I'm trying to find out a formulae regarding the gap between Takeoff Distances by POH and real-life measures. I did the maths for wind, temperature, pressure altitude, runway slope, weight, etc. It's quite detailled and effective... But... The only calculation I don't know how to "translate" is...

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...

I see on AvWeb that Cessna is, at least, in talks to buy some or all of Columbia Aircraft. Otherwise Columbia is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Is that round #2 of Chap. 11?) Apparently Cessna will accept product liability for the aircraft built so far and some of Columbia's debt. I wonder...

I know that a medical is not needed to fly a glider. Does the same apply to motorgliders? Juan

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...

I'm looking for a PDA program that will do wifi to allow duats flight plans to be filed where there is a wireless hotspot like an FBO. Probably would work thru DUATs. Should be heavily template driven so that I only have to fill in a few things. Bill Hale

Any info about relative cost of a high quality overhaul of an IO520 compared with replacement by a (say) second run IO550? "high quality" means to me, at least, either ECI or Millennium cylinders and a nationally known shop.

A friend of mine who is an experienced commercial and airshow pilot, but who is not too internet savvy asked me a question today which I couldn't answer - but I am hoping that someone here can. He is currently looking to sell a brand new custom built aircaft which was built with one specific goal...

Just a guess but EEPROM can be very slow indeed. Depending on the exact part number, it may not even be possible to change a single location in the chip. This means that you have to read the entire contents (or a large part) of the chip, change the value you need to update and then write it all...

What are some of the costs associated with owning an airplane? Particularly, I'm partial to a single engine four seater probably of the Mooney's I'm not to leary of costs such as planned/unplanned maintenance but admittedly understand nothing of the FAA regulations involved. Is there some kind of...

Welcome to airplane ownership. I strongly suggest you join the type club before turning any blank checks over to your mechanic. What you are seeing may be an easy fix or a common problem that many have seen before. On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:17:00 -0400, "Wayne" wrote: ...

Tell me what you think about this issue: I flew 4443H ('79 Mooney 201) Saturday morning for a couple of hours. One time during the flight, for about 5 minutes the High / Low voltage light was flickering. It did stop flickering, the ammeter wasn't showing a discharge, and the battery voltage...

Looking to buy a Cessna 150/150 STOL. Lower 48 states only

I took our sick DG to Airtech Instrument at BFI in Seattle. They can overhaul ours for around $450, or provide an exchange overhauled unit for $495, which seems like a reasonable price. (This is an Edo/Mitchell vacuum DG with heading bug for the AP). Does anyone have any feedback (good, bad or...

Please email me if you hear of one available.

New Additions: See Bill Oparowski's beautiful '77 Grumman Tiger AND his gorgeous 2002 Hatz biplane at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm ! You can add pix of YOUR pride & joy! Email a few pix (as attachments), with a couple of sentences of history and explanation, to...

The left door of my Cessna 172 is warped. I've tried the benign options of using wooden blocks at appropriate places and applying pressure to bend the door. But that didn't get the door back to where it has a tight seal at the lower side (opposite hinges). There's still about 1/2 inch gap between...

I would appreciate if someone could steer me to a good picky A+P. I need a pre-buy done on a 172 near RDU Raleigh Durham. It would be even better if it was an IA and things go OK we can turn it into an annual. Mike Z

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...

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...