I thought I had posted this last week, but it appears it never got to the Usenet at large so here's try #2. After all the praise Jack Allison's been getting on his new bird, I've become a little jealous. (And what a nice bird it is Jack) I've become a new co-owner in a 4-way in an existing...

Today I spotted two four inch and one six inch vertical cracks in the side window at the seat directly behind the pilot seat. The cracks are almost perfectly straight and originate at the top frame more or less in the middle of the window. The aircraft is a 1973 V35B and I would imagine that...

I had my old Narco COM 120 replaced with a new Garmin SL40 and now when the new radio is turned on my intercom volume drops by at least half. Anyone seen this before? It has the avionics shop baffled. I have an SPA 4000 intercom and a King KA-134 audio panel. I looked on the Bendix website and I...

I use mapsource with my 396. Occasionally an address is incorrect. That got me wondering what is the process by which Garmin (or whoever) builds the database? Can I submit an error to get the database fixed?

I recently sold our airplane using a broker to represent us as sellers. Things seemed to be OK, a few rough spots, and I would like to have gotten a little better offer, but we negotiated with a buyer through the broker and agreed to a sale. Paperwork for the sale then proceeded OK and I flew...

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 looked at a 1969 Mooney M20F over the weekend, and was surprised to see how narrow it is in the cockpit. While sitting in the pilot's seat, I was pushed to the right by the left side of the cabin, and was not able to sit directly behind the control yoke. Perhaps I'm just too big for this...

I'm wondering what type of acrylic cleaners are used to clean the windsheild and windows in your aircraft and where you get it. I've found a bunch of cleaners through the standard aviation sales channels but am wondering if there is something I could pick up locally so I don't always have to plan...

July 4, 2005. Pickens County Airport Appreciation Day and Fly-In, Jasper, Ga. (JZP) Vintage Flights and Alpha Helicopter will hop rides. Static Displays. Children's Tent. Fly-in and have lots of fun in conjunction with the city of Jasper's Fourth of July festivities. Contact: Pickens County Airport...

Most off of you know that I am from the pacific NW well I took a short job in Yakima, WA well it's like a 4 hour one way drive from Vancouver, WA I did it in just about 1.5 hour's in my C150. I was able to come home the same day and not be tired and saved money on gas to boot! was able to get some...

Go to http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm to see Bob Gardner, aviation author, flight instructor, and newsgroup contributor, in the latest version of our "Rogue's Gallery"! (And we also get to see Karl Gruber's cool Cessna 185 on floats, since that's what Bob is posing with. No sign of...

I am currently taking flying lessons to get my private license. I've been thinking about buying a 172 sometime after I get my license. Looking for some input on a ballpark amount of the annual upkeep. How much does an annual cost? How much does the 100 hr. inspection cost? I realize that if...

I have about 1100 SMOH on my IO-360 (2000 TBO). Compressions are all 70 or above. There was only a tiny bit of metal at the last oil change. That was shortyly after I bought it, at which time I also put a spin-on filter adapter on. The engine has been running great, especially lately. However, my...

Tell him to try it outside the hangar. ;-)) Jim Burns wrote: A friend of mine has a 12v Garmin 430 that simply does not pick up the satellites. It worked fine about 3 weeks ago (the last time he flew) but now it fails to find any satellite signals. One avionics tech said that it had...

Our "new" '79 M20J came with a 2 year old Garmin 430 GPS and Garmin 340 audio panel. The backup radio is an ancient King 170B. I must say that the reception on the Garmin sucks compared to the 170B. Am I doing something wrong or is this just something I have to live with? To me for 10 grand the...

Caution to those pondering a zero-choke re-man by this company. My O-470J lasted 200 hours before four cylinders showed mid-fifties compression with Blackstone labs reporting symptoms of excessive ring wear. Even after admitting, view phone, that the test-stand results were abnormal, Ney himself...

I'm curious if anyone has ever done this: Purchase a used aircraft in California (my state of residency) and have it delivered by the dealer to Oregon. There it will stay for 91 days and be flown on occasion, then brought back down into California. My real question here is "if I buy the aircraft...

Don't deal with Jolly Dawson from Aurora, OR. He is rude & violent and is trying to sell a Piper Tri-Pacer with Photo copied logs things scratched out, pages missing, & data plates that look modified. A police report for assault was filed against Jolly Dawson he got extremely upset...

Hi! I am part owner of an Arrow 180 hp. We haven't had a weight and balance done in a while, and I was wondering one thing. It seems on the old numbers that me and my wife cannot ride in the front seat together when fully fueled.... I weigh in at around 100 kg (approx 220 lbs) and wife is around...

What kind of internet based scheduling programs are you using? Our flight school is looking for an internet based scheduling program/service for it's planes and instructors. Something that approved pilots and instructors can access from home as well as at the flight school. Looking for the good,...