the flight magazine searchable archives have some amazing detail. want to know the performance curve for an old engine just out of curiousity. search and you'll find them. want to read the original writeup of the Lympne Trials? it is...

guys if you stall your aircraft with power on what does it do? are there any situations where a T18 will do other than a descending dive after a stall? also what aerofoil was used on your aircraft? nothing sinister about this. we suffered a double fatality the other day. there is a lot of utter...

IIRC, last year someone (Jim Weir?) designated a Rec.Aviation FRS channel so that everyone could find each other more easily. My brothers and I plan on being there this year. Did it work out and was it any help last year? Are there plans for repeating such a thing this year. If so, what...

Hi, this post is for everyone interested in planes of all sorts. I’ve just acquired a new website (www.aviationearth.com) that is all about aviation news, images, videos, articles and more. The aircraft are both old and new from around the entire world. The database is not complete yet but is...

Looks like they've lost another BD5J. Scott Manning crashed a couple of weeks ago in Canada. --------------- http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14272510p-15082837c.html Charles "Chuck" Lischer had spent more than 30 years in the air, slicing through the skies in everything from air...

In this time of gift buying frenzy, having done the compulsory bit of getting everybody else their presents, I´ve started the annual drooling over machinery as usual. The object of my wet dreams lately has been a scroll saw. Now, the only problem (apart from the usual "bite the bullet" bit,...

I am running a small experiment in futility. Let' just see where it goes. About 18 or 20 years ago, I helped put a Cessna 140 back together in wyoming. I loaned the owner my David Clark H10-30 while he was flying it. He sold the plane and the headset went with the plane. The new owner was...

I was thumbing through a catalog from Speedway Motors. They advertise a magneto-type distributor. Assuming you didn't come across a thrashed race engine with magnetos, couldn't someone put together an engine worthy of aircraft use, by simply 1) ordering an aftermarket engine with fuel injection,...

I lurk here off and on, but I found something the other day that I thought you builders might get a chuckle from. Many of you are probably familiar with Lindsay Press. They dredge up old how-to books from the early days and reprint them. I was at a local technical bookstore today, and found a...

I don't recall seeing this mentioned on RAH before, but I just had a very nice experience buying some aluminum angle. I'm in the process of switching my plane to an Odyssey drycell battery (thanks, Jerry!) and have to build a new battery box. I needed some aluminum angle for the interface to the...

I just ran across a bunch of old and/or interesting flying videos that I thought that I'd share with ya'll who would appreciate this type of entertainment or history! Here's the steam powered plane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw6NFmcnW-8 And then there's old cropdusting video in South...

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I don't remember ever meeting my Great Uncle Al. I may have, but I don't remember it. My Uncle John has collected a bunch of family history stuff and this letter is in the collection. Al was born in 1899 and this was written late in his life. I thought that some here might find...

The company I work for sent me and some others from our plant to Friedrichshafen Germany to the Zeppelin plant to inspect equipment and observe the operation of a new line we are getting. We went to the Zeppelin Museum and got to go in the passenger compartment of a re creation of the...

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Champagne corks are popping in the Vision Camp today. After a long spell of "close but no completions" Dave Cress flew his two place composite plans-built Vision today. Details and pictures: http://www.equix-vision.com/vnewest.htm http://www.equix-vision.com/vtest.html

Hello. I am ready to take my oral & practical exams for my A&P license. I have a list of examiners in the Seattle area, but I am looking for recommendations. Steve Knopp at P. Ponk Aviation always tops the list, but he is on sabbatical until at least September. Recommendations, anyone? Thanks

Ok Guys and Gals, I have finally decided to check into what I have put off for about 20 years! Can any of you kind people refer me to a cheap A&P course. I have seen a couple in the 1000 buck range, I just can not justify that expense as I won't be using it for employment. I would prefer something...