Grreetings!! I am returning to aircraft ownership after 15 years. the other day, I was looking to purchase an airplane that I saw advertised. The price and features looked real good, EVERYTHING i wanted!! except it had a run out engine. over 2100 hrs. they we're asking about $ 28,000 for the...

Well, our effort to weld a crack in my oil pan failed, now I'm on a quest to replace the thing. If anyone can help, it should would be appreciated. The plane is a 1979 Piper Lance with a Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD.

I'm working on an new edition of my book _Airplane Ownership_. Like I did back in the first edition, I'm going to be running some surveys in the newsgroup to gather information to help prospective buyers prepare for ownership. First question: What is the typical annual maintenance cost for your...

Please email me if you hear of one available.

Anyone have any good recommendations for financing? I just read the thread flaming MBNA from AOPA.

Hello. I own a Piper Cherokee in NJ. I am very happy with my mechanic, his rates, my plane and how (knock on wood) reliable it is. Overall my maintenance costs are acceptable and well within my budget. That being said, I want to learn how to maintain my plane and eventually I want to work my way...

Does anyone know of a source for replacement visors for a Seneca V? My searching on the internet only shows visors for earlier model Pipers.

PocketPilot DB (Pocket, Handheld, Tablet, PDA) Pilot Aircraft Airport Plane Frequencies FAA Great 12 Catagory Database for windows CE 2-6 plus XP Sections : Airport Main Info., Airport Grnd Info., Airport Freq Info., Runways, Services/Air, Services/Grd

I do. Works great. XP automagically installs the drivers so you don't have to mess with that step. "Peter MacPherson" wrote in message ... Does anyone use the Actiontec PC750 PCMCIA reader with Windows XP for...

I am investigating the purchase of an a/c. The "logs" are looseleaf sheets in a binder. When people speak of a log I envision a journal with sequentially numbered pages. Entries are made in the pages and there is backup substantiation in the form of invoices, yellow tags, etc. Should I be...

I've got about 40 100 ohm headphone speakers that are surplus to my needs. Two of them in series make a very nice 200 ohm circuit that will work quite nicely on a 150 ohm radio headphone output. Where you get the headset hardware itself is up to you ... modification of a Rat Shack set of...

We bring our children into the world and As parents, We try protect them from the Sex perverts on the play ground. SOME of US, the Thinkers, try to protect them as they grow into young adult hood ( and beyond!) But for what ever reason, Americans are blind to the fact that our 'leaders'...

Cessna was the high bidder for the assets of Columbia aircraft. They will keep the plant open and rebadge the aircraft as the Cessna 350 and 400. Cessna will also apparently keep their NGP concept aircraft in process with a long term goal of replacing the current high wing series with a new...

anyone done this...avionics guy says it outputs nmea over rs232. any special software needed?

B A R R Y wrote: Folks, My co-owner an I are thinking of doing some USCG Aux. stuff. To do this, we need a marine band antenna on the bottom of the aircraft. We already have an existing antenna connector and internal cable on the bottom that is unused. We'd like to simply add the...

On May 17, 5:24*am, Kirk Ellis wrote: 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...

Anyone based at BLM (Allaire in New Jersey)? I'm currently at Old Bridge and debating moving. I would like info on FBOs, tiedown prices, restrictions, etc.. Thanks, George Patterson None of us is as dumb as all of us.

Well, I'm about to throw some AMUs at redoing the interior of my cherokee 140 (with Airtex stuff). What opinions do people wish to share wrt the pros/cons of relatively light colors for the interior rugs, wall panels, seats? Do the lighter color fabrics show the dirt too easily? (heat/cold are...

Hello - This weekend, I noticed that our DG is starting to fail.. The indicated heading sways off after making a couple 90 degree turns.. Vacuum source seems to be OK, as the AI is still working good, and the vacuum gauge reads normal. So I'm pretty sure this is isolated to the DG. It has the...