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It's funny how anything less than $100 seems cheap when it comes to fixing something on an airplane (especially when it's your own airplane). Hmmm, must be because after the inevitable $1000+ repairs, anything less than $100 seems like chump change. Go figure. When we bought the Arrow, one...

Hi all, I hesitate to ask this question, since on rec.aviation this kind of thing always turns into a religious war, but here goes: a bunch of us are getting ready to go in on a new plane together. I travel with my family, and have already lost one engine over the woods, so the candidates are the...

Well, we've now flown behind the Garmin 496 for 10 weeks, and around 20 flights, and we've decided that -- despite having an awful screen and a slow processor -- we'll keep it. The fantastic benefits of having on-board weather simply outweigh the painful truth that the 496 represents a bad...

Airbus has been the subject of a daily article this week in the Wall Street Journal. Today's story reported yesterday's meeting with financial entities in Europe. At this meeting Airbus disclosed that the breakeven number of A380 aircraft now stands at 420 articles. This is up from the previous...

One one of my mandatory days off. I did what else.... fly. Not purely for pleasure but I had some personal business to attend to in the next state. No Problem, Spend 8.5 hours in the car driving each way. There is just no easy way to get from Boise, ID to Missoula, MT on the ground. It is a...

Hi folks, As a followup msg, I wrote awhile ago about the poor reception performance we were getting after out GNS 430 was installed. As a reminder, TX for COM was fine, GPS was fine and NAV was fine. It was just the RX of the COM. The RX was working about 25% as well as the KX-155 as measured...

Selling several of my King Schools DVD's on Ebay. All in excellent shape. Search for "king schools dvd" Surviving Systems Emergencies Making your own rules

Peter wrote: Hi A colleague (who is not on the internet) is looking at one or the other, for his 4-seat IFR tourer. I personally have an EDM700 and after an initial replacement when new (buggy firmware, could not download data to a PC) it has been working fine. I am not impressed...

Today I went out to my plane to fly and found a very odd problem. When I started the plane after taxiing over the fuel, I could only get it to run when the mixture was just at the edge of idle cut off. Moving it even 1/8 forward caused the engine to die right away. I did some diagnostics. At 1500...

Has anyone dealt with these folks (www.airjourney.com)? Any comments? Thanks.

Hey all, long time lurker with a question. I just got an offer for a 3 yr posting far-far away (half a world actually, just heard they got their first private aircraft). Anyway, looks like I'll be parking my beloved Velocity for quite some time - not willing to sell her and their are only a few...

I am installing a used Narco AT-150A transponder and have only acquired the pinout.. not an install manual.. (trust me.. if/when it goes, it will be replaced rather than repaired..) A brief/quick google search didn't bring up anything that indicated what size CB to use.. What size CB is...

I have a RT459A which was previously installed in a 28V aircraft. The internal illumination works, but is too dim at 14V. Does anyone have the instructions which specify which (internal) jumpers need to be moved to strap it so that works with a 14V dimmer?

I've been here before with a similar question, but maybe I can be a little more specific now. I have a vintage 1972 aircraft with a Lyc O-360 (McCulloch J-2). When I bought it, she had the original Bendix radio in it. I replaced it with an ICOM A-200 and a brand new Comant antenna, or rather a...

What is a good anti-fog spray for the interior aircraft windows? Departing during Buffalo's lake effect snow last Thursday, I had my plate full as it was when about 1,500 feet above the ground the interior of my Bonanza's windows glazed over in a fog that quickly turned to ice. -- Peter

I have a meeting right by IAH. Is it reasonable to fly a little plane there? Is there a GA runway? Rental cars? Otherwise I'll fly into Weiser. TIA

Hi, Peter - I used an EI 16-channel non-graphic monitor for five years (don't remember the model number, but they still sell it) and found it and the probes to be reliable. There was some occasional problem with the inline connectors, but they were old when I started using them. That airplane...

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Hey guys, I am a fim believer in the edm 700 I have used it in about 4 airplanes (182 210 421 barron) I find it easy to use and highly reliable. I wish that I could give you some info on the EI product but I just have no experience with it. As a professional pilot I fly nearly every day and I am...