Is there a good place on the web that describes the basics and terminology of piston engines? I understand the basic concepts, but some of the terms I read, like journals and bosses, etc., are a bit beyond me and I'd like to get a little bit better knowledge of the concepts. I'm definitely not...

Other than the JPI EDM line of engine analyzers, what other manufacturers are out there with good, reliable, full featured products for a big bore Continental? ----------------------------------------- Kindest regards, James A. (Jim) Carter, ANS #8215 Rogers, Arkansas

On Oct 13, 4:33 pm, C J Campbell wrote: Vast numbers of automobiles with 2 or 3 or more cars per household; long commutes of single drivers; horrible freeway congestion; urban sprawl; loss of farmland and wilderness resources; the decay of cities and the...

Got a few more of you guys "up" on the site tonight. Check 'em out at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm . Just a couple of guidelines are perhaps in order. 1. Please send 4 - 6 photos. 2. I'll re-size 'em if necessary, but 640 x 480 size would be best. 3. PLEASE include some info...

Come drool on Mike Adams' Skylane and Ron Wanttaja's Fly Baby! See them at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm . Send pix of YOUR bird to me at , and I'll add yours to the new page, too! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com

My 172N has suddenly developed a problem where Flap actuation switch does not work during 1st 10 degree position and requires lever to be around 12 degree before flaps work. Flap indicator will not return to zero and remains at above 10 degrees. Flaps travel to 40 degrees OK and work well as long...

Price: $27,500 1972 AA1A, N553H, s/n 0295, approx 3,100 TT Engine: O320 A2A with about 830 SMOH (since around 1993 when the 150 hp upgrade was done) Recent oil analysis shows no problems. No leaks. Uses about a quart in 7-8 hours. Mogas STC (rarely used). Paint: very good (8). Maybe a little...

Jacques Virchaux writes: In our country, temperatures are between -20°C (-4°F) and +35°C (95°F) with some snow in winter. I know that composite are now more reliable but someone told me that Katanas had problems under high temperature (wings distortions). Has...

Grandma's Cornbread Dressing and Giblet Gravy This old-fashioned cornbread dressing is flavorful, tender and moist. Not fancy, its ingredients are simple. Grandma didn't hold with the notion that the more stuff you put in cornbread dressing, the better it is. The heart of the dressing is the...

Well, the old (very old!) Narco VOR head died. Actually, I noticed it was dead over a year ago, but it was on the 2nd nav/com so I really didn't care. But I'm thinking of starting IFR training (again, for the 3rd time) and the 2nd VOR would be nice. Don't need the ILS portion, I have a perfectly...

Whew! SEVEN new additions to the Rogue's Gallery! Check THESE out: - Don Parson's stunning Fairchild F-24, from Creve Coeur, Missouri - Steven Barnes' terrific Cherokee 180, from Springfield, IL - Michelle P's pretty Maule M-7-235B - Tony Robert's wonderful Skyhawk, from British Columbia,...

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Richard Kaplan wrote: Did you ever have a real estate agent tell you that you can make money buying real estate and then leasing/renting it out? Did you believe that? My real-estate investments have *way* outperformed my stock investments the last couple of years. :-)

I am a student pilot with about 60 hours starting out on x-country work right now. I recently bought a C182 Skylane and decided to keep it at an airport that is 18 NM from my training airport for the simple reason that the monthly cost of the hanger rental was $155 cheaper. I asked my CFI to let...

If anyone is interested, there is a 2002 C206H with the STC for the Leica camera mount for air photography for sale here in Puerto Rico. The camera that the STC is for is supposedly the same camera as was used in the U-2 spyplane (very large camera used for serious air-ground...

Ran across two great aviation books on http://www.amazon.com that may be of interest. One is entitled THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE BLUE GOOSE. It`s about B-24 bomber that simply disappeared from Fort Myers Army Air Base, Florida in 1942. In 1977, after the death of a former Luftwaffe pilot a bizarre...

Mike Spera wrote: but the current Apollo is vertical and does get in the way of the panel. The 195 looks even taller than the Apollo, so it may not be so good. I have a Cherokee 140 with bowtie yokes. Any good/bad reports in yoke mounting either unit? I have a 195...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A jury found an airplane parts manufacturer negligent in the 2000 plane crash that killed Gov. Mel Carnahan and his son, and awarded their family $4 million. The Carnahan family's attorney argued that a pair of vacuum pumps made by Parker Hannifin Corp. failed, causing the plane...

Lots of lessons learned for me on this flight. Video covers from talking to Clearance Delivery to IFR cancellation. Also the video has my progressive taxi instructions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX21Kccu5Bs I operate in the "land of direct" and usually get questioned if I file anything...

Hi, All; Seriously considering first purchase of an aircraft. In no rush. I'm curious, though.... If you're in the plane-buying mood, when do you get the hangar/t-hangar/tie-down? Before you sign or as a condition of sale? Do most folks selling aircraft agree to wait until you can line up a...