I am considering purchasing one of these "cheap" twins but before even making the long trip to check it out, I am wondering if there are any views on the flight characteristics and costs of ownership of this plane. Is it a difficult thing to land? Single engine performance and stall and other...

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Is there a source for Cessna yokes. We would like to pick up a decent original style yoke for our 1964 172-E.

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Anyone flying the Kitfox,Merlin in St.Petes? Dave Kitfox ll

Does anyone know of a source for replacement visors for a Seneca V? My searching on the internet only shows visors for earlier model Pipers.

There's a cockpit photo of a DA-40 (http://tinyurl.com/yxju4u), there is a placard just below and to the right of the right-hand MFD. I can't quite read it, but I think it says "Use of VNAV Is Prohibited". Is that indeed what it says? And, if so, why? Second question -- I understand you...

I have a problem. Both of my voltage regulators seem to have failed in an identical manner. I have old-style three-relay regulators - one overvolt cutout, one overamp cutout, and one contactor to connect the armature lead to the bus. I can't replace these with solid state because none is...

Has anyone replaced their Delco Remy voltage regulator (the old mechanical type for a 50 amp generator) with a new solid state type by Zeftronics? CHief aircraft sells them, just wondering what anyone's experience was. Mine is old, acting up and charging too high. In the old days I guess you could...

I still haven't had time to work with my A&P to remove my (newly) flakey JPI EDM-700 unit. (As you may recall, some of the LED segments that make up the number display are going in and out.) Someone here suggested that it might be due to low voltage, possibly indicating an alternator problem. ...

When I started Atlas yesterday I watched the voltage on the JPI and the EI volt meters. It was pegged right at 14, which my A&P says is nominal. It drops to 13.4 or 13.5 in cruise, which he also says is fine. So, the JPI EDM-700 is now enroute back to JP Instruments in California. The tech I...

Here in Vancouver BC, Nav Canada is proposing some airspace changes. Among other things they are pushing "voluntary CAS (collision avoidance system)" on the grounds that they believe it is affordable now. Is it really? Anybody have this? A cryptic PP presentation of the proposed changes is...

This next video is my trip home executing the VOR Alpha approach down to minimums with ATC COMS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjPOrMBrQ40 Video segmented. First part is picking up my approach clearance to KMBO while executing the ILS at KJAN Second segment is after the touch and go into KJAN...

Well, the old (very old!) Narco VOR head died. Actually, I noticed it was dead over a year ago, but it was on the 2nd nav/com so I really didn't care. But I'm thinking of starting IFR training (again, for the 3rd time) and the 2nd VOR would be nice. Don't need the ILS portion, I have a perfectly...

If the VOR is off by 30 degrees, is the adjustment in the indicator or the radio?

I was surprised by the acceptance of an HTML post in another thread. I, for one, could read the HTML fine. Others said the same thing. Has the time come for HTML in the newsgroup(s)? My (change is bad - we fear change) vote is no HTML ... for now. I'm being fuddy-duddy with my reason: I get...

I'm a new pilot looking for my first bird. I'm mostly looking at TAP, Controller, and ASO. Whenever I find a plane that meets my needs, I am finding a huge disparity in the values returned by AOPA's Vref and TAP's NAAA evaluator. I have read in this newsgroup that Vref runs about 10% high, but I'm...

I was all ready to order a (wildly popular) Garmin 530 upgrade but now I have read that these units are not WAAS capable and will need a motherboard upgrade whenever they develop a WAAS capability, since there are fundamental problems with the basic refresh rate - see this months Aviation...