Help! I tried recording the Nav/Com audio to my Sony camcorder in a c172. The gain is so high it just sounds like saturated noise. I basically wired from the co-pilot's headset jack a cable to the sony 'mic in' jack. Has anyone here successfully recorded a flight with clean audio, and if so, how...

I am sure this has been beat to death many times but I have not seen it so here you go again. I have just agreed to buy an aircraft, pending the few details that always crop up. It happens to be a low wing plane, but all my time so far has been in a C152. The low wing appeals to me as the lack of...

I am a student pilot getting ready to solo next week (26 hours now). I am interested in a 1/3rd share of a '65 P206 due to my large family. Apparently annual insurance is currently $1950. The seller has contacted the partnership's insurance broker who has checked with their current insurer who...

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...

All, I am about to purchase an aircraft that currently resides in CA. I am planning to fly it back to NY and register it in New York. I understand that there is a 4% sales tax on aircraft registered in New York, due at the time of purchase. Is anyone aware of any interesting loopholes to this...

How are these things being repaired, with a 1"-wide aluminum sheet doubler sandwiched between the corrugated skins? That's what one of the IA's here suggests, other than replacing the skins, which would cost an arm and a leg. TIA.

The Rogue's Gallery -- a website created exclusively for Rec.Aviation participants to show off their planes -- continues to grow! We've now got 67 pilots and 80 aircraft on display, from 28 U.S. states, and two countries! See them at www.Alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm New additions in...

"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...

Does anyone have the pinout wiring diagram for the Garmin 396?

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...

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For several years now I've taken advantage of the rule that allows you to do your annual on a 13-month (rather than 12 month) basis, by simply finishing the annual on the 1st of the following month each time. Now it seems this procedure has come back to haunt me, as my annual this year is...

Ho, ho, ho....! Me, I'm asking Santa for a new, solid-state transponder -- which is about as dull as socks & underwear, but the third digit on mine keeps going wacky once in while. I *hate* it when ATC thinks I've set my squawk code wrong... What are you hoping to find in YOUR stocking on...

Jim Burns wrote: This is for all the RV'ers and/or pilot/campers in the group. I'm wondering if anybody has ever made an "APU" out of an RV type AC to DC power converter. I do some airplane camping each year as well as own a fifth wheel. I was wondering if something like the RV...

I am looking at buying a F33A which is turbonormalised. Does anyone have any knowledge about the value this adds to the aircraft. I know the cost of fitting but this one was done in 1991, and it is the original turbo. How much does it add to the value of the basic aircraft? TIA Geoff

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I just hard wired my ANR headset into my ship's power so that I no longer have to use a 9v battery as a power source. Now I am getting an intermittent squeal when I transmit. I never had this problem with the 9v power pack. My ANR is a Headsets Inc. conversion to a David Clark headset. Any ideas...

Certainly nothing unexpected, but this is a disaster for Zodiac owners. "The agency issued a special airworthiness information bulletin for existing Zodiacs and suspended the issuance of any new airworthiness certificates. ... The FAA estimates that the wing design loads were 20 to 25 percent...

Does anyone have the pinouts for a KX155 please Thanks in anticipation Ric

Most owners, I assume, have corporations which do the actual owning and which provide a liability firewall. But how are taxes managed? The issue I think I'm facing is we pay money into the corporation against future events like overhaul, repainting, etc. These monies add up. But since this is...