I'm fantasy shopping for my new warbird or historic aircraft. My requirements are ... - Historic value (rare and interesting aircraft) - Reasonably easy to fly - No turbines and under 12,500 lbs (no type rating needed) - Seats two - Aerobatic - Easy on the eyes

My lady has just informed me that she would consider a complementary Triumph TR3 to our classic '58 Cessna 182 a good idea. She's willing to cash in her old Chevy on the Triumph...oil leaks and all...for a TR-3 of that era. Anybody got a lead on one of those old rascals? Jim

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Howdy, My Requirements: 3 Humans, 4 hours, VFR, ~ 100 knots. Put these in order of preference: Piper Tri Pacer: Pros: Low acquisition Cost, Tri gear Cons: Often neglected. Ground Handling, old panel, parts support.

Hello. I'm considering purchasing a plane that has Ceconite wings. They were recovered last year professionally, and according to an A&P I asked to have a quick look, were done well and correctly, and have a UV protectant. My question is the following: I don't have access to a hanger. This plane...

All, I am looking to upgrade the avionics in my '78 Mooney 201. I am going to swap out the KY196 and KNS 80 for a Garmin 430 which will drive the KCS-55A HSI, which leaves me with a KX175B driving a KI-204 as a backup ILS/NAV/COM. It would be nice to have a "flip-flop" option over there, and...

Went out this morning and rolled the Warrior out for a little soul restoring and piston oiling. It totally fulunked the run-up, tried to burn the crud off the offending plug, no joy. Took it back to the hanger and started pulling plugs. They all felt hot so I pulled them in order. The crudded...

Can a single GPS antenna be used for more than one GPS? For example, is there a splitter available that allows both a panel mount GPS and a handheld to use an installed GPS antenna?

Here's some good news for California based aircraft owners: AOPA GETS HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT CLARIFICATION FROM BOE At the request of AOPA, the California Board of Equalization (BOE) has clarified recent changes to the property tax exemption for historical aircraft. This exemption is available to an...

Hi everyone, I've run into a problem with renewing my medical because of a diagnosis of Sleep Apnea. It didn't cause me to fail my medical, but I didn't pass either. Since the AME had never run into a pilot with Sleep Apnea before, he wound up calling Oklahoma and talking to the FAA. The FAA...

My Century I has gone bad. I need to send in the Turn Coordinator part of the system in for rebuild. Anyone tell me who is best? Quickest? Most economical? ETC? Doug

We have a 1979 Cessna 182RG with 1350 hours since overhaul. 6 weeks ago, we began to notice the engine to be rough on the right magneto during run-up. Over two weeks, it became increasingly difficult to burn it off by leaning during the run-up, until one day when it became impossible. ...

I finally got my plane out of the shop about 5 days ago, two of the things I had installed I had no information on so I thought I would let others know how they turned out incase anyone is thinking of upgrading theirs. I had the PS Engineering 7000b audio panel and the PXE7300 AM/FM/CD player. My...

We've been out shopping for an early model Bonanza, and in the process I went and looked at an Apache that happened to be at the same airport as the Bo I was looking at. The guy selling it was thinking that the Apache was probably as inexpensive to own as the Bonanza. Here's his reasons: 1)...

And it's not even for the Dept. of Defense! :-) For those of you thinking about airplane ownership (and I know you're lurking out there!), we just got the bill to replace one of the two dimmer switches (and a few light bulbs) in our Pathfinder's panel. $104 in parts, 5 hours labor (It's a real...

I've read through the archives.... but would still like to hear a few more real world experiences before I spend $7-8K on a set of IO-520 cylinders. Anybody out there have enough hours on an overhaul using new ECI Cermi-Nil cylinders to write home about? How about Milleniums? I'm...

I am looking to purchase a piper arrow, most likely a late 60's to early 70's vintage. This will be the first airplane that I've owned. Are there any Arrow owners that can give me some pointers?

Price of two new ribs............ 1.1 AMUs Crating those ribs for shipment.. 0.1 AMU Labor estimate................... 3.5 AMUs to 4.9 AMUs (50-70 hours) Kleenex.......................... Free At least I can divide by three and share the pain. Good thing I'd been flying like crazy the past few...

I Mean Logbook!!! Cheers Hi All, Is there some software that will record your piolts log elcetronically, Free or shareware. Ideally it will compute leg lenghts (as crow flies from ICAO airport codes)

Hope there are some attorneys or people with knowledge that can help me with this. I am a member of a club. A guy bought a Schweizer 1-26 sailplane from Canada, and signed a lease (like everyone else) to store the plane in our club hanger. He never flew it, or registered it. Now over a decade...