Anyone out there willing to share how much an overhaul cost in your Cardinal's IO360? If so, what type of overhaul, from where, and how satisfied are you? In looking at Cardinals, I'm trying to get a handle on how much to plan for when it comes time for a new engine. Hopefully, that would be...

Well, it's a mystery to me anyway. Does anyone know what brand and model, the nav/com, loran, adf, and dme are in the following photo? I'm sure the top nav/com is Collins vhf-251 and 351, but the nav/com below that one? And the others? Also, can anyone identify the transponder in the second...

I have read that the main difference between the Ovation and the Ovation II is the better prop on the second airplane. Can one install the new prop on the old model. It's the same airplane and the same engine between both the Ovation and Ovation II, so the only worries are legal ones. Finally, I...

JFK gave Barbara Pierce a lesson in life in the summer of 1944 (making her a "Cape Cod heiress"), and to her eventual husband, JFK gave a personal motive for revenge. Perhaps if George and Barb had announced their earlier engagement or even if George had given Barb a diamond instead of a cheap...

My P-47 was badly damaged fighting off some enemy Zeros , can anyone give me advice to repair it before the enemy attacks again?

What is a good anti-fog spray for the interior aircraft windows? Departing during Buffalo's lake effect snow last Thursday, I had my plate full as it was when about 1,500 feet above the ground the interior of my Bonanza's windows glazed over in a fog that quickly turned to ice. -- Peter

Technical question regarding gear extension mechanisms: Our flight school's Seneca had a nosewheel collapse today during rollout after a landing. The instructor, pilot, and witnesses agree that all of the airplanes 5 landings were good; none hard and certainly no nosewheel landings. The lights...

In article , Darrell Clay wrote: review. Obviously, we intend to fly it ourselves before making the final decision. Anyone have any suggestions as to what we should do during the flight? See if you can trim it to fly straight...

Title says it all Thanks Dave Dallas

The club to which I belong is upgrading the instrument lighting in one of our 182s. I've been doing the research side of this. All was going well. We ultimately decided upon the panel overlay product from Aero Enhancement, and started looking at shops to do the installation. And here's where I...

I have suspected for a while that my old analog tach was lying to me. My Archer's static RPM at take-off was measuring about 22k and the minimum spec was 2325, but the plane seemed to have good cruise speed. When I pointed an optical tach through the windshield I read a static RPM of 23.4K. ...

There are actually TWO party announcements here -- one held in Oshkosh (KOSH), and one in Iowa City (KIOW). Both parties are free to all pilots and aviation enthusiasts...so read on! The **4th Annual Rec.Aviation Oshkosh Party** will be held on Wednesday evening, after the daily air show, at our...

So many times we hear of poor service from some our supplies. This is the time to tell about excellent service and immediate turn around. My problem was with my intercom from PS Engineering. I had a constant noise in my headset. After one phone call and an email I sent the unit to PS Engineering on...

General aviation is under attack: Many 'forces' would like it to go to the dust bin of history. Aircraft charter services, fractional ownership etc is growing leaps and bounds and as such, more than EVER, FBO's are LOADED with NON FLYING persons waiting to be picked up for a charter or...

Been 8 years since I did short field or soft field takeoffs so figured to see if I could even do these.type of takeoffs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMJfFeKYZCM 7:30 minute video in which you will endure 10 takeoffs of which 1 soft field take off and 2 short field takeoffs, Eight landings...

Our Mooney has a 500 hour recurring AD for inspecting the Impulse Coupler. While they have it off they will inspect the points and condensers and replace worn ones. Our left mag was out of time by 5 degrees so they had to remove the magneto anyway. Jon Kraus PP-ASEL-IA '79 Mooney 201 Jim Burns...

Yesterday was a great day for knocking out approaches. Had stopped in flight school to socialize before flying and CFI was bored to tears since he had to cancel VFR students, so he came along for the ride. Launched into 1000 foot ceilings and ceilings at Hawkins Jackson KHKS was 1200 foot. KJAN...

The latest issue of AOPA Pilot contains an article about vortex generators. The article places high emphasis on how they can improve controllability during low airspeed single engine operations in twin engine airplanes. The subtitle of the article, as it relates to twins, mentions "Blueline Ops...

Can they blame that one on GA planes?

It's that time of year again. It's time for our club to renew it's insurance. We're currently with AVEMCO but want to try to find something less expensive. They also impose a limit on the # of members we can have per airplane and would like to get out from under that restriction. Any...