Here's a "cold shower" look at the SEL market, by examining a single pending sale: This seller includes a V-ref printout from Oct 2006 for his 1982 Piper Warrior II PA28-161 (Vref = $62089) At the time it was listed: TTAF = 3122 SMOH = 792 New P&I, avg avionics.

I have a Horizon Instruments, Inc. P-1000 Digital Engine Tachometer. It has a 6-pin connector labeled "Amphenol 14S-6PF". Does anyone have a source to buy a matching connector to build its hardness? Also, anyone has pin-out for this unit? Thanks in advance. Robin Hou

Hello all, Our old panel mounted (yes very old) Apollo 820 GPS by IIMorrow appears to have kicked the can. When turned on it goes through it's usual sequence but eventually emits a red warning along with the message "GPS unable to compute position". There appears to be reception of satellites...

On AvWeb: New GA Fuel Promises Better Range, Lower Cost "Not only can our fuel seamlessly replace the aviation industry's standard petroleum fuel , it can outperform it," says John Rusek, a professor at Purdue University and co-founder of Swift Enterprises. The company recently unveiled a new...

Saturday we took Fat Albert and flew from mid michigan to Dayton, Ohio for the world famous Dayton Hamfest... My son and my old buddy Ed went with me... Took 1:45 going down in the early morning darkness, where the dawn is just a band of bluish light on the horizon... Smooth air... But 30 Knots...

OK, I've been googling, wikiing, and reading FAR gobbledygook all morning and I still don't have a clear picture of what the nav light requirements (in both azimuth and elevation) are as regards brightness. If anybody has a point to a clear post of the brightness requirements, I'd sure be...

My '74 archer developed an intermittent problem where the aileron would have a 'soft stop' at one end of the control throw. I thought a mechanic might have left a rag or some such under the floor that moved around and sometimes prevented full control deflection, so I removed the floorboard...

Since all I get now is flakes that don't want to even split 1/2 the fuel on a flight together and do not want to help with General Maint when using MY plane for their solo personal use and leave the tanks near empty when they park it I regret to inform all that the ride share in my plane is no...

Where is it dictated that certain states/cities require ethanol in their auto fuel? I've been to the EPA website and get 1000 hits on ethanol, but none which show me the requirements. Thanks Dave

The A/C in question is a 1974 Bellanca 7ECA, re-engined with an O-320 so it's effectively a 7GCAA. It belongs to the Offutt AFB Aero Club and has seen very little use, often sitting for weeks at a time until a week ago when I began taking dual in it 2-3 times a week to get my tailwheel...

My Terra radio installation instruction says "Porper attachment of any antenna to the aircraft surface is of primary importance. Carefull clean all paint and corrosion off the mounting surface and apply an anti-corrosion treatment." Question 1, does "clean all paint" mean strip all paint to...

On May 17, 5:24*am, Kirk Ellis wrote: A fellow pilot/friend and I have been knocking around the idea of doing a 2-way partnership on an aircraft next summer. I have had my ticket since 1998 although I have only 150 some odd hours total. My friend has about half that. Relatively speaking we...

I have a '68 Musketeer, 160 hp, two 170's, backup AI, ifr, and am selling for 20k. 200 smoh. ECI Titan cylinders.... Cheap planes are out there. " wrote in message ... On May 17,...

Well, I get to wait another week for my airplane. It's going in the paint shop this Friday, and will be finished and tested next week. Yeah, I know I've waited two and a half months already, and another week isn't that big a deal...but I'm *really* getting antsy. -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC ...

Am I allowed to fly my plane to a near by airport in order to complete the aircraft annual even if it is a few days after annual due date? In other words annual was done on 4/29/07 and now we are into May. What do I need to do to get permission and how long can this extension be. Would this be...

Flyers, This is just a quick flying story some might be interested it. My plane ('71 Cardinal RG) just came out of annual with a newly over-hauled prop and hub. The mechanic and I test flew the plane around the pattern.

A fellow pilot/friend and I have been knocking around the idea of doing a 2-way partnership on an aircraft next summer. I have had my ticket since 1998 although I have only 150 some odd hours total. My friend has about half that. Relatively speaking we still consider ourselves newbie "students" but...

Hy, Just to inform you, a very nice French historical aircraft to sell at : http://www.planecheck.com?ent=da&id=8986

I just got a wing jack from Aircraft Jacks and I'm trying to figure out if I'll be able to safely use just one jack to get just one main gear off the ground. The jack instructions assume you will use multiple jacks and a tail weight to simultaneously lift both wings in a level attitude. Is it...

I have a KX-170 that's *sometimes* just not working right in my VFR Cessna 150. For the same price (about $1,300) I could get either A McCoy MAC-1700 as a slide in replacement for the 170b -or- An Icom 200 as an additional radio (with the flaky KX170b as backup). Any recommendations?