Does anyone have information on this airplane, STC SA4758NM? There is a gentleman in Idaho looking for the wording of the STC for continued airworthiness. He has tried to contact the current STC owner, Aircraft Design, Inc. in Spokane, WA with no success. The paperwork did not follow the...

So I set up my other 2 GPS units in the cockpit and put their external antennas right next to the Garmin. The Lowrance Airmap 1000 and an old Apollo 920+ showed 5-9 sats up near the 80%. The Garmin showed 8+ sats pinned at the top and one or two more at 50%. Immediately after liftoff the Garmin...

I live in northern lower Michigan where we have real winters some years (not this one yet). My partner and I own a 2000 Cessna 182. We are currently debating the proper use of the Tanis engine heater. It has been our practice in the past to plug the heater in after a flight and leave it plugged...

Hello, I have an apartment complex in a town about 150 miles away. It is an ideal mission for my Beech Sundowner. I'm about to take a car out there to keep at the airport. Then I will begin flying ( 1.5 hours ) instead of driving ( 2.75 hours ). Since I have no vehicle dedicated to my business,...

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...

What a coward. You hack my google account, you libel me, and brag about it. You leave ridiculous posts, and fools like ARI jump on board and spread the garbage. But now that the FBI is researching this, you suddenly go hide. There's enough archived for us to work with.

Jim Burns wrote: This is for all the RV'ers and/or pilot/campers in the group. I'm wondering if anybody has ever made an "APU" out of an RV type AC to DC power converter. I do some airplane camping each year as well as own a fifth wheel. I was wondering if something like the RV...

Going to over haul my 0-200A... why... cosmetically it looks dirty and ugly... any one have any ideas to prepare for paint glass bead blasticing as a option...engine has 1100 SMOh and should go another few hours to TBO -1800hrs for this type engine...

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I am looking at buying a F33A which is turbonormalised. Does anyone have any knowledge about the value this adds to the aircraft. I know the cost of fitting but this one was done in 1991, and it is the original turbo. How much does it add to the value of the basic aircraft? TIA Geoff

Need some assistance from pilots in NW Arkansas, SW Missouri, and NE Oklahoma. If you are flying around this area (Fayetteveille/Springdale), listen, or if in contact with Razorback Approach, to 120.9. If you hear a pinging sound in the radio (I hear it about every 57 seconds), send me a message...

When I use my (cabin air) heater, it starts to smoke a bit and smell if I turn it more than half way up. I suspect that this is coming from a build up of material in the heat conduits over the years. Does anyone else experience this? Should I have my heating hoses removed and cleaned (seems...

"John Harlow" wrote in message ... Were they of any help other than telling you to "wait for production units"? Seems their customer relations could use a little help. They offered me the "first production unit" by express mail...

I am thinking about upgrading my aging Garmin 195. The new inexpensive WAAS-enabled offerings from Lowrance make it almost irresistible, and my Garmin is losing value in the used market fast. As I see it, my options are to upgrade the handheld or just grit my teeth and save up for a panel-mount....

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There's a portable engine preheater on ebay motors for $129. It looks like an ok unit but I'm asking for any of the collective wisdom on pros or cons of a unit like this. There's also one on Sportys for $399. Any opinions on either or a comparison?

Hi - Very rarely, one of the 6-cylinder Lycoming IO-540's in my Aztec acts up after startup. There is a fair amount of vibration, and a high MP (20") for the resting 1000rpm, and if the engine monitor is turned on, it shows three of the six cylinder (1, 3, 6) not making any heat. Turning on the...