The wife and I are contemplating a trip up to Mackinac Island, Michigan the last weekend in August. Have any of you been there (flown or otherwise)? If so any recommendations for lodging , eats, etc... I looks like it will be a really neat flight up there and it is kinda like stepping back in...

Can anyone tell me clearly whether doing my IR rating at a big name establishment (like Flight Safety, not to name anyone in particular) will have a positive effect on my insurance rates the day I purchase a plane? If so, is it a significant effect?

Where is a good place to buy a replacement JPI EGT probe? It looks like JPI wants $300 directly, is there a better outlet? -Robert

If you are going to Oshkosh, you may want to consider a stop at our little small town airport. 3LF http://www.litchfieldil.com/airport/ take a look at the photography, the young eagle links, the pilot info and then.......... stop over here for a night. Gas is guaranteed at $2.85 a gallon...

Mike, how about another update on flying the Courier?

My per-cyclinder avg EGTs are as follows: #1: 1370 #2: 1390 #3: 1450 #4: 1450 #5: 1480 #6: 1430 The difference is 110 degrees between the coldest and hotest cylinder.

Now that I am an aircraft owner I wanted to do some training in my aircraft before I take it up into IMC. I have been doing the typical VFR types of drills on my own, stalls, slow flight TO/landings, I even shot some approaches in VFR but not under the hood to make sure all the gizmos worked. Now I...

My club is purchasing another 172. One of the choices we've found - and otherwise nice airplane - has racked up 10,000 hours total time. Most of the other aircraft at which we've looked have had TTs of something less than half this. Are there special considerations for an airframe with this much...

When I had my tanks out in 1999 for the paint job and hose replacement, I also noticed stains from the sending units downward. I decided to replace the gaskets and reseal the things "while I was at it". The local wrenches said that getting the screws around the sending unit to seal completely was...

Has anyone heard what fuel is going to cost at AirVenture this year?

What's the FAR regulation regarding launching a flight for the sole purpose to get the plane to the mechanic for a mandatory inspection? Say there's a recurring AD that's due in 1 Tach hour and maintenance facility is 2 hours away. Can I legaly launch the flight without getting a ferry...

My understanding is that one should lean using the "hotest" cylinder as the reference point for peak EGT. My question is on the interpretation of "hotest." Does that mean the cylinder that reaches the hotest EGTs or CHTs? On mine, they are inversely related (the hotest EGTs are on the coldest...

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On a related note: there was a thread here earlier about wireless access at Oshkosh. IIRC the sad conclusion was that there was no access very nearby. I wonder whether anyone has contacted EAA and requested that they get on the stick and provide WiFi on the North 40. Is there any chance EAA would...

I was on flight following going into Shelter Cove, CA. I was at 6500. I flew VFR as Shelter Cove has no IAP but saw the MEA's were 6700 (IIRC) and according to a FSS briefer, radar coverage up there "sucks." Anyway OAK center was relatively quiet. Granted, I know many times the same guy will...

I regret to say Bobby Younkin flying his biplane Samson and Jimmy Franklin in his jet-powered WACO were killed in a mid-air at an airshow at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Here's further...

Well, it was time to change the oil in the old bug smasher. Seeing this is my first time, I hired a mechanic to walk me through it. Of course it is pretty straight forward, but a few questions came up. 1) The oil filter specified a torque setting of 16 to 18 ft-lbs. The mechanic told me mot to...

You're invited! What: 3rd Annual Pre-Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party Whe Alexis Park Inn & Suites, Iowa City, Iowa -- on the north side of Rwy 25 at Iowa City Municipal (KIOW). When: Saturday, July 23rd, noon till ??? Why: Our way of saying "Thanks!" for another great year at our...

Hey Jay, You may need to host another party! :) Jim FOOD NETWORK LOOKS FOR UNIQUE TAILGATERS AT EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH Al Roker Productions, Inc. will visit Oshkosh for the first two days of EAA AirVenture 2005 - Monday, July 25, and Tuesday, July 26 - in search of extraordinary tailgating set-ups...