The Airpath compass is meant to work in a fluid filled chamber. A bubble is an annoyance. A leak leaves you with a trembling indicator that won't indicate a heading with any reliability. Gasket and fluid kits are not that high. From Chief etc. $20-$30 If caught short, don't try making a...

Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be illegal. Too old? If so, at what age do you place the cutoff?

i planning on building a few fiberglass pieces from a mold this weekend but don't have time to order a release agent. From looking at the internet, most release agents are wax based products. Can I just use paste wax for the mold? Any other suggestions? Thanks Dave

Jon Johanson, known for his round the world flights in his RV-4 as well as flights to Oshkosh may have some trouble getting out of Antartica.... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&ncid=583&e=10&u=/nm/20031210/od_nm/adventurer_dc

I'm prejudiced. Of course I'm prejudiced. In 5000+ flight hours, I've never come as close to a midair as I did at Oshkosh 1999. Oshkosh Tower: "BlueOnBlue Cessna, number three for runway 27. Ercoupe put it on the numbers. Flight of three T6s, cross over runway 27, right downwind for runway...

Searching through my old slide collection I came across one of a J3-65 Cub marked "Grace the Ace" in large titles down the side - tucked away in the back of a Hangar in Lethbridge , Alberta back in 1980. here's the Photo http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1165897/ It had a notice in the Cockpit window...

What can you folks tell me about the Goldwing Ultralight made in 1981 at Jackson California? Some friends received a 75% complete kit from the widow of a deceased builder and have asked me to try and figure out what to do with it. It looks as if the wings need to be built but most of...

Can anyone suggest some home built construction sites where they show the process of building a spar for a foam composite wing. I'm confused on how a spar is built for a foam wing. It doesn't seem like the foam itself would provide enough structure to provide a web. It would seem like you'd...

"Gerrie" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:02:40 GMT, (Gerrie) wrote: http://www.baragwanath.netfirms.com/missions/airstrip.htm/ Sorry, I screwed up, the correct URL is

I just got an email threat this afternoon from Dennis Fetter resulting from our interchange in Rotary Froum. Link to thread below. http://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19577 Monk

With the current discussion in another thread regarding the accident record of the BD-5, I thought it might be interesting to do a little more in-depth look. I decided to examine the accidents between 1 January 1990 and 13 November 2003 and do a breakdown as to relative accident/fatality...

Video of wing failure via AVweb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8cntPdRtk RANS S-9 loses a wing in an airshow doing aerobatics; pilot survives because plane is equipped with BRS and promptly deployed. Natural to wonder whether some earlier stunt actually partially cracked the spar.

Hi Looking into the Zenith CH701 or the ICP Savannah Can anyone advise me which is the better aircraft to go for!!!! Cheers

Hi, I am thinking about building a Pietenpol Air Camper and need an engine for it. The LOM Mikron seemed to be a good choice, I heard it costs around 6K US. I called Moravia, the LOM distributor in Canada and they literally said 9.9K euro which is 12K US. I can probably buy a new 912UL for...

Last revised on October 6th 2002. Updated information on owner-maintenence. This document attempts to answer common questions asked by newcomers to the rec.aviation.homebuilt newsgroup, or those curious individuals unfamiliar with the domain of homebuilt aircraft. It assumes that the reader...

This was emailed to me. I don't doubt the authenticity of it's intent, I just wonder if it's for real? Anybody know? BWB ______________________________________________ Subject: Fw: Observations by an Air Force Pilot

Robert Baslee's company - Airdrome Aeroplanes - makes kits (very good ones IMO) for various WWI aircraft, including Nieuports and Fokkers. http://www.airdromeaeroplanes.com/ Robert was contracted by the movie company to built two - later changed to four - full-scale Nieuport 17 replicas. Robert...

What's the difference? I see references to blue foam all the time - why?

A couple friends and I are planning to build a 1911 Curtiss. We acquired plans from the Curtiss Museum a number of years ago and hope to finally get started soon. While the plans are quite detailed in some ways, there are many things that are not specified. Even the type of wood used is not...

What is the best homebuilt helicopter in terms of reliability? tom