Since this is an aircraft owners newsgroup, that means it's the perfect place to ask about the costs associated with owning an airplane vs. renting. Since I haven't started my private pilot lessons, I'm not familiar with all of the expenses associated with owning an aircraft. I have listed below...

i am looking for an STC for an engine upgrade to 200hp. Does such an STC exist or must i do a full modification? Any help would be most apreciated.

Hey again. I have a new TKM Nav/Com (Michel MX385) in a 1982 C152. The radio is great, clean, lots of volume. The sidetone, however, is very faint, almost a whisper, and it's making me nuts. On a rare occasion, while I'm transmitting, the whisper blasts out for a brief second, and returns...

snip : Inter-Av claims very few failures of this capacitor... but I'm wondering. : Unless you physically shake the can, you won't know if the electrolyte : evaporated. (That means you have to take it out of the Adel clamp... which is : probably never done during inspection.) While a firewall...

My friend owns a 77 172N. Eats Landing lights. A real pain to change with the cowling. I recently read in an old copy of Aviation Consumer Buyers guide that some of the N models are known to do this and that there's a Landing Light Improvement Kit from Cessna. I could not find one online Does...

Why are fixed-pitch props on PA-28s indexed to the 10-4 position from the front? a) To help hand propping? b) To minimize vibration? c) To improve performance? My money is on (a) but others disagree.

Aviators, My wife and I flew to Williamsburg (JGG) in our 177RG on Sat. and stayed until Sunday. On base at Williamsburg I noticed that the airspeed was really high. I raised the nose and pulled some power. I had 20 degrees of flaps in and that is what I usually land with. On final the...

During the annual of my 1963 Cessna 172D the A&P discovered a one inch long crack originating from the rear rivet line on both one flap and elevator. He says there is a Cessna approved repair procedure to replace a portion of the skin and no need to replace the whole part. Can someone direct me to...

I am looking for plans to build a Mag timing light with the buzzer that changes pitch. I remember seeing plans in a Magazine. Maybe Sport Aviation. Roger @MD43 C150E

My engine operating manual (for my Piper Turbo Arrow III) strongly discourages pulling the power back and doing a quick descent -- it warns of engine-killing shock cooling. Sounds reasonable to me...but it (and my airplane manual) does not really seem to say how best to do a fast descent when you...

"MikeremlaP" wrote in message ... While a firewall isn't as severe a heat location as a front baffle, our firewall still gets fairly hot after a few hours of flying. Don't know if the electrolyte drying out is a...

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I'm looking to purchase a Narco VOR Nav 10 or 11 in working condition. I'm rebuilding a Grumman AA1B-0298 and missing the VOR head...I would like to replace it with the VOR that came out of it to keep from rewiring. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I had an interesting experience the other day. To some degree I was testing the theory that a local Class-C facility would invariably vector VFR aircraft outside the lateral boundaries of their airspace. I've seen this at a few different airports where I transition through with flight...

Everyone, I'm interviewing for a job in Austin, TX and am looking for details regarding airparks in the area. I've found a few on the internet but would like more info, especially regarding commute times to the SW Austin area. We currently live at an airpark (K48V) in the Denver area and love the...

Hi, All; Have looked at some a/c for sale, and have found one I'm interested in. The bird has not been flown in over two years, and is out of annual. The owner said that he would have an annual done before quoting me a price; guess he figures it will be worth more as a result. This was one of...

AOPA warns that someone is trying the scam of spamming pilots saying that MBNA needs for them to verify their account info. These mails are not from MBNA. Do not click on the link. This, by the way, is true of every similar scam. No legitimate company will send you mail asking for account info by...

Our FBO has a poster on the wall entitled "A Genealogy of Piper Aircraft" or something similar. It shows the various lines of aircraft (PA-28, PA-32 etc) and the various models in that line. I've been trying to find a copy without success. While a quick trip to the color photocopies with the FBO's...

I see this subject was discussed on the list back in '99, but I was wondering what people have been doing lately. I am purchasing a Canadian registered 206 and am importing it into the US. The aircraft just had an annual, but the owner doesn't have insurance on it, so the option of having him fly...

Hi Has anyone been successful in updating a Honeywell Bendix-King KLN 94 (or 89/B) database via "direct cable connection" from the computer to the KLN94's serial port using an Intel Apple Mac running Windows under Parallels? The Mac doesn't have a serial port so it is necessary to use a USB...