Hello, I'm interested in learning more about making harnesses and such to make products like garmin 430/530 talk with a MFD or a EHSI or Auto Pilot. I'm pretty technical and i'm just interested to see if I can get a couple products like the above from ebay and just make them talk back and forth. ...

Hello, Has anyone ever used the VistaNav setup? (www.vistanav.com) looks like it is a pretty slick looking system and while not certified, it seems more robust than many systems out there. Any review for this product or info on similar products? Thanks, -dr

B A R R Y writes: Can we cut a wire VHF-Air antenna that we already own to work with a marine band (higher than VHF-Air) handheld? Yes, but given its proximity to the ground, it's impossible to really tune it correctly. (Hang the aircraft 8 ft up from a crane...

FlightStar will do wind-aware routing and you can then look at the various atltitude options for time, cost and fuel burn. It's not 100% automatic, but it works great for my needs.

I'm looking for recommendations on paint shops and avionics shops in the region around NW Ohio & SE Michigan. For the paint shop, I'm looking for one that can do metallic silver paint well, and for the avionics shop, I'm looking for someone who can do an installation of a GPS/COM and an intercom....

I may have missed something as I caught only a little of the PBS program due to the band opening and catching a bit from a station I don't normally get. It looked like they were making Daily out to be the environmentally friendly hero winning out over the pilots and turning the airport into the...

The Eastern Iowa Big Kids Toy Show will be held at the Iowa City Airport (KIOW) THIS coming weekend (May 20-21), both Saturday AND Sunday -- and it promises to be a lot of fun! Starting at 7 AM, we've got fly-in pancake & sausage breakfasts going BOTH mornings. There will be tons of cool "big...

posted this just now in rec.aviation.piloting, but now thinking this might have been a better place, apologies for the dup posting I'm a new plane owner, and in an unusual stroke of luck I own the plane outright. The problem is that financially I'm not in a position to maintain it (or own it for...

....is being warned by the paint shop not to wax the airplane for a FULL YEAR. -- Dan C172RG at BFM

Hello, Someone asked me today if there was an STC or something that would allow you to put an extra seat belt in the back of a Mooney. The Mooney has a bench seat in the back and this particular guy has 3 small kids (3,5,7 years old). Is it possible to add an additional seat belt? Whats the...

Paint complete. Splendid job by Select Aircraft Painting of Gulf Shores, AL. http://tinyurl.com/phh74

We have a 1964 Cessna 172E with a Continental 0-300D. It has the AutoGas STC, but we've never used anything but 100LL. We've had some lead deposits and a stuck valve last spring. With the rising cost of 100LL at our airport, I'm looking at starting to use 87 Unleaded auto gas. Is there a...

I am thinking of starting a charter company with either a commander 700 or aerostar 700. Does anyone have any insight on hourly cost?

I'm working my way through "On Glorious Wings", a collection of short stories edited by Stephen Coonts. In at least a couple of the stories from the first part of the 20th century, there are references to airplane mechanics as "Ack Emma". I think the stories where these references appeared had...

So I put a deposit down on N4261J, a Piper Cherokee 140 (that I mentioned in an earlier post). The previous owner had nicknamed her 'Julie' (for obvious reasons)... My fiancee fell in love with the name so I think it's stuck;) I don't think I have ever been quite so excited, I feel like a...

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On Sun, 14 May 2006 22:59:42 GMT, 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...

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...

On 2006-05-14, B A R R Y wrote: My co-owner an I are thinking of doing some USCG Aux. stuff. What does that involve? Heck, I live near the ocean and my airplane is already orange and white... -- Ben Jackson

Hey Guys, I'm in plane-search mode after recently passing my check flight. One of the number one uses I want for the aircraft is to be able to make VFR flights up to Tahoe in the winter for ski trips (hopefully regularly, as the weather permits). As such, I have a pretty basic question-