Using this flight planner has become a regular part of my preflight prep. My membership expires at the end of this month. I sent in my renewal about a week ago. I noticed on Thursday I had lost access to the flight planner application just after getting a renewal reminder pop-up and I still...

OK, guys... I'm making an official announcement. "Airplanes don't kill people!, people kill people!" This statement is hereby mine and none of you better use it without my concent! LOL. Monday I'm going to the T-shirt shop and ordering me 1000 units of various sizes. Let me know if anyone...

I just saw an ad for ASL CamGuard and wonder if anyone out there has any experiences with this product that they would like to share. Good? Bad? Neither? Is it just a detergent or a balonium-based material, or does it have

anyone using one? what are your thoughts and impressions?... thanx richard colorado

I have the Zulu and the Bose. I like my Bose but Zulu wins hands down. Whereas, both have good noise reduction, Zulu is noticeably better in blocking out the noise. The Zulu has the bluetooth that syncs with the cel phone. Bose doesn't. Very handy when making a call from the ground or low...

My local mechanic says that I need to overhaul my engine. It's got 1200 hours but it's been 27 years since the last overhaul. He's worried about the age, and he hears "piston slap" when he runs the engine. Compression and oil analysis are fine. He is well respected around the local airport. He...

Out of warranty (naturally) 396 has started acting flaky. It sits there with the incorrect time and date and will not acquire satellites and start up. Tried different antennas. Sometimes it will acquire after 30-40 minutes. Garmin's support database is useless. Are there any known problems with...

Happy Holidays to the group. I would like to know more about the turbo Dakota. I understand it was built for only about a year around 1979-80 and has a TSIO-360 200 HP engine on an airframe similar to an ArcherII. Why only a year? Is it considered a desirable airplane? -- Best...

Well, sent my info to the insurance, they got back to me, through one of the other partners, and said they needed more information. They wanted to know how many hours I had in a 175B, I said I had none, but shouldn't the 172 count? It's the same except for the CS prop. So I gave them what...

How many hours of service should one expect from a set of spark plugs? (i.e.- Lycoming IO-520 in a PA32-300)

On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 22:16:13 GMT, "Mark T. Mueller" wrote: Come on all you data dinks and code munchers! SOMEONE has to be able to build a Jepp-Killer app for the Tablet PC at half the annual subscription cost!!! I would be willing to pay $500/year for all...

Looking for a good shop within a few hours of Iowa City. The guy I've used in the past (was in Maquoketa, now is supposedly in Clinton, IA) can't seem to get his act together long enough to give me a quote. Any suggestions? (Looking for leather seats, new padding, and new carpet.) -- Jay...

I posted before about buying an inexpensive aircraft and got good information from this group - thanks. I've been looking locally, Philadelphia area, for a good aircraft in the $30k range. I found a very nice Skipper for less than my budget ~ 27k. I never considered one before. I flew it...

Well, I'm about to take the plunge into aircraft ownership. I had a few question about what I am doing that I wanted to throw out there and see if my thinking is correct or if I am totally in the outfield. I just started with a flight school as a flight instructor about a month ago knowing that...

Mike Fortunato wrote: If anyone knows of a LOW wing (Piper or similar) plane for sale where I can assume the existing loan payments, or owner financing, which is less than $200/month, please let me know. Thanks. Planes can't really be less than $200/month, can they? ...

"Jay Honeck" wrote: The rest of you get your butts to Iowa, and enjoy a cookout with (*gasp*!) FREE BEER (soft drinks for Larry, if desired... :) and food for all who fly in! Wave to us on Continental 5954 as we pass overhead. Think I can get the pilot to rock the wings? Maybe we'll see you...

In article , "Mike Noel" wrote: Several people who currently own or have owned a plane have told me they envy the search, because looking is the best part of the process. Now they've got me wondering why they think that way. Is...

Hey all. Ran into something a bit odd yesterday. I was doing some taxiing around the airport, and had to get out and check something. To facilitate starting in just a minute, and since I was the only one around, I shut it down with the mags, rather than the mixture cutoff. To my surprise, right...

Hello all, I may soon be the happy owner of a 78 Cheetah. I would be tempted to immediately install the LoPresti cowl & rudder cap, and the Powerflow exhaust. When the engine croaks I will go for the 160 STC, but in the meantime the cowl and exhaust combination may extend the cylinder life on...

Retrofitting diesels on existing airplanes doesn't make much sense in the US, where the fuel cost differences between 100LL and Jet-A are relatively small. However, using diesels on new airplanes makes a lot of sense. If you look at the price of a Diamond plane in Europe, the diesel version...