ALERT ALERT ALERT "Airline": Southwest's reality show is on tonight at 10pm eastern time on A&E. I am surprised that no one mention it earlier. I was out country until today. Toks Desalu PP-ASEL

Alright me heartys here we go again. Hopefully all the %20 have disappeared and the file extensions are in place. There should be 60 thrown out into the wind today so enjoy. I'm still trying to find a program to generate index files so bear with me.

Hello, does anybody have drawings/plans or any other technical documents about the Bucker Bu 133 Jungmeister (or know someone who has)? Thanks in advance for the answer Kai Glaesner

Go on over to see a cylinder head and piston off of a P&W 1830 after the exhaust valve broke off part way up the valve stem (that's what made the big hole through the piston). The a/c landed safely and no one was hurt - I can't say more than that per the request of the a/c owner. The exhaust...

You have to take the wings off, don't you? Anybody shoot an aircraft with paint from under the wings or under the belly? Just wondering out loud here.

Wanting to spray two fabric covered wings. The fabric is very good still. Silver dope all over from little repairs. Rebuilt airplane - one wing Stitts, one Ceconite. To the question: Is there indeed a plyurathane (or some other) dope that can be sprayed and adhere to both types of wing covering,...

I'm working on a fabric repair on a Pitts, but I'm unsure as to which process was used. I'm familiar with dope processes. This material appears to have no base tint to the fabric (green nitrate/red polyfiber). There is no silver UV coating. There is a white/light grey base coat and a very glossy...

Yeah, and it's just a little U-Shaped piece of steel plate about .020 thick and hardly bigger than a dime. Tres incroyable. Well, maybe I couldn't make it for that, and besides, it's got to be an official Cessna part, or pma'd. The other one broke, and when I told the owner/a&p it had to be...

I'm working on the firewall forward for my homebuilt. I need to extend various wires to make it to their respective destinations. (14 to 26 gauge wires.) Any way to have a nice clean butt joint? I don't like the crimp butt joints or twisting the wires together with the accompanying monster...

System Three the makers of T-88 epoxy has a product called QuikFair, a microballoon filled two part epoxy fairing putty. Does anyone have experience with it? How does it compare to SuperFil? Any advice on something better than either one? Thanks! David

Your post on alodine and using boxes to dip wing skins brings up another question. First, here's a quote from your most excellent post: I dip all that I can (1 gallon will allow me to dip wing skins). I use shallow cardboard boxes (Van's boxes from the tail kit is just great), and line them with...

For Sale: Polikarpov PO-2 Flight/Maintenance Manual published by: Zavod No 23 , 1937. 264 pages Complete service,maintenance and repair manual with some 200 extreme detailed drawings. printed(A5 format) or CD Rom version

Can anyone tell me where to get hardware other than Wicks or Aircraft Spruce?

To alodyne the two rudder skins and the vertical fin skin on the RV-10, I used the bottom part of the tail kit shipping box as a "swimming pool," lined with 4 mil plastic. The sheet I bought was 25' x 10', so there was enough to line the box twice, fortuitously. I had on hand one gallon each etch...

This time it's Vlado Lenoch gracing the pages of our rec.aviation photo gallery, colloquially known in these parts as the "Rogue's Gallery"... Check out his fabulous 1944 P-51D Mustang, "Moonbeam McSwine," at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm . (Navigate to the "L"s to find Vlado's...

Some equipment I installed mentions form 337 - for example VOR/LOC/GS receiver, IFR GPS, etc., Is 337 required in a new kit project? It is for "Major repairs and alterations". Or does the DAR approve the whole package together? Please advise any required...

I'm in the midst of working on my transponder install. I've got three antenna cables running to the radio/transponder panel. Two are for the Narco Nav/Comm and attach via BNC, the other used to be soldered to the rack for the old transponder but will now get a BNC fitting as well. Accidentally...

There was a company out of Carson, NV, that was featured in PopularMechanic's article a coule of years back. I can't find it on their site. The unit was red with counter rotating rotors to iliminate the tail rotor. They had pro- blems with their 2 stroke power unit and were going to 4 stroke....

As the title says, I've got an governor adapter for sale. I bought it for use with my Lycoming E2A engine but later found that the A&P that did the last overhaul on it had replaced the crankshaft with the wrong one for the E2A. So, my loss is your gain. I paid $150 for it about 12 years ago...

I have trouble steering my homebuilt, which is simular of PA-20 and suspect the steering springs are weak. Of coarse excessive tension would be too much stress on the rudder steering yoke. Does anyone know the correct spring rate for the steering springs on a PA-20?