How common is this? I am seeing some 152s for sale with engines as high as 3000 hours SMOH. Surprising. (Well, to me!) Related question (probably nearly impossible to answer): to what degree is an engine's reliability related to it's time SMO? Obviously, it has to be that a Lyc at 2200 hours...

Can anyone provide some suggestions on some reasonable interior shops in the Kentucky or adjacent state areas? I know of Air Mod by Sporty's, but they are very expensive. I'm looking for good work at a fair price. Thanks

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I am curious about a situation I haven't encountered before. I just bought a '62 Cessna 172 with 70 hours on an overhauled 0-300 engine. New millenium cylinders were installed. Can I, or should I, run on 80 octane or 100LL? The airport that I'm moving to has 80 octane available (a rarity in this...

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The nerve of this guy telling me I have a lot to learn, Looks like this guy needs to learn how to read. This is the second time I have told this guy no it seems like he forgets things or need to go learn the meaning of NO. First he wanted to trade me for my Car I told him no a few months ago. I...

Seems like I never have any good info to offer but always seem to find a question or 10. I'm a long time PA28 and C172 / C182 driver and I'm looking for something faster with a little longer legs. I've never flown a Mooney but I like the style, performance and gph numbers and some of the older...

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I just had a VFR Cert. done and the avionics shop said that the antenna of coax was causting the frequency of the transponder to be out of limits. Of coarse they had to bench adjust the frequency of the transponder to compensate. Has anyone ever had this problem before? Thanks, Ray

I'm thinking of buying and installing one of these in our 150 to do some CFI-I work. http://www.valavionics.com/ins_422.htm. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/avpages/valins422.php N10681 has a cessna 300 navcom. I wanting a 2nd VOR, GS, and MB to allow instrument instruction/proficiency...

Remember the 63, 172 that sat outside for 18 years? Well the restoration is done except for the paint, the white is done but not the stripe. Test flight was Feb 29th. The pictures are still at http://12.151.5.4/172 but I haven't put up the newest ones yet. It was actually done since late December,...

I need two box seats at the 2004 Reno Air Races. If anyone has some room available in a box please send me an email. Ronald Oldham

I know this subject has been covered in the rec.aviation.* ngs in the last couple of years, but my dejasearch turned up dry. I'm putting wingtip strobes on the 182 and I'd like recommendations from the group as to what you put on and why. I'd like individual power supplies for each strobe mounted...

I'm looking at a house that is about 1 mile north of the airport -- right in the flight path of the north-south runway. I would like to find out how many planes a day fly in/out of the airport and typically how many of these use the N-S runway. Any help or a referral would be greatly appreciated.

ARRRRGHH! Just took possession of a '67 172 on Monday. Aside from work obligations and IFR weather in the DFW area the past week, I was really really really looking forward to this morning (Sat) to take my first flight alone in the new bird. Going over the logs once again last night (about the...

Anyone know where to obtain spare data cards at a reasonable price? (Jepessen's selling them for $109 each). Thanks in advance, David

This was a little fun quiz that was circulated on a type specific email list a few days ago. It was authored by George Braly of Advanced Pilot Seminars, and principle of GAMI. If you're familiar with George, you know he backs everything up with HARD DATA obtained from his own research. In a...

I've got an IO-540. The oil filler neck is a long tube sticking up out of the top of the case with a dipstick that's 15" or so. The top end of the dipstick never even gets splashed with oil in normal operation. That part of the dipstick is mildly corroded. I'm assuming it sits in a steamy...

Ok, let's say my TSO'd Attitude Indicator (AI) in my Cherokee goes belly-up, and my friend just happens to have one he removed from his machine a month ago as part of a complete panel upgrade. We both KNOW the thing works fine and would solve my problem. What's the ramifications of just having it...

Hi, I am looking for a notcher that will cut keyway notches for a #6 rivnut with a key. I have tried every tool store online that I can find. No one seems to have them. I was outbid on a couple of used ones on Ebay and haven't seen any since the last time. Any help would be appreciated. email: ...