I posted this as a reply to another thread but I thought it important enough to make it a new thread to increase visibility. I've added more comments and some additional details...plus some ramblings... So this is not entirely a dupe. -- Just a heads up. The 1.6 software update (5/26/06) did...

I have an Apollo (now Garmin AT) GX50 GPS. The data card failed last week. It will not take a program. I use Jeppesen's skybbound service for updates. Now, the card is a Linear 4 Mb Flash Disk. Garmin wants $153 for a replacement card but these cards can be bought anywhere for $60. Does anyone...

My '66 Cherokee 180C currently has a T12C ADF. Even though it has analog tuning, the previous owner installed a Davitron digital frequency read out so it's not as bad to tune as you'd think. Anyway, it now longer points to the NDB (actually the needle never moves) but can successfully tune am...

We've got the PS Engineering CD/Intercom in our plane, and listen to CDs on long trips. I am obviously slipping into "dinosaur" status, as I have never downloaded music, for "burning" onto a blank CD. I *have* burned CDs, but I've always done it from tracks played off of another CD. Does anyone...

Thought I would spruce up the old bird with a new set of rudder pedal pads. I have seen several planes where they have either tie-wrapped them on or, worse yet, SCREWED them on. Looking in the ol' Piper parts inventory I see that they are WHAT!!!!! $84.39 EACH!!! Ah, yes. The old "Aviation...

Yesterday's 1 1/4 hour flight compressed to 9 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XvY44k1NdY Video contains landings at KJAN, KHKS and M16. Camera overheated at the end of my flight and I restarted it for the KMBO landing, ended up going around (bottom dropped out more then I cared for) and...

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XWJN8RJ Please take 5 minutes to complete this research survey about the future of flying. Thank you!

OK, dumb question. For 100-hour inspections (or 50 hours until oil change), is this measured in Hobbs time or Tach time? -Sami N2057M, Piper Turbo Arrow III

I feel sorry for the SW pilots who went through the fence at Midway last week. Now every edition of the local newspapers runs articles by lawyers and journalists second-guessing every decision made on a difficult approach - quartering tail wind, marginal visibility, fair braking, short...

Hello, How safe is Eclipse Aviaion's decision to expose the wheel on jet that cruises at 41,000 feet? Has this been done before? On what airplane?

Unfortunately, Jay... Dave from Houston WONT be making it this year. I know I surprised you last year one evening, and I originally intended to go, alas Im back in school finishing up some higher education.. the "come hell or high water" project has a public presentation due right in the middle of...

I was just informed by my mechanic who is performing my annual that my ELT is fried and needs replacing. I have two choices: Replace the Artex model with the same one, or upgrade to a newer unit that transmits on the new frequency. If I go with the replacing the existing model, it transmits on a...

Hi there I am a '78 Grumman Tiger owner here who is toying with trading up to a Mooney. Not sure which one, perhaps a 201 for starters or maybe a 231. My question to the group is "have you ever flown or own a Mooney?" What are your thoughts about its reputation for being a "cozy" fit and...

Hi everyone, Well, ran into another small problem that is balooning into a major outlay of cash! Somehow, the little plastic float in the right hand tank snapped in two. And no, there haven't been any crash/hard landings lately. Don't know what the cause was. Well, after digging the pieces out...

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:43:58 -0600, "Jim Burns" wrote: I'm looking for a place to get a CD with all the AD's and SB's for our Aztec. Several people have mentioned Advantext but I can't find them online and the one Advantext company that does show up in a google...

So, I just found out that Monarch is out of business. My Skylane has a set of their fuel caps. One needs replacing. Now what? -jav

I am sure I can count on this newsgroup to give this question their best ! Would it be legal for a CFI to act as PIC from the right seat with a student in IMC ? In my opinion regardless of the legality, it would be less than sensible, what say the group ? -- Roy

I have a Bendix starter switch installed in my PA-28-181, and as far as I can tell it is original. The aircraft was built in 1977 so it's close enough to the effective date of the AD to make me want to investigate whether the switch is affected by the AD or not. I read the AD and I cannot figure...

I don't know if any of you out there have tried Jay's "fruit for breakfast and lunch" diet but I did and have these results to post: I have been doing my own version of this for 6 weeks or so. I started out for the first week or two doing exactly what Jay did. After 2 weeks I could no longer eat...

Snarly Charlie, the 182, has the classic "Cessna drip" from the fuel vent when the tanks are filled and the hangar gets warm. I've tried everything I know to stop it, but all I can do with all the mechanical fixes is slow it down. I'm getting ready to patch the asphalt under the drip and paint...