It would be most convenient for me to arrive on Monday, the day before the show officially begins. I could arrive around noon. The plane and I are IFR capable, so weather, unless truly horrible, should not be a serious impediment. The question is, what are the chances that the GAC area will...

Since many aircraft owners have asked me about building our mogas fuel truck (which we called "The Mighty Grape" because of its horrible purple color) I thought I'd post my experiences with bringing our new "Grape" -- a '95 Toyota T100 -- to life. The Mighty Grape -- subject of magazine articles...

I have a C-150 and a Garmin GPS Pilot III. Right now it's mounted on above the interment panel near (but not too close) to the compass. I would like to mount it on the yoke. Does anyone have any experience with yoke mounts on a 1966 Cessna 150? Will normal yoke mounts work well? Must I really...

Went to Mobile Downtown Airport this morning to fly my airplane out of harm's way, and ended up leaving it there. I saw the line guys putting the bizjets in their hangars and, with minimal begging and pleading, got them to stuff '87D in there with the Citations and Lears. The building is supposed...

Can an approach-certified GPS unit be installed but certified only for enroute IFR use? WILL a shop install an approach-certified GPS unit to enroute IFR certification only? Is an annunciator panel required for enroute use? Is an OBS resolver required for enroute use? I'm trying to minimize the...

Any recommendations or comments about using one of the commercial airplane scheduling software packages? I have used ScheduleMaster in another club in the past and liked it. We currently are using a phone scheduling system and I find it to be slow and cumbersome to use unless the schedule is...

Here is link to some photos of the Wright Brother's Memorial in North Carolina. This December they will have 100 year anniversary celebration of the First Flight. BP2 http://community.webshots.com/album/34499452OaHFPl *** Sent via http://www.automationtools.com *** Add a newsgroup interface to...

X-URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/20/national/20pilots.html?pagewanted=print July 20, 2005 U.S. Says 46 Pilots Lied to Obtain Their Licenses By CAROLYN MARSHALL

(Pardon the cross-posting, but...) You are cordially invited to our 2nd Annual "Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party" at our aviation theme-suites hotel in Iowa City! Designed to say "thanks" to the aviation community for another great year, this party features free food, pop, beer (*gasp!*), and live...

Things I still need to see at OshKosh: 1. I haven't been to see the Warbirds yet. I lived there as a teenager. Really neat to walk up and see a Spit... 2. Haven't been to the flight line for the airshow. Go down and sit about Row 70. That 's right where all the warbirds get airborne and good...

I have added a few extra aircraft items to my current ebay auctions. Piper retractable nosewheel trunion casting (used on Arrow, Lance, Saratoga, or adaptable for larger homebuilts) Piper scissor link part number 67145 Antique aircraft carb heat valve restorable I also have a TEAM Airbike 277...

I have an S-tec 55 in a 1999 Piper Archer III. Last weekend I was in moderate rain in a climb out of 2000 feet (900 AGL) heading for 6000 feet when all of the sudden the nose pitched down. I pushed the two drains located in the cockpit when the event first occured and it did not solve the...

OK, my nav122 has died with a stupid mechanical failure in the frequency-selection gear. Seriously, WTF was Narco thinking when they put plastic gears in such an expensive box? So, question the first: Does anybody make aftermarket replacement parts, or should I buy a dead unit and canibalize...

Robert, I think that is a pretty harsh assesment of the Cessna T210. My partner and I have owned ours for about 8 months now, and the requirements we had to get insurance were similar to those being quoted above. We were both +100 hr Private pilots, with all but a few hours being in 172s. We...

Hawker wrote: In all the googling I've done so far, I find that MEK is used (among other things) to glue plexiglass together. I need to know if MEK fumes have a short/long term effect on plexiglass. My airplane is adjacent to another hangar (partition wall...

No new gotcha's today... Maybe the exhaust is the biggy and will stay that way. The A & P said except for the exhaust the Mooney is pretty clean and passing the inspections with no issues. All the control surface, landing gear, electrical inspections are pretty much complete. All the inspections...

I was flying yesterday and noted on my GEM that on cyl #1, the EGT was normal, but the CHT was very low. Most of the time the CHT was off the scale low, so there was essentially no reading, but occasionally it would come up enough to be at the bottom or one bar from the bottom of scale. I can't...

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Is anyone using electroluminescent lighting in their cockpit? My 1979 Warrior has small bulbs behind the cluster and the lighting has never been great. A scan usually involves holding a flashlight! I was interested in the 2" wide EL strips that go under the glareshield and are sold by several...

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