As a member of this newsgroup for many years, I thought this would be a good place to get advice from my fellow pilots. My son is leaving for Afghanistan on the 21st of Aug from Camp Bullis. I am looking for a place to stay from Aug 20th - 22nd. Would like it to be near the "River Walk" area so...

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There are actually TWO party announcements here -- one held in Oshkosh (KOSH), and one in Iowa City (KIOW). Both parties are free to all pilots and aviation enthusiasts...so read on! The **4th Annual Rec.Aviation Oshkosh Party** will be held on Wednesday evening, after the daily air show, at our...

Hi All, I have been lurking here for some time now and enjoy some of the very interesting threads that take place. Jay always seems to come up with something interesting. Now I have a question and I hope some of you experienced people don't mind wading in. I own a Piper ArcherII PA28-181. In all...

I am moving to Madison, WI later this year and have heard thru the grapevine and on the internet that new hangars are being built at the Middleton, WI airport (Morey Field, C29). Is this true? Are any available? The airport folks referred me to the city of Middleton, but my calls have not been...

Thinking about buying a wing jack for my Archer. I see a couple of designs sold by Spruce, one a simple hydraulic jack with an adapter for cradling the bottom of the main gear strut, another designed to catch the coned lift point under the wing. Is there a reason to prefer one style over the...

Does anyone in the group use a 12v auxiliary heater or heated blanket for added cabin or passenger heat? I've seen that they come in 150watt/12.5 amp and 300watt/ 30amp versions. We'd have to figure out the current load on our alternators but I'm wondering if we should even consider such an...

Of course, those who still live out in the sticks will need some other way to get around. This will be the rail lines, just like in the old days, or they will fly, as God intended. New airports will spring up like flowers after a rain. Flight instructors will be busy. The little planes...

"carlos" wrote in message ... Since I already have two very good radios, I think a Garmin 430 would be a waste of money (even if I traded in one of the KX155s). At this point in time for a new IFR GPS installation, I think...

("Gene Kearns" wrote) the TIO-540 and LTIO-540 engines... http://tinyurl.com/65b9u (From the story) The case revolves around a number of small airplane engine failures that occurred when the airplanes' crankshafts broke in flight. Between 2000 and

Folks, I'm hoping you can help me diagnose an odd EGT gage behavior. Background: 1965 Aircoupe with Continental C90-16F engine (has vacuum pump). Plane based in N. California so freezing temps not a factor (pre-heat not needed nor used). Has both a CHT and EGT on different cylinders, with the...

My boss, who I fly for and am office manager for, personally ownes a Seneca II. He had someone come up to him and asked him if he could use the plane to get his commercial multi since there was no other multi in the immediate area to do this in. I am also an MEI so my boss told him that he would...

Technical question regarding gear extension mechanisms: Our flight school's Seneca had a nosewheel collapse today during rollout after a landing. The instructor, pilot, and witnesses agree that all of the airplanes 5 landings were good; none hard and certainly no nosewheel landings. The lights...

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/skycraft_landing_lights.htm The pictures don't capture all the nitty gritty details of the installation. A couple of things to note: 1. The wiring does NOT go inside the wings, but is rather routed inside a flexible conduit that gets attached to the wing ahead of the...

The IO-520 in my Cessna 210 is running rough. It seems to run smooth at 1000 rpm but the roughness appears above about 1400. One cylinder is “cold” and apparently not producing any power. I pulled the rocker cover and found that the intake valve spring was broken. My mechanic and I...

I don't think anyone has commented about this on Usenet yet (or at least Google doesn't have it) so I'll put the question out there. Can anyone confirm that the USB Skybound datawriter is faster than the PCMCIA Skybound II? I am contemplating getting it for the slight convenience factor of using my...

I discovered when I bought my plane that pretty much every aircraft tire I had ever seen was underinflated. The manual calls for 42psi in the mains on my plane, and if you can see even the slightest sidewall squishiness they're down in the low 30's and at the end of a month they're down below...

I have suspected for a while that my old analog tach was lying to me. My Archer's static RPM at take-off was measuring about 22k and the minimum spec was 2325, but the plane seemed to have good cruise speed. When I pointed an optical tach through the windshield I read a static RPM of 23.4K. ...

Cleveland 500 X 5 brand new, temporary tires have been mounted on the rims, have a set of new (can't remember the name - will check tomorrow) tires as well, complete with hub caps. These are the high performance Cleveland number 199-152. Wicks & Spruce list 'em for $750, I'll take $600 USD - you...

I have the Horton kit on my 182L. I like it Mike M e-mail at m l a d e j o v @ c e d . u t a h . e d u Richard Jimenez wrote: I am designing a modification kit that further enhances both the stall speed and the high speed, of the type of STOL kits that add a cuff to the leading edge of...