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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...

Okay, so I found a shop that will install everything for real cheap. Anyone ever installed a new panel, avionics stack, or redone their panel? Should be fun to see what comes out of this, since right now I've got issues here and there. Still looking for a hangar though.... Patrick

I had a strange experience with our CNX-80 earlier today. Heading back into HPN, we tried to bring up the approach frequency 126.4, and discovered it wasn't in the database. There were the normal secondary freqs (120.8 and 124.65), but no 126.4. Then I looked up DXR (Danbury, right next...

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.

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

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...

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Andy Facer just called and gave me the new quote from AIG. I'm back where I was a couple years ago. 2001-2002 $2,725 2002-2003 $2,717 2003-2004 $2,629 2004-2005 $2,723 I don't consider this to be a significant change. more details from...

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...

A friend of mine is looking for somwhere to download low altitude airways for Hawaii. Any suggestions? Thanks Tony --

"The unforgiveable sins this earth must confront and overcome are Nationalism, capitalism, and hoarding. The idea of every nation should be forgot, price should be struck from the commons, and princes should be seen for the devils they are. The sins include our church, secret societies, and other...

Hi all, I'm trying to get plane with my friend under LLC(non-profit reason) in NJ. Any laws,tax, etc.... Please let me know. Derek.

As I promised Mike Granby, I stopped by Honeywell Bendix King's booth at OSH yesterday to pick their brains about their upcoming yet to be announced King KLN430 or what ever they will call it. I got very few answers but very big grins from the rep. When will it be introduced? Can't say, big...

I use a navman GPS with a few mapping utilities, my favorite being MS Streets and Trips. Has anyone added sectional data to software designed for road travel (ie. aviation map in tiff form overlayed over the standard map)? Any suggestions would be appreciated .... Marty from Sunny South Florida

I'm using Mozilla/Firefox instead of M$ Internet Explorer. I've also switched over to (free) Thunderbird, from using M$ Outlook Express 6.0. (So far I'm OK-happy with this combination) I've been reading these newsgroups with Outlook Express since 1998. I'm familiar with it and I like it. Comfort...

As the 74 Cherokee ages, the engine baffling (0-320 E3D) is starting to show its age. Various places have been stop drilled over the years and it is time for replacement. I really don't want used salvage parts because they are likely in the same condition as what I have. The intercylinder...

The fuel shop just called regarding my sticking fuel servo. The unit has 900 SNEW 10 years ago. The shop said they did a full overhaul on the unit. The only oddity they found in the unit that may explain the hanging is soot in the air side of the unit. Since air flows across the unit I'm assuming...

The "Mystery Vibration" saga in the 74 Cherokee 140 (O-320 - E3D)continues. I began the quest by addressing those items that were due anyway. Swapped out the plugs with the old set and saw no difference. Had the mags overhauled as they were 20 hours away from their 500 hour mark where I usually...