Might not be that significant, but not as much heat will transfer from the oil splashing around in the rocker box to air passing over the cover if it's chromed. On Wed, 12 May 2004 23:37:44 +0100, Peter wrote: Hi All, After just two years from new, the paint has...

There is nothing in the FAR's that says an instructional flight or flight instruction must begin and or end on the ground. If you are legal to operate as PIC and current to carry passengers, your CFII can obviously just be a passenger. At some time he can also pull out the foggles and say "here,...

"Chris and Judy Matras" wrote in message ... A buddy of mine is finishing up an RV-6 project soon. We'd like to find an aviation event sometime in September for us to meet so he can show off his new steed. Memphis is about the same flying...

Are you sure the battery is installed with correct polarity? "Peter" wrote in message ... | Hi | | I bought one of these from Aircraft Spruce USA a year ago. | | It stopped running; the battery seems to have gone flat,

You may want to check with a computer hardware group, but here are my comments. Hard drives fly the read/write head on the air cushion over the platters. As the air gets thinner at altitude, the head crashes. You may be able to find hardware rated for altitudes up to FL180 or even higher. ...

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Good morning, all...and some quick observations before I hit the sheets for a long winter's snooze...having arrived home an hour ago from two weeks of across-the-country driving: 1. 7000 miles autodriving ain't one TENTH as much fun as flying. 2. 7000 miles autodriving is TEN times as much more...

Well, here we are again this year with the same guy wasting bandwidth for NINE, count 'em, NINE separate posts to separate newsgroups shilling the same old thing. Plonk mode ON "Dave Schultz" shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

Aviation site Flight Global (http://www.flightglobal.com) has just launched a new application called Airspace (http://www.airspace.aero) which combines forums and image sharing. At the same time it has put up 100 years of Flight International magazine pages which chronicle almost the entire history...

In rec.aviation.owning R. David Steele /omega wrote: What has happened to the development of the diesel aircraft engines? As far as I have seen, only Diamond has a production aircraft with diesel engines (they flew one across the Atlantic, with 5.76 gph). See...

Is there anyplace on the web where one can find the N numbers of commercial airliners that have crashed over the past several years? I have looked over the FAA site but either I don't know where to look or it isn't there. Also, does the FAA reissue N numbers for aircraft that have crashed or are...

Hello, Does anybody know if Aero\PC, the general aviation personal computer firm started by Brent Regan is still a going concern and has a website? I've tried googling but without success. AeroPC.com, while aviation-related does not appear to be it. Thanks

Hi all, I'm currently doing a project on gliders designed within the last ten years and one of the crucial aspects is knowing the mean camber profile for various lift coefficient calculations. I was wondering whether a) Any modern gliders are using NACA type airfoils? b) Whether anyone knows...

"Peter" wrote in message ... Hi All, Does the owner of an N registered aircraft have the right to keep all the maintenance records? Presently, records are kept by maintenance organisations and these are not...

Alaska led the nation in fatal cargo plane crashes over the past decade. Risk factors include night flights, winter operations, unusual weather conditions. http://joanna09.vox.com/

Hi everyone. I live in Argentina and have a Garmin GPS II which I would like to use along with my laptop as a navigation aid. Is there any software I can use/you can recommed? Most of the software I found is for PDA, I couldn't find any for laptops. You advice will be appreciated! Regards,