Has anyone here heard of something called the "Charter Quest Team" from the FAA? Does anyone know who runs it? What FARs, AC or other document regulate its activities? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

I'm in the middle of cleaning the injectors of the engine on my BD-5J, and I was wondering if someone here has dealt with this issue before... I need to test spray pattern. The engine has 8 injectors. I know I can set up a rig where I pump fuel into the injectors, and perhaps use a piece of...

The Vintage Flying Museum at Meacham Field in Fort Worth, Texas, (http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org) an IRS-approved non-profit organization, is looking for five vacuum tubes to complete its static display of a B-17 WW2 bomber "SCR-287-A liason radio station" setup. They have already received...

The FAA has just issued an emergency AD that appears to ground _all_ Beech T-34 aircraft, all models, until further notice, after confirming that the Texas Air Aces T-34 that went down a few days ago suffered a wing separation. It only allows a few hours of flight under very strict restrictions to...

The engine on my homebuilt aircraft is a small French turbine, a Microturbo 022 Couguar (one version behind the TRS-18-046). It starts using good ol' air impingement, which the manual specs out to 145 psi, 1.21 lbs volume. Now, I always had problems motoring the engine to a high enough RPM where...

If anyone is interested, there is a 2002 C206H with the STC for the Leica camera mount for air photography for sale here in Puerto Rico. The camera that the STC is for is supposedly the same camera as was used in the U-2 spyplane (very large camera used for serious air-ground...

x-no-archive: yes If you own a Garmin iQue 3600a (not the plain 3600) or a Lowrance 2000c, I'd like to hear your opinion and comments on these units... good, bad or neutral. email me at

The manufacturer is EYQUEM (French) and the p/n is LCS50 (could also be 3526). email me if you have one (bd5 at bd5 dot com)

After sitting for many years with empty tanks (ouch), a friend of mine is restoring a very nice Navajo Panther 310. Unfortunately, today he tried to put fuel in the inboard right wing tank and it started leaking, first from the panel around the fuel quick drain, then from further inboard. An IA...

Somebody explain to me why ANR headsets squeal when you are descending from FL180 and lower in an unpressurized aircraft. Flightcom is modifying their Denalis to deal with this but they say all ANR's do this. ???? Juan

I need qty 1 of Unison p/n 9048205-302 in serviceable, as-removed or new/new surplus condition.

For those of you who may find a need for this (which probably won't be too many of you), I put my copy of a KR-20 marker beacon receiver install and op manual (with pinouts, that's why I put it up), on the site. You can download a small PDF file at http://www.bd5.com/kr-20.pdf Juan

I have an old TRT-250 transponder maintenance manual, for the ORIGINAL analog TRT-250 (not the 250D digital version). This transponder is no longer supported by Free Flight Systems and I suspect few shops take them in for repair, as some of the parts are simply not available (most importantly,...

We have just released a new DVD: A FINE WEEK OF SOARING. It's an exciting insider’s view of the Mifflin, Pennsylvania regional contest from the back seat of a Duo Discus high performance glider, with 15-time US national champion Karl Striedieck at the controls.Â* Flying at high speed at treetop...

New articles: Brewster BW-372, WC Bob Foster's lecture, Continuation war aviation in review Brewster BW-372, the story of a Brewster Finnish Virtual Pilots Association (Virtuaalilentäjät ry) organized a presentation event in which the story of the Finnish World War II Brewster fighter aircraft...

Scott D. wrote: WTH are you talking about. The terms of insurance at his fllight school. As for the other, where do you draw the line? Student "pretty much ready" or the student really ready?

"Peter" wrote in message ... I have the FAR/AIM 2005 and while this should be in there somewhere, I can't find it. The rule I am looking for is that an "instrument rating" is required to operate an N registered...

"Peter" wrote in message ... I fly a TB20 and a friend who has the same one with a Shadin air data computer tells me that he normally gets (say 160 ktas, 10k feet, ISA) a TAT value of about 3 degC higher than that...

Some friends of mine are obsessed with the idea of buying weather balloons, filling them with helium, attaching them to a harness (with probably about -3 to -5 lbs of net lift) and jumping up into the air. If anyone has info on both the feasibility (with implicit danger) and cost of such an...

How about this!!! OLATHE, KS and ATLANTA, GA, July 24, 2003 -- Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today announced a definitive agreement to acquire UPS Aviation Technologies, a subsidiary of United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) for $38 million in...