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...

A pilot friend mentioned an alleged conversation he had with Phil Boyer, the president of AOPA. Supposedly he asked if the AOPA would support either presidential candidate and was told that AOPA had already supported George W Bush through political contributions. I can find nothing to back up...

Many ASOS frequencies in the Ohio area are being changed to the same frequency(121.425). I find this bad since I usually tune in my local ASOS from 50 to 100 miles out (depending on altitude). This was fine when the frequencies were different, but now I get info from a nearer one. I want to know...

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...

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...

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...

Hi, I have lit my entire panel, via a combination of "nu-lites" and instrument replacements of instruments that were internally lit. I am quite happy with the result, but I still have dark fuel, oil pressure and temp gages, and the ammeter on my Cessna 172N. I have searched the web quite a bit, I...

We had 5-6 inches of snow last Thursday followed with a mix of rain/freezing rain on Saturday. We went to the airport on Sunday arming with shovels, snow brushes, isopropyl alcohol sprayer etc. Right after entering the gate, we glanced at the ramp and was alarmed to see the other Cardinal on the...

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...

("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

I'm not sure where to ask this question. Most headsets or intercoms have a way to interface your cellular phone, via the cell phone's headset jack. However, the Motorola RAZR V3 phone doesn't have one - at least not the typical 2.5mm type. It does have a 5-pin mini-USB jack which can be used with...

We need to replace the quick drain on the bottom of our Lyc O-360-A1A. The valve for the application is the CCB-37000. Does anyone know the correct torque and any recommended thread sealant? -- Best Regards, Mike. http://flickr.com/photos/mikenoel/

Just purchased an aircraft with a SKYNAV 5000 installed. The datacard in the unit is from Feb 2000. I believe the final update was from 2003. Anyone know where I can get the datacard updated or buy a datacard with last update? Magellan and Jeppesen no longer support this product. Any help is...

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...

Hi all, I got this from a Bonanza website. This could have a great impact on general aviation maintenance. Please read it and comment if you have valued...

We seem to be going thru landing lights more frequently than we should in our 172's. Are there any STCd alternatives to the standard Cessna part? Maybe a LED lamp or at least something more durable? I realize it's only a $40 part, but we're a new club and every little bit helps... Thanks

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...

Hi All, Is there some software that will record your piolts log elcetronically, Free or shareware. Ideally it will compute leg lenghts (as crow flies from ICAO airport codes) If anyone can tell me it would be a great help. Yours hopefully,

Most interested at this time in learning about all the Small Aircraft and Large Air Shows scheduled for this summer....can you help me as to where they can be found, etc etc .....thank you in advance and, Best regards, Dick Enna *** Sent via http://www.automationtools.com *** Add a newsgroup...