Jay Honeck and all other owners, To ensure safe flight, have your planes blessed. Buddhist monk, available to bless airplanes: Blessing on site: cost of travel + $350.00 and a case of Corona. Blessing by phone: $12.50 and a sixpack of Bud. Blessing over the internet: buck twenty five ($1.25).

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'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...

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...

"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.

Hi All, I am about to finish a twin endorsment and I am in the market for a suitable twin to buy, I looking at a few options with my budget in mind, older types such as the Cessna 320 (1965) with about 5000 hrs and good engine times remaining, If anyone has had any experience with this type I would...

Anyone have skis for a Cessna 182Q? See photo of plane and hangar below. Jon Jeffco (soon to be Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport), Denver KBJC

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'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...

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

Just heard that Nuvite is giving out FREE samples.

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...

Has anyone seen a list of 103-legal ultralights? if so, could you point me to it Thanks, Mike

since Korea our 'leaders' have been playing us for fools!!!! The send our boys to WAR but they('leaders') get deferments, peace corps, Harvard, Yale, etc. In WW II we had REAL leaders!!!!!!!! they sent thier boys off to war! and MANY did not come back! what do we have now???? SELL OUTS...

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...

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.

Does anyone have plans or a link to info about making a baby flying bonnet? It's basically a bonnet that ties onto the baby, but is modified to provide hearing protection by adding foam/rubber earpieces and padding. I remember reading about it a couple of years ago on one of the pilot groups, but...

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