I'm considering by an L-2 that is being offered for sale. I went down and looked at it the other day and found it to be a nice plane. However, I have two questions... 1) I've not had a chance to fly it yet. I've heard its a dog. I can believe it. The gross weight is pretty high, higher than any...

Mt. Saint Helens erupted again today; fairly large eruption. It has been spilling magma onto the surface at the rate of 10 cubic yards per second for over a week (that is one dump truck of new mountain per second). I was up with a multi-engine student in his Cessna 337P and took this picture which...

Just a funny little story... I was landing a C172 the other day with the family aboard. We were on final with a pretty decent cross wind from the right. I dipped the right wing down a little, maintained track with opposite rudder, touched down right main first, etc... You know, just the...

Returning to HPN from the northwest last night, approach cleared me to the Tappan Zee bridge, then to HPN as usual. I said "unable, the TZ bridge is inside the TFR" and proposed a route to the Carmel VOR, then direct HPN, which the controller accepted. This is the relevant part...

I have made the jump to satellite radio for my car, choosing XM Radio as my provider. Wow, am I in love now that I am free of the canned format of commercial radio! :) I was wondering if anyone has taken the portable version of the XM radio receiver, in my case called the Delphi Roadie or Roadie...

Well, Getting more and more news from Florida. The company I flew for, Warbird Adventures, lost two of their SNJ-6's during the storm. They put them inside a new hangar for protection, but the best they can tell a tornado hit the hangar and it collapsed. If you go the Orlando Sentinel website and...

Went to RDG the other day because it had been too long since I went to a towered field and I needed the radio practice. I was directed to fly right base to 36 and landed uneventfully. Upon landing, the tower asked my intentions. I told them that I would like to taxi back for take-off and...

i know Im new to this pilot thing but these politicians are out of control. Do they have to investigate everything?? I mean I have heard of finding a job for your buddy but these commissions on every damn thing that happens is getting out of control... I thought for sure WE hired them to do this...

Things that make you go 'hmm'. The accepted wisdom is that aviation engines are tough, because they can be run at full rated power for hours on end, and auto engines are fragile, and must not be thrashed or they won't last very long. It was even mentioned in a thread in the last couple of weeks -...

After many consecutive days of crappy weather, with the plane down for annual, today dawned inauspiciously enough, with more rain. This seemed like a good excuse to go back to bed, so in a fit of decadence we did. We were enjoying a rare "true" day off from the inn, and neither of us could...

I'm asking everyone in the group to please take the time to visit the FAA site and post a comment or two on the proposed National Air Tour Safety Standards Public Meeting. I was just there and disappointed in the lack of comments. http://www1.faa.gov/avr/arm/rulemakingforum.cfm?nav=part -- Jim...

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How many of you have memorized all the emergency procedures. The only one I really know is the engine failure procedure. I have to admit, if any other emergency was to develop I think I'm unprepared and it's time I do some re-familiarization of procedures. On a side note, I'm a bit confused about...

on the 9th we are flying into the Sacramento, California area, I havn't made up my mind which airport to use, SAC or SMF. Anyone here familiar with the area and is either better then the other for GA ? I am leaning towards SAC because of the cross runways and looks to be a good GA airport.

My question refers to Warrior IIs, but could be about other Lycoming O-320 and O-360 engines with electric fuel pumps too. I've noticed checklists on some Warriors tell you to turn the electric fuel pump ON and leave it on for starting, and others tell you to turn the fuel pump ON, check pressure,...

Guess the only way to stop this type of accident is to get that new Diesel on the market? Big John Extracted from NTSB report. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

Now that I have your attention I would like to get your feelings and thoughts on a situation that has arisen by my dad's house. Recently 2R2 went in not but a few blocks (straight line) from my dad's house. I think it is great and he and the neighbors have no problems. Keep in mind the...

Larger screens, color screens. Mike MU-2 "R. Hubbell" wrote in message news:20040305082731.0e32b58f@fstop... Any prognosticators out there that know what's next from Garmin in