Greetings, Can anyone recommend an A&P in the San Francisco Bay area that can do static system checks at the owner's hangar? Thanks. -jav

Strange story. Why would the Navy care about a plane that crashed and was destroyed 60 years ago? If they really want it they should *reward* the guy who dragged it out of a swamp for them and started restoring it, not sue him! Unless there is more to the story not mentioned here (e.g. they...

I am not a shill for Jim Weir but am interested in his audio panel kit. How difficult are they to put together? I'm not an EE but I do enjoy tinkering with cars and planes. I just bought a second Nav/Com and thought an audio panel acquisition should be in order next (airplane currently has...

What are the pros/cons of thicker replacement side windows? Does the thickness of the sides affect noise much? Is the 1/4" replacement stuff significantly heavier? -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/

Will a KT76A Transponder "slide in" in the place of a KT76 ? John Prince

I just had to order some Rand-O-Fill for a fabric repair. Had a lot of trouble finding it - Aircraft Spruce is out of stock and doesn't expect to get any until mid-May. I finally found a place in Texas that has a few quarts. They told me that Randolph is being acquired by new owners and is not...

hello news http://www.airliners.net/open.file/545077/M/ franck

First off, I'm not directly involved in this situation, but I am trying to gain an understanding on how other FBOs and flying clubs deal with something like it. One of our club members was flying our 182 -- which the club leases from the two gentlemen who own it -- and had what appeared to be an...

Would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who has these gaskets for sale. Or knows of a source where I can call to purchase these gaskets. Even getting their Email address or web site. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Spar

Help! I'm very close to purchasing a Cessna 150. I'd like someone with expertise to inspect the plane prior to my plunking down my money. Can you please recommend someone in the Central Florida area to do this? I don't want to use the selling FBO's guy since he might be biased in order to...

It's 10pm. It's 6 degrees outside. I decide to go flying. I fly an Cessna 150. The engine has a Tanis preheater. During the pre-flight I notice that the engine block feel reasonably warm. Everything else looks good. I prime 3 or 5 shots and crank the engine. No joy. I let it crank for...

Great Lakes Aero offers plain replacement Piper door windows as well STCs for their "frameless" vent windows adapted to the door side. The cost is only a few Aviation Monetary Units more to get the vent, plus the additional install cost since you need an IA for the STC where you could just do the...

Is it possible to legally retrofit a panel-mount solid state AI to an old aircraft? Seems to me this the shape of things to come in the gyro backup game. There appear to be pocket computer versions available also - any thoughts on using velcro to park one of these on the panel for emergency use? ...

anyone done this...avionics guy says it outputs nmea over rs232. any special software needed?

Does anyone know if there is an STC or reasonable way to upgrade a Seneca II from 98 gal to 128gal (which was a factory option)? -Nathan

Hello, My name is Kate and I'm a journalism student from Ryerson University. I'm working on a story about how Cessna Caravans perform in icy conditions. I'm interest in speaking to anyone that fly's this model ( 208B). I would like to speak to you about how the de-icing process works. And about...

Well my bird spent 6 hours at the avionics/instrument shop today getting a pito static & transponder encoder check now the results :( Transponder/Encoder Working 100% To 20,000 feet Altimeter Working 100% Well With in Specs To 14,000 feet did not go higher then aircraft service ceiling VSI ...

Hi, My name is Jeff Young and I am organizing a box (a-72 front row) this year. I am still looking to fill 3 more seats to make ten, but can go as high as 15 per box. Please email me if you are interested. Thanks,

What is a good rule of thumb for how much hull insurance should cost for a new seaplane pilot who buys a mid - 60's LA-4? 4% or more of hull value? Thanks! --Marshall S.

At the Amoco station where I always fill up my cars, I noticed they now have a sticker on the pump that says 'Contains 10% Ethanol'.. I haven't started hauling autogas for my plane yet, but this was one of the stations I was going to use. Bummer! I thought that Amoco wasn't going to blend their...