I've put a little over 100 hours on my 150 since purchase in January '03. Recently, I've begun oil analysis with Blackstone. The universal avg for copper on an O-200 is 9 ppm. My reading at 488 hrs on the engine was 18 ppm and my most recent reading at the last oil change is even higher at 25 ppm....

Has anyone installed one in a Spam Can? With the advent of laptops and portable DVD/CD players, it would seem logical to have some sort of a power port in the back seat -- yet I have never seen one. My kids could sure use one! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

Hi All! Our 172 M is missing both, and one clamp assembly to hold it in place.. Any idea where we can get a coupla used ones? (we can paint to match our interior) Dave

I own a 1963 Piper Cherokee 180. To reduce costs I am considering selling a share or leasing time in the aircraft to a very small number of folks. So that I sleep better at night I think it would make sense to transfer the owenership of the airplane to a corporation or California LLC. There appear...

I saw an ad in AOPA for www.airchart.com . Does anyone have any experience with these charts? My flight instructor recently got them. For someone that does a bit of traveling, it sounds like a great deal. I'm curious how practical they are (in-flight usage, not able to draw the big 'ol line across...

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The 150 I had pre-buy'ed today has an O-200 with 940 SMOA but this overhaul happened 24 years ago. Mechanic has pointed out that Continental also specifies a time limit of 12 years on overhaul and thus this engine is technically runout. Do I have much cause for concern?? I know engines are quite...

Hello, i would like to know how to remove the Cessna ARC NAV/COM 300 radio out of my 150? Ware are the screws bolts ect located? So I can take it in to be serviced or replaced it with a slide in replacement. I here it is simple to remove it, is it?

The airplane I just bought gave me a nice little surprise went out to do my pre flight and noticed that my right rudder cable had some slop in it I did not feel comfortable flying it with the lack of tension on it so the mechanic is going to look at it tomorrow. Also what holds tension on...

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Couldn't find much help with google. Can someone give me a short course on Course Deviation Indicators (CDIs) and their interfaces to the equipment that drives them? Looking at a couple of web sites, there appear to be tens of unique models of the CDIs, a different model for each possible NAV...

My engine has 1200 SMOA and 4500 TT. I can find very little regarding the relevance of total time. Maybe it's close to irrelevant since a MO touches everything anyway. Lyc even zero-times their remans, of course, even they are obviously not truly 0 TT. Just curious about the subject of engine...

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From: 8300.10 chg 17 - The Inspectors Handbook "(2) Airworthiness: (3) Since “airworthiness� is not defined in the FA Act of 1958, as amended, or in the regulations, a clear understanding of its meaning is essential in conducting a violation investigation. A review of case law relating to...

Hello, As a senior in high school, i was able to get my private pilot's license on dec 31, 2003. i love flying(what pilot doesn't, right?) but i'm looking for a cheaper way to build hours then renting. i was just playing with an idea, and i wanted your responses. Would an airplane owner ever...

Now that we have Approach Procedure chart images available on-line, does anybody know of a URL where I can get WAC Chart images (or Sectional Chart images) on line? I'd like to print a kind of strip chart for various trips that I take, with just the route of flight and 30-40 miles to either side. ...

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...

The club to which I belong is upgrading the instrument lighting in one of our 182s. I've been doing the research side of this. All was going well. We ultimately decided upon the panel overlay product from Aero Enhancement, and started looking at shops to do the installation. And here's where I...

1975 Cessna 182P, N6594M "Tweety Bird" http://www.rapp.org/skylane/ $97,000 *3000 hours total time *1150 hours SFRM on the factory reman engine (1993) *50 hours since prop overhaul (2003) *100 hours since mags were overhauled (2003)