The A/C in question is a 1974 Bellanca 7ECA, re-engined with an O-320 so it's effectively a 7GCAA. It belongs to the Offutt AFB Aero Club and has seen very little use, often sitting for weeks at a time until a week ago when I began taking dual in it 2-3 times a week to get my tailwheel...

We have had TIS in three of the planes in our partnership for a while now. I consider it a safety of flight issue. When it is working the number of unseen planes around you it displays is amazing. I really don't want to fly without it at this point. Unfortunately is seems that the data is not...

It's been a solid week, and I am still not flying in my Sundowner..... Problems encountered. Oil analysis came back with high count of copper #3 cylinder low on compressions Corrosion on a side panel of the fuselage Small pipe (Exhaust outake?) had small crack in it Air in the brake lines (took...

What is an acceptable CHT in cruise? How hot can one stay in extended cruise flight? I've got 6 new ones and want to take care of them. Thanks in advance. Trip

For those who have installed oil temp probes in the forward oil galley of their Lycoming engines, how did you or your A&P remove the 1/8" NTP plug? I've got one that is stuck tight and I don't want to booger anything up trying to get it out. I've heard horror stories of people having to drill them...

I am looking for some input on the least expensive airplanes to own. I've heard so many horror stories about the $5000 or even $15,000 annual, or the seat adjuster that costs $600, that I thought I would get some input on this before buying. So I'm looking for low purchase price (used), low...

We've got the PS Engineering CD/Intercom in our plane, and listen to CDs on long trips. I am obviously slipping into "dinosaur" status, as I have never downloaded music, for "burning" onto a blank CD. I *have* burned CDs, but I've always done it from tracks played off of another CD. Does anyone...

In discussing our relatively new Skycraft landing lights (the cut-into-the-leading-edge-of-the-wings type) here the other day, I noted that I had just burned out a GE 4509 after around 35 hours. This surprised me, since, being out in the wing, I expected there to be less filament-killing...

I am anticipating getting my private certificate in the not-too-distant future. I know this may sound like a real dorky thing to some people, which is why I am reluctant to ask my instructor, but I was thinking about getting a uniform. I do not want to do anything against any "protocol", nor...

Ahem. (tap-tap-tap --- Is this thing on...?) Just an FYI to all of you rec.aviation regulars out the Jim Burns turns the big FOUR-OH today, in Steven's Point, WI, U.S.A. (His wife, Tami, promised him that we'd keep it quiet...) :-) Unfortunately, 1/8 mile vis with freezing rain and snow...

No, not *that* down... Had my A&P install my new whiz-bang Iridium fine wire plugs yesterday, and sent him on a chase for that pesky oil leak. So what did he find? A cracked exhaust pipe, right at the weld in the "gatherer" (where the three pipes come together). Then, when we pulled the thing...

Well, it came yesterday. Great box. Looks like the challenge will be 'mounting' the GXM 30 XM antenna in the Maule. The thing has a big non-removeable magnet so distance from the compass is needed. It has an extension cord and mounting screws but needs good sky exposure... any thoughts are...

Howdy, How does FAA type certification relate to intellectual property rights? For example: everything in an O-235 has been out of patent for years now. Same with old aircraft designs. Is there any reason why somebody couldn't tool up and start ripping out O-235s, and selling them new? I ask...

We just purchased a'79 M20J 4443H. I am in the middle of getting my 10 hours with a CFI for Insurance purposes and I have to tell you that this thing is a lot different to land than a Skyhawk. So far I am glad that my CFI has been with me because 75 percent of the landings have not been pretty....

What is the minimum legal distance (altitude) to fly VFR under a Class B "wedding cake"? CLE has a 1900 ft floor at the north side by Lake Erie and I have flown at 1800 to go around CLE. I was not talking to CLE so I don't know if they objected. Today I was coming around CLE decending IFR. When...

Last Wednesday I found myself unable to push my plane back into the hangar without help. It was wet, limiting my shoe traction, and I had been unable to successfully get back on the concrete pad after cutting the corner through the squishy grass, forcing me to take a more straight-in (and more...

Our flying club's insurance company is reluctantly allowing us to insure our Lance, but they have said that they don't like 6 seaters in clubs. A year ago they told us that anybody who flew the Lance had to put at least 3 hours in the previous 90 days or do a "proficiency check" with a...

All this brings up several things. One, Bush learned to fly in the military at government expense, did not complete his assigned commitment, and flew, if I understand , fourteen months after UPT and has not flown as PIC or SIC since. Neither military or elsewise. (Not counting the ride out to the...

This has special interest for me because I own a Mooney (that should take care of the on-topicness). I guess I could put this in r.a.piloting, but i don't know anyone over there, and I just wanted to share this with some friends... About 3:00 this afternoon, a Mooney M20M dropped out of a low...

This is something that has puzzled me for a while... I (a private pilot) work in the pleasure marine industry and have noticed that almost anyone who wants to own a boat does own a boat. Now, some boats are indeed pretty cheap, but a $20,000 boat is fairly common (approx cost of a 150?). Here in...