Anybody have any experience with air conditioning in their plane-Nice to have? Silly accessory? Don't leave home without it? 80% Summer flying in Northeast. Thanks for your opinion. Andy

If I buy a 152 getting the autogas STC appeals to me a lot for the obvious reason (economy). What I'm wondering about is exactly how the pilots that are running autogas are getting it to the airport. I can't imagine the typical answer is much different than "carting it there in cans" but even a...

Selling my Skymap IIIC GPS because I am needing funds for upgrading to another make and model of GPS/EFB! I have used this unit and is in almost New condition (Normal Scratches) works great but it is time for me to upgrade to an electronic Flight Bag type GPS. Retails New For $2,279.00...

I've seen slip-on black foam grips that you can use on the skinny mid-60's Cessna control yokes. I'm not talking about the leather wrap covers - these are like an open-cell spongy foam that just slips over the yoke "horns". I've searched King, Sporty's Aircraft Spruce, the archives, all to no...

Made it up in the air today. Scattered cells and rain all over the place. Mostly, moving out and clearing. 30 seconds after take off, lost the GPS sat lock. Took about 15 seconds to regain it. In the next 5 minutes, it lost lock several more times. I'm thinking, external antenna is loopy. I...

Hey Guys, I was at Walgreens today, and I saw some cheap interior lights for cars (LEDs) which plug into a cigarette lighter and light up your dash... The lights were the wrong color, but otherwise I was intrigued. It got me thinking about doing a similar thing to upgrade the...

I'm in the market for a 4 place panel mount, stereo intercom and am looking at options. I understand installation is going to cost more than the intercom so am thinking that a prewired harness would be a good thing. Would really like to put in a PS Engineering or NAT Intermusic, but by the time I...

First time for me going down to near ILS minimums by myself. Video includes how I brief my IFR approaches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCk_RRMemnM Video I think does a good job on demonstrating why the runway may not be always exactly in front of you after wind correction angle considerations...

Hi all; I'm wondering if anybody here has any experience with "Aircraft Paint & Prep Booth" at the Corona airport in Southern California. How was their work? Did it hold up over time? Also, someone has told me there's a good paint shop at the Sebring, FL airport, but couldn't remember its name. ...

Hello all. I've mentioned my flying club a number of times, and... A limited number of memberships are available in The Paramus Flying Club, which has been providing affordable flying in Northern NJ since 1955. Today, the club spans two airports and flies four aircraft: two 180HP Cessna 172s, a...

There's a portable engine preheater on ebay motors for $129. It looks like an ok unit but I'm asking for any of the collective wisdom on pros or cons of a unit like this. There's also one on Sportys for $399. Any opinions on either or a comparison?

Anyone had a 4 cylinder engine analyzer installed lately? I'm thinking about an EDM-700 on a Lycoming O-320-E2C in a Beech Musketeer and was wondering about install costs.

I've come across a marvelously cheap vibration sensor that I want to convert into an engine vibration instrument for a Kitplanes article. The electronics for me is relatively trivial...the mechanics of vibration are a little harder to fathom. From a mechanical engineering point of view on a...

Anyone know anything about this? The video says new taxes and fees have been proposed for general aviation and it could shut down service to small airports.... The usual gloom and doom lobby stuff. There's nothing specific on the website except to "send money." Do you know what "new...

I'm thinking of buying a 182 or 182 RG. I like cessnas and the 182 is such an honest airplane it's hard to beat. I'd just like it to be a bit faster. If all of the speed mods are done to a normal C-182 , Good wheel pants, speed fairings, gap seals etc..... how fast is it? For comparision how...

I've noticed stall strips installed on a number of low wing aircraft. However I've never noticed them installed on a high wing. How come? Is there something inherent in the design of a high wing that insures the stall starts at the wing root? Or perhaps they're out there and I've just not...

"Jeff P" wrote in message ... Where do marker beacon tones come from? Are they generated in the receiver or are they transmitted from the ground station. I ask because sometimes I see my lights blinking, but I don't...

Jay and other owners of this aircraft. Any documentation on cracks forming on the horizontal tail surfaces. The -235 I am helping on annual had three additional cracks in the skin beyound the two that were repaired by the previous owner. Got some old skin and made conforming patches. --...

I'm looking for information, feedback, pitfalls of updating Bendix-King GPS's such as the KLN-89B and KLN-94 by updating the cards directly as opposed to plugging into the GPS itself. I understand that there is a card reader you can buy and that there is a firmware upgrade to it that allows the...

Has anyone seen this?...1974 Warrior panel lights don't come on, and when I turn the rheostat past a certain point (almost full bright) the panel lights breaker pops. I'm thinking it's the power transistor, at least that's what I'm going to try first (along with cleaning the rheostat) since it's...