Hi everyone, I have been lurking here a while, lots of good stuff. Thanks to all of you. I have been invited to join two different flying clubs in my general area, but both are some distance away. Just for fun, I have been thinking about trying to start a club. I have googled for "ultralight club...

Folks, Thought this was too important to get lost in the past. And I conclude more than ever that Jim Campbell does bad things, is bad for aviation, and has no business in the aviation community. The most salient points are, in my opinion, the references to glowing reviews of unsafe aircraft by...

******************************************* "...the great little VW conversion with a 2.0:1 reduction producing 103 HP." --------------------------------------------------------- To All: In the context of an engine converted for flight the figures above are wildly fallacious. At best,...

(Necessary Aviation Content: Weight) (Necessary Aviation Content - Part Deux: Piper entrance and egress) Anyone looking to shed 'a few' pounds this year? If you've succeeded it in the past, want to share your story? Montblack If food is my cocaine, I'm the Darryl Strawberry of weight loss...

If you're building in aluminum from scratch, one of the most intractable problems is the need for an 8 ft bending brake for most designs. A good one, even used, is about $1000, and at least half that many pounds, although there are alternatives that weigh...

Howdy, I was channel surfing the other day, and caught a glimpse of how they make rotor blades for the Hind MI-8 helicopter on RT. (Russian News) Very Interesting. They use small sections of metal (aluminum?) honeycomb cut to the shape of the airfoil, align it them with the spar on the leading and...

The following is information I am repeating, but have no first hand experience with. I subscribe to several forums and lists that have discussed this from time to time in the context of Canard aircraft and auto conversion engines. One person who was running a Mazda rotary/wankel conversion in an...

Sunday, July 25th, is our day to give back to the pilot community, in thanks for another great year! Fly into Iowa City (KIOW) en route to OSH '04, and enjoy: - Free food! - Free (real) beer! - Free pop! - Live music at poolside!

After seeing the KP-5 Kappa Aircraft import's Fowler flap operate on the Sport Pilot tv program, I was wondering what the simplest, least complicated mechanically/structurally sound means to operate would be. It appeared to be some sort of extendable track?? My first thought, is that doesn't...

Friends, Aviators, Airplane Tinkerers... many of the treasures and parts I have been viciously hoarding in my hangar for some future project, are now listed on ebay for auction. So far there have been several bids and I may just be able to afford my hangar rent! To find the items I have listed...

Why is there so many posts not related to Homebuilts?

In about two weeks (and for ten days thereafter) the largest collection of aircraft in the world will be converging on Oshkosh WI from all corners of the USA and several countries. The show actually starts on the 29th of July and ends on the 4th of August, but the heaviest traffic is going to be...

Why were there not many Pazmany PL4's built ? Here's one I saw Fly back in 1982 at Red Deer Alberta http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1019962/

Morgans wrote: Why not use a little electric fan to draw air past the radiator for extended ground operations, like cars do? It has been done. Bayard DuPont did it on the rear engine in his Defiant and it worked well. Others who tried it found problems with ram air in flight spinning the fans...

Looking for an unused, original set of VP-2 plans. If you have a set of plans you are willing to sell, contact me a , along with asking price (must be reasonable). Dick Craig

I got a call from the Upper Valley Machine Shop Thursday of last week. Will was headed for Watkins Glenn for the Bush Nothern tour and he wanted me to come down and get my engine, it was ready to be picked up. Will has had the engine for about a year now. His business is a single person operation...

Does anyone have any new information on Mark Bierle's ( of Earthstar Aircraft) Rad Cam engine? All the web searches mention that the engine was at Sun-n-Fun 2003 and Airventure 2003. Was he at either of those fly-ins this year? Thanks Neal

I have a friend who bought an airplane in 1962, and he cannot remember the make. It was a white or cream taildragger with tandem seating and a control stick rather than a yoke. It was a high-wing airplane, and it was easy to fly. He bought it when he was 15, for $600, and his only training was...

I am pulling the plug on this newsgroup. It is now officially dead in my opinion. RIP Bob Hoover..may you not turn over in your grave. With the last infiltration post ..rant. or whatever you call it, I am done with this group. There hasn't been a decent topic thread in months. Maybe it is time. ...

From his website: "Moller International has developed the first and only feasible, personally affordable, personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle the world has ever seen." This is a lie, pure and simple.