempting to hasten the completion of a stall recovery before the airplane has regained sufficient flying speed. When this...

I'm starting to narrow down my target aircraft and just today started looking at them through Vref at the same time. I'd like to read your opinions of that pricing service - both good and bad - and any suggestions you might have as to other pricing tools that worked for you. BTW, the target will...

Hi group, Seems to be a lot of experience out on this list, so I thought I might ask a question. I have a Cherokee 180 that is IFR cert, but both A.I. and Turn Coordinator are vacuum driven. With both driven by vacuum, a pump or engine failure in IMC will leave you guessing if you're right side...

Do you own or are you planning to buy or build an aircraft that fits into the Light Sport Aircraft rules? The airplane can be an older "factory" certified airplane such as the Cub or Ercoupe, a new "factory" S-LSA or an experimental that does or will comply with the LSA...

Audio Highlights while owning N1943L - Audio only with text http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbTi4xwWwpU This video includes ATC and passenger highlights while owning my plane. I tried to keep current utilizing all ATC services such as block altitudes, ASR and No Gyro so this video includes how...

Who determines where you can or cannot land one?

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