Folks, I am posting this on behalf of my friend, a chief pilot of an airline working for JMC ( http://www.jmc.nu ) peacekeeping force in Sudan. They operate a gamut of russian aircraft and require US-made VHF radios, antennas and intercoms for them. Since Sudan is on the US Dept. of State list of...

Our club owns a 1978 172. The little tabs that hold the pilots side air vent in the tube have come out and been lost, so when you get up to speed, it just pops out (makes the right seat nice adn cool this time of year, but will be a problem in winter). Any ideas on easy fixes or finding the...

Hi all, Little rant and warning. After talking to the Factory Rep at Sun-N-Fun I recently sent my NSD 360A HSI back to Century Flight Systems in Mineral Wells Texas for service. The compass card would spin for no reason then be fine for a while. I called and talked to the support folks and they...

"Tony Woolner" wrote in message ... Got a lien. Hope I can get ride of it! Tony W Trust your instruments.

Does any one have experience (good or bad) with the paint shop located at JKA? Thanks in advance.

Check out their warranty. It's short and not worth anything for long, or to a successor owner. And if you need help from them at Unison by phone, skip it. They're not interested. And besides you'll be punching buttons on the phone trying to get to a warm-blooded human being until you're...

Since the last time I had posted the question about the roughness between 1000 and 1700 RPM my wife had taken the plane on a cross country flight and claimed things seemed worse. Sure enough the roughness seemed worse plus the idle (below 1000 RPM) was no longer smooth. This time I brought my...

Hello Folks, I asking for responses from any who have converted from a 2-blade to 3 blade prop on their plane. I not interested in any performance claims but just specifically the issue of cockpit vibration. The prop mfg's and STC rep's are aware of this issue but express their bewilderment to me....

All, We had an open house at our local airport here in Minden, NV (MEV) today. It turns out there is a flying club based here that I didn't even know about! They have a late 60's 182 with a Pertesen conversion (260 HP, I think) and a 70's Grumman Tiger. I think those are two great planes, but I...

Wings For Christ, an aviation ministry in Waco, TX is selling our 1959 Cessna 175 so we can move up to a larger aircraft to meet our mission transport needs. You can see the aircraft at www.wings-for-christ.org. Please contact me if you're interested. If you or your company would like to help our...

Hi, just one question. It's not clear from what I found - is KDR-510 just a VDL Mode 2 RECEIVER?! For more than $5000 that's not much of functionality. Anyone has service/installation manual? I'd like to have a look. Just digging through ATN and VDL2,3,4 specifications :-) If it's just a...

Well, I finally figured out how to start a new thread in 'tin'! (I think..) The starter gear on my Cherokee 180 is dragging ever so slightly on the back of the ring gear on the flywheel. With the engine running, you can hear a 'ding ding ding' sound, which is from the starter gear dinging the...

Hi all, Well with my recent experience with Century Flight Systems I am seriously considering replacing my 9 year old NSD 360A with an EHSI. King has a nice one but they want top dollar What else is new. Sandel is no loner producing theirs. They are replacing it with something with terrain warning,...

I also had an 'intermittent' soft pedal on my 172B. Turned out to be the tiny 'check valve' O ring in the master. Replaced it and no more problems. Jim

I've been using these marvelous GPS devices since the mid-1990's and am astonished daily at their accuracy. I use microsoft Streets and Trips 2004 on a laptop for general travel, but need some method to overlay airspace and aviation waypoints (similar to the info on a sectional). Is there anything...

In my experience, when the wx is really crappy and most light a/c are on the ground, the singles you will often find flying are bonanzas and mooneys. The bonanzas are often flown by very affluent people that think that because they can pour enormous amounts of money into flight directors and...

Ok, in another thread we've been talking about 2 blade vs. 3 blade props, maximum tip speed and so forth. Someone posted a comment about needing really long landing gear to handle the 2 blade prop for a 1350 SHP turbine. That got me to thinking about the prop chord length and what a minimum prop...

OUCH! Glad you and all were OK... Can you tell us what happened? Asking if 'cause I know in some cases some would rather not or unable, and that's OK... Sorry your bird got bent.. :(

The second annual Cherokee National Fly-In & Convention, June 18 - 20, was held at the renowned Tan-Tar-A resort in Osage Beach, Mo. Over 135 PA28 and PA32 aircraft, and 300 people attended the Fly-In which was based at the Grand Glaize airport (K15). The Saturday evening guest speaker was Karl...

Guess the real question is: At what altitude is a pressure suit required? Was SpaceShip One pressurized? All we saw was Melville with an O2 mask. You always see the U2 pilots with full pressure suits, but I guess that could be because of the duration at altitude? Since Melville was only...