97.101 says: §97.101 General standards. (a) In all respects not specifically covered by FCC Rules each amateur station must be operated in accordance with good engineering and good amateur practice. (b) Each station licensee and each control operator must cooperate in selecting transmitting...

"MikeremlaP" wrote in message ... While a firewall isn't as severe a heat location as a front baffle, our firewall still gets fairly hot after a few hours of flying. Don't know if the electrolyte drying out is a...

Just put up for auction on Ebay a good, clean, orange insulated engine cover for a Mooney 201. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2452538782 Plz see the Item site for details. Thanks.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Pilot_Killed_Seawind_Prototype_Lost_195948-1.html Does anybody have any additional Data? My Condolences to the family of Glenn Ralph Holmes

Does anybody have any real world data on this piston version of a vacuum pump? http://www.sigmatek.com/1U478-003/1U478-003%20Introduction.htm I do not have an installation that readily allows a wet pump, and most of the folks on our field believe that dry pumps are the worst idea that have...

100 LL just jumped from $3.82 to $4.54 at our airport, and at HAF we traditionally represent the lower costs for our area (SF Bay) Where will it end? to the pessimists in the room this feels like the begning of the end for those of us who pinch our pennies to get a little air time in once...

All, I'm still on the fence about doing the 430W upgrade. Money is tight as always and I certainly haven't set the logbook on fire in the last couple of years for various reasons. The upgrade is scheduled for late May and I have the option of bailing on it without penalty, but at 50% off...

It's battery replacement time for the 172 and I'm contemplating the installation of a sealed battery to eliminate the destructive corrosion that's plaguing our new battery box. I've done some research courtesy of google and the consensus appears to be that the sealed units function equally well as...

This is a follow-up to a message I sent to the group recently about the Hartzell propeller AD. I flew out to the prop shop today and had them inspect my hub using the eddy current method. Interesting technology and quite accurate for finding the smallest of cracks on or very near the surface. ...

We'd known for some time that our A&P/IA has been cleaning & repairing our 172's battery box every year. Usually it's just amounted to pulling the battery, rinsing the box to neutralize the acid and sanding / painting any areas where corrosion has gotten the better of it. The last few years,...

Hi all, With the recent topics on Annuals hitting the group, I figured I'd relate my own, indulge myself in a short rant, and ask a question of you. Just got the call from our A&P today and our 172 w/180HP Avcon Conversion came through the annual in pretty good shape. Unfortunately, we did...

Hi All, I've burned through my last four cases of 15W50 and was about to reorder from my local Shell distributor when I was shocked to find that the price of a case of 12 qt bottles has risen to $68. I used to pay around $47/case from these people, but that was several years ago (last time...

Hi all, Thinking of buying a MiniDV camcorder for use in the aircraft to record instructional sessions. Does anyone (Jim Weir, perhaps?) know how I can (easily) connect headphone output audio (thus incorporating radio and intercom audio) into a camcorder microphone input? Thanks for any help,

Well folks, I think the outsourcing of flight service was only the first of many short-sighted and irresponsible actions to hit General Aviation that are a direct result of the FAA's inability to manage its costs. If what I've read is true, the FAA will soon begin decommissioning TIS transmitter...

Hi all, Finally picked up the airplane after an extensive annual. Six weeks later and enough money to make a Baron owner choke, I'm really happy with how everything turned out. Just a short (and incomplete) list of the things we did: 1) Propeller and governor overhaul 2) Alternator overhaul

Hi all, Did 165 hours this year (actually over 10 months) in the 172 and brought it into annual a couple weeks ago. Decided to overhaul the prop, governor, alternator and rework a ton of stuff. Wound up going with Sensenich Propeller Service in Lancaster, PA and am glad I did. The prop came in...

Hi all, Was just reading the King Air article in this month's Flying and saw the price w/ the new avionics suite (why they went with Collins is beyond me, but that's another story). Just wondering if I'm the only one who did a double-take at the price. $5.8M for a KING AIR? Jeez...if anyone had...

Hi all, Went to the Nashua, NH (KASH) Aviation Festival today, which was pretty well organized. I'm a Daniel Webster Alum so it was nice to see not only the displays they sponsored but also all the buildings my tuition built. :-) The festival is largely a static display, which is nice because...

Hi all, Was hoping to do a lot of night flying this fall/winter but before we do that I need to get some decent flood lighting in our 172 cockpit. The overhead stock light is a JOKE. While looking at AirMod's site (good interior shop), I noticed they had PDF versions of the work they did for...

Hi all, I recently had a $1700 SigmaTek bootstrap gyro installed in our airplane and figured I'd relate this story. This gyro exhibited excessive precession since the day it was installed....in other words, it was defective. I called my avionics tech and asked him to order a new gyro. No...