Aviators, My wife and I flew to Williamsburg (JGG) in our 177RG on Sat. and stayed until Sunday. On base at Williamsburg I noticed that the airspeed was really high. I raised the nose and pulled some power. I had 20 degrees of flaps in and that is what I usually land with. On final the...

I had an interesting experience the other day. To some degree I was testing the theory that a local Class-C facility would invariably vector VFR aircraft outside the lateral boundaries of their airspace. I've seen this at a few different airports where I transition through with flight...

Hello all, I may soon be the happy owner of a 78 Cheetah. I would be tempted to immediately install the LoPresti cowl & rudder cap, and the Powerflow exhaust. When the engine croaks I will go for the 160 STC, but in the meantime the cowl and exhaust combination may extend the cylinder life on...

I did some checking around my area today (thanks www.100ll.com) about what the fuel prices are, and was surprised to learn that my home base (KTYQ) is charging $4.47 (the highest in the area), and that includes our based-on-the-field discount. That is up around $1.00 from a little over a year ago...

I have (2) KX170B radios which I'm very happy with, except that one of them has been diagnosed with a bad MHz crystal on the comm side. The new crystals are apparently no longer available from Bendix/King. The avionics shop apparently scavenged a replacement from a used radio they had in the...

Anyone worries about what the rising avgas price to the light plane ownership in the U.S? I have absolutely no doubt that the average avgas price will surpass $5/gallon in about 5 years. We'll probably see a significant drop of GA flying, along with a big drop of the value of used airplanes. ...

Hey all... My Cherokee is almost done with the annual, but in the 75 hours since it was last inspected, the alternator bracket has cracked. It's complicated by the fact that the plane was originally a PA28-140, but now has a Lycoming O-360-A3A. So, the parts book doesn't necessary literally apply....

Still flying with the 195 on my yolk and that was $ well spent years ago but would like to upgrade. Anyone hear anything about what's coming down the pike next? Seems about 2 year intervals for these portables. Thanks for any info. Dale PA-24

Wow. When we started the Rogue's Gallery -- a webpage where aviation newsgroup aficionados can post pictures of our aircraft, in an effort to get to know one another better -- I had no idea this thing would eventually grow to encompass 32 different makes of aircraft! More amazingly, within those...

It looks like I will have a mission to pick up a PA32-300 on Thurs. Can anyone point me to an online copy of the flight maual, or perhaps some of the pertinent information? I've got a couple of hours in a PA32-260 some years ago, and will have a copy of the manual available when I pick up...

Assuming proper maintanence and a good airframe log/book inspection, are there any concerns about high time airframes, like insurability, etc? My partners and I are looking at a warrior with over 11,000 AFTT.

Hello, I'm looking to talk with someone who's owned a Turbo Lance for their opinions on ownership and maintenance. Thanks.

Since this is an aircraft owners newsgroup, that means it's the perfect place to ask about the costs associated with owning an airplane vs. renting. Since I haven't started my private pilot lessons, I'm not familiar with all of the expenses associated with owning an aircraft. I have listed below...

Does anyone know if there would be tax consequences for the lucky winner of the AOPA Commander 112. Thanks!! Jon Kraus '79 Mooney 201 4443H @ TYQ

A fellow pilot/friend and I have been knocking around the idea of doing a 2-way partnership on an aircraft next summer. I have had my ticket since 1998 although I have only 150 some odd hours total. My friend has about half that. Relatively speaking we still consider ourselves newbie "students" but...

I'm looking to purchase a Narco VOR Nav 10 or 11 in working condition. I'm rebuilding a Grumman AA1B-0298 and missing the VOR head...I would like to replace it with the VOR that came out of it to keep from rewiring. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

My Seneca V (Continental TSIO-360-RB) has been very hard to start during cold weather for the past few winters I have owned it. Besides burning out several starters I have tried tune-ups prior to winter and installing the Slick Shower of Sparks ignition system. All have helped a little but no...

I was surprised by the acceptance of an HTML post in another thread. I, for one, could read the HTML fine. Others said the same thing. Has the time come for HTML in the newsgroup(s)? My (change is bad - we fear change) vote is no HTML ... for now. I'm being fuddy-duddy with my reason: I get...

Printing costs have been on a steady exponential increase, following right along with energy costs associated with creating paper from trees, soybean prices for ink, and all the rest of the process involved with creating paper manuals. On the other hand, the price of optical media (DVD and...

Hey Guys, I'm looking at at 172 that has 1100 hours since overhaul, holding 73/90 ++ on all cylinders...the only thing holding me back, last overhaul was 1976... I've talked to several seasoned pilots / aircraft owners that say as long as it's holding good compressions, don't sweat it.... Any...