I'm considering either a VFR or IFR flight (Piper Arrow) from the Detroit area, overflying Canada along the east coast of Lake Huron north and back into the US at Mackinac Island. (MCD) My route would be KARB SVM ZR FRUMP YVV WALAC PINES MCD. This route would take me up the Bruce Peninsula with a...

Hi all, I'm nearing my multi checkride. The Duchess I've been flying has one of it's undervoltage alternator lights stuck so that's it's always illuminated. It's been this way for a few months and I'm not sure it will be fixed in time for my checkride. The day VFR list in the FARs don't require...

Hi All, I'm working on my multi rating in a Beech Duchess. I'm curious about an item that doesn't seem well covered in the POH and elsewhere for that matter. What if you loose one engine at altitude, allowing plenty of time to try to fix. You determine that you ran the right tank dry of...

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Hi all, I am considering the purchase of a 337C Turbo and I am wondering what the cruise speed, fuel burn and optimum altitude would be. Any other comments would be appreciated. I have heard numbers anywhere between 175kts and 200kts. This plane also has a Robertson Stol kit which I assume...

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My son in law purchased a ticket for my daughter on United Airlines using a credit card. The purchase was made on line. When my daughter showed up for the flight, she was refused boarding because she didn't have the credit card in her possession. The ticket agent, in Eugene Or., said "We have...

Hi Group. I had a trip Friday in a 1977 C-337G(pressurized). On the taxi out I noticed the suction gauge was pegged high. The AI erected ok, but the DG required many updates on the way to the run-up area. Pulling on to the runway, we corrected the DG again, by 30 degrees. We flew VFR to Boise, and...

Fortunately, it looks as if NO fun is being had. AL "Montblack" wrote in message ... This was a neat pic. That's all :-) From AvWeb today: "Diamond Dropout Landing at ORD" ...

Ok, the air show season is running down, and once again I ask, Why does the Pilot parking empty first. For years I worked at the Medford National Air show, Medford, Oregon. We had a Pilot/Performer parking lot that held a couple hundred cars. Without exception, the Pilot parking emptied first. My...

Attention Old Farts... Does anyone remember that Blue VFR card with a hole in it? I think it was a "Weather observation" card used around WWII. A friend asked me about it, and all I can remember is that there was one. Al

Did any of the WW2 aircraft use Nitrous Oxide injection? Race aircraft? Al

Reading MXx's responses to our answers, ****ed me off a bit, and I began to wonder why. Somewhere I got the idea that if I didn't know something, and asked someone who did, I might actually profit from respectfully listening to their answer. While I might have some further questions, my...

How many "Types" have you flown? Without mentioning any names, I have recently seen claims of having flown more than a thousand types. Are there a thousand types? Are there 1000 civilian types? Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, if I fly a C-210, a T-210 and a P-210, I consider them all...

Could someone fill me in on the Aerostar fuel system? The one in question is a 602P. IIRC, Ted Smith designed it as a "Leave it alone and burn all the fuel in the airplane" type system. But wasn't there a lawsuit over one years ago? Al G

A friend has recently updated his C210's avionics with a largely Garmin panel. Among the things removed was a King RDS81 weather radar. I've found a buyer in Florida, and have to figure out how to get it there from Oregon, as safely as possible. We don't have to ship the pod, just the...

Our local wholesale watch spammer is offering a knock off Casio for $190. Bi-mart has the REAL thing for about $31 last I checked. Isn't this like counterfeiting nickels? Al G

Demographics of American Newspapers 1 The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country. 2 The Washington Post is read by people who think that they run the country. 3 The New York Times is read by people who think that they should run the

Hi Gang, In the next couple of weeks I'll be working with a fellow to finish his private in a C-170B. Does anyone have any notes, tricks, or gotchas I should know about? I have taildragger time in everything from a Quickie to a Lodestar, but haven't flown the 170 for 28 years. Al G