Anybody got a real good reason not to use: FRS Channel 3 (no PL) for around the field (we found it to be the least crowded of the channels last year, but if I catch one more kid screaming obscenities into their little radios...). Ham 2-meter 145.75 simplex both air and ground (52 simplex is...

I got my ticket to fly gliders about a year ago. I love soaring, but I'm growing a little tired of the weather demands of the sport. In the southeast, it's been hard lately to get VFR conditions. Add to that the requirement of thermals and it's been mighty hard to fly lately. Which has me...

Price: $27,500 1972 AA1A, N553H, s/n 0295, approx 3,100 TT Engine: O320 A2A with about 830 SMOH (since around 1993 when the 150 hp upgrade was done) Recent oil analysis shows no problems. No leaks. Uses about a quart in 7-8 hours. Mogas STC (rarely used). Paint: very good (8). Maybe a little...

Anybody care to take a shot at this question? I took a ride in a P51D recently. After we left the pattern the owner, in the front seat, let me (in the back seat) take over the stick for the next hour. Then in the pattern he took over and landed. I was the only one who touched the controls for an...

Since my son was born 10 years ago, and my daughter 7 years ago, it seems like my annual vacations have consisted primarily of playing "People Transporter" and "Bill Payer" with absolutely no time for myself. Don't get me wrong, I love my family and I love doing it for the kids but after 10 years...

How do you normally run your engine on climb, cruise, and descent. Do you use full power while climbing all the way to cruise altitude? What altitude do you normally fly on a normal long cross country flight, assuming you can choose from sea level? How do you cruise, full power, or do you keep at...

The Oshkosh Bound '04 posters are up for downloading and printing to your heart's content. Also up are a simplified version of the Ripon-Fisk VFR procedures for your dining and dancing pleasure. www.rstengineering.com at the bottom of the page. Note that the easily remembered colored Fisk...

Ok guys I finally had time to transfer video from my mini dv to my computer , my first few landings in my 150 it seems like the wife only records my bad landings ohh well!! The best landing out of the 3 on this video was a simulated short field right on the 1,000 bars the first landing and...

I picked took over our 172N from another club member who I know to be one of our most conscientious pilots who follows all leaning and other recommendations carefully. This plane almost never has rough mags and I watched as he went through the plug clearing shut down procedure. He told me the...

After the 4th of July I am planning a flight from the Philadelphia area to Niagara Falls (YSN). I figured a short hop from there would be Toronto City Centre Airport that I just read about in Pilot Getaways. What are the proceedures for a US pilot to fly into Canada? I know I would need to fly...

I was searching via Google for informational schematics, or even just a written description, on Lycoming's fuel injection system because it's different from Continental's. I came across Lycoming's website in which a number of technical and informational articles reside. One of...

Hi, all: I'm giving a presentation on what someone here called "instructor in command" syndrome: a pilot getting complacent because there's an instructor in the aircraft. I've found a number of good ones here, but any more - esp. with something "interesting" - would be welcome. I'd also...

hey, I'm a student pilot about to go solo and hoping to go GFPT in a few months. Ive been reading how to expand you flying options and different ratings you can get. I want to really aim to go for a Constant Speed and Retractable Landing Gear rating.

Having experienced and successfully survived my first complete electrical failure, hence no radios (at night mind you), I am looking for suggestions as to which hand-held transcievers I might looking into buying. All suggestions are welcome... Thanks in advance.

A friend of mine's IFR instructor showed him something I've never heard of. He rolled in 2 - 3 turns of nose up trim on our 172, pushed on a rudder pedal, and went into a nice level steep turn without touching the yoke. I'm not sure if this is practice for proper turn entry or a way of entering...

I did my BFR last month in a PA28-181. It is an airplane new to the flying club I belong to and although I have more than 60 hours in type, the owner requires anyone who desires to rent it, have an instructor checkout. Prior to the flight I calculated a weight and balance and appropriate speeds...

Living in Atlanta most all of my flying has been in the Southeast with one trip in my 172 to the West Coast. I had never flown North of Newport News, VA. I have been in the Boston area for work lately and decided to find flight schools here and in Portland, Maine to do some flying/sight seeing. ...

In a previous thread I reported that my brand new AOPA VISA card had a fraudulent charge attempted against it. I suspected the thieves got the information from XM Radio, since the only place I had used the new card was to change my XM billing information. Well, that wasn't it. When MBNA issued me...

I want to offer public kudos to Sigtronics for their excellent service. One of my backup/passenger headsets was a S-65 that I bought new in 1993 . . . recently it began to have an intermittent short in one of the plugs. I sent it to them for repair and today it came back fixed and with all...

I floated this as a idea a while ago. I've done it every flight since and I' m ready to advocate it. It may not work with every engine but it works great with our O-320 H2AD. For taxi, I set RPM to 1000 and lean to maximum RPM. Thereafter, I control engine speed with the mixture instead of the...