Oshkosh seems to be the place where Garmin rolls out their latest and greatest products. Any speculation on what the next will be? My pattern has been to jump 2 model series or when there is a significant change. I have a 396 in the Bonanza that has earned it's keep with the XM weather...

The reason is that the bureaucracy and incompetents feel threatened by the trend. It is my opinion that people go the N-registered route so as not to have to deal with the bozos who have gone so far as to tell UK pilots what airplanes they are skilled enough to fly, and that they are doing it...

Googling the group yielded little so here goes... 1979 172, overall average condition with mostly original radios and wiring (one RT-385 recently replaced by a TKM radio, M1 Loran from a few centuries ago) The Cessna 300 ADF has gone flaky. The box tests fine on the bench which suggests a wild...

Hi, Firstly I'm in Australia and VFR. I have a Garmin III Pilot, but am also about to purchase an iPaq PDA. Rather than upgrade to a colour GARMIN (296/396) at megabucks I thought I could get similar functionality using the PDA. Costings seem to be PDA nil (it's a sunk cost I'm going to buy it...

I'm considering a Mooney and would like to learn about the different models. Any suggestions?

Last year, an acquaintance of mine turned 85 and stopped flying and sold his airplane. He just figured that he had done it long enough and he wasn't as sharp as he used to be. He flew a lot right up until he sold his plane and he was quite experienced. I suspect for private reasons that he had...

So, I've decided to go for my first airplane. As I get started looking for "the" airplane, I'm hoping I can find some help here in narrowing my choices. The more I look, the more overwhelmed I get. I'm starting to think that finding & buying the damn thing will be anticlimactic--deciding *what*...

Just saw a brief news clip of a burning Navion L-17 at Marlborough, MA. (about 5 miles from my home) Apparently everyone got out o.k., so that's a relief. The shot showed the plane with the nose gear collapsed and flames shooting out the cabin. We seem to have a number of Navions hereabouts. ...

Hi all, I recently had a $1700 SigmaTek bootstrap gyro installed in our airplane and figured I'd relate this story. This gyro exhibited excessive precession since the day it was installed....in other words, it was defective. I called my avionics tech and asked him to order a new gyro. No...

I have had the opportunity to test out the new XMRadio Satellite Weather system (www.wxworx.com) enroute to Oshkosh... The unit is a demo unit which has been somewhat delayed from the initial planned production date of July 1 -- I am planning a Forums talk Wednesday 7/30 at Oshkosh on portable...

Hi folks, I ran into a little problem today. Working on a 100hour just a month before the annual is due -- my mechanic and I lifted the back seat to look at the cabling underneath. Lo and behold -- we found a "tear" in an aluminum bulkhead under the back seat. The bulkhead is under the back of...

Where is all this user fee flak coming from? Do the fuel taxes not get routed back to the system? If not, let's raise a big stink. Are the budgets not big enough? Okay, I might be convinced that this is true, and I may even be willing to look past the fact that the system is where it is due to...

I recently got back into flying after a 12 year layoff. I am current, and flying high-performance singles (182). I have around 80 hours in high-performance planes, including retracts. I am currently building time to improve my skills and getting ready to take the next step. I am finally in a...

How long can an aircraft sit unused before the fuel gums up and contaminates the fuel system? For instance, if I leave a motorcycle sit too long without a fuel stabilizer added to the gas, the gas goes bad after a few months and gums up the carbs. The entire fuel system is affected after a while....

As many of you know, I am a big proponent of using Lemon Pledge to clean an airplane. It can be used on the Plexiglas safely, and if you spray the leading edges of the wings with it after each flight, the bugs just swish right off with little effort. In fact, that's ALL we have ever washed the...

Our EAA chapter had a 40' hangar door that split in the middle and folded sideways (each half). The ends were hinged and the center had a single roller that ran in a track above. The bottom was not attached in any way and just hung. It was held closed and open with large steel pins that dropped...

My Narco audio panel works just fine. However, the faceplate has been glued back together twice by my avionics shop. (How it got broken in the first place is anyone's guess...) In the recent intense cold, the epoxy has let go again, so I think it's time to replace the unit. Other than requiring...

I was looking at this unit on the web and it looks great. If anyone has had any hands on with this it would be interesting to hear first impressions or even second or third. R. Hubbell

There's (understandably) a lot of discussion about Piper vs. Cessna vs. Mooney... I'm considering a (Rockwell) Commander 114B. Their marketing hype makes it seem that the Commanders have a much better safety record than their competition. Anyone have any input on that? How about maintenance...

Toks Desalu wrote in message Can you believe this? I studied regulation back in college and don't remember any specific regulation that said the hand must be at control at all time. Anybody can point it out? Why they really want to make us look bad? The airplane was a DHC-6 Twin Otter...