Well, I've now got a grand total of 6 hours in my newly-acquired 1980 Saratoga, and since a couple of people asked, I thought I'd post my experiences. The first big difference that hit me before I got off the ground -- it's a heck of lot harder to taxi than the PA-28. Ok, so it helped a lot when I...

i really need to start this by saying i know absolutely nothing new or bad about any aircraft. i'm sure not trying to start any rumors. in fact, this may be something that y'all have already chewed on but... the outfit i rent from is just down the taxiway from "air aces" at houston-hooks where...

My VOR, LOC & GS KI-214 was wacky well, I have been putting it off, and putting it off dreading a high repair bill on this item from the stories I have herd on the usent posts. It was not as bad as some say it was after a week waiting for my appointment! 9:30 my KI-214 in along with my 170B that...

Hi everyone, This group seems especially knowledgable, I hope you don't mind a question about a friend's plane. Its a 78 Arrow and is being used by a FBO for training. For the last month or so, they can't seem to keep the battery charged. Started a month ago and the alternator was found not...

It took more than a month, but my 206 is finally flying again after getting the wing skin replaced. A line guy had towed it into a flagpole. They did not have to make any modifications and everything is just as it was before. We ended up replacing the whole leading edge assembly rather than peel...

It is now a balmy 3 degrees here in Wisconsin, and I was thinking about trying to find the winter fronts and putting on my Baron. The question that comes up every year is whether to open the cowl flaps for start, taxi, and take off, knowing the ambient temperature is so low. It's hard enough to...

Well, cheap for around here, anyway. If you're flying along the central Gulf Coast, it's $2.39/gal self serve at St. Elmo (2R5) near Mobile. -- Dan C172RG at BFM

Has anyone noted that per: http://www.nima.mil/portal/site/nga01/ The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announced November 18, 2004, it is considering withdrawing its Flight Information Publications (FLIP), Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF), and Navigation...

This was snipped from this morning's AvWeb and I wondered what you thought about it? MITSUBISHI PILOTS NEED SIMULATOR TIME, COMPANY SAYS After four fatal crashes of Mitsubishi MU-2 twin turboprops this year, the manufacturer is recommending that pilots of its planes get specialized training in...

Well I have only been an airplane owner for a few months but so far owning is more expensive than renting. I must say that the convenience of having your own airplane to go to when ever you want is worth a few bucks. Has anyone found owning more expensive than renting? :-) Jon...

Hello, Everyone I just called http://www.guaranteedflighttraining.com up after e-mailing them about instrument flight training and they responded with a sales pitch with out even addressing my questions, So I called then today talked with a guy named mike well he was very rude, evasive and avoided...

Not a substitute for the Overhaul manual This book contains an overview of maintenance and overhaul for the WWII-era-technology air-cooled Lycoming engines which unfortunately still power the vast majority of personal aircraft in the world. It is useful to people who have worked on other...

I had an odd thought while flying yesterday. Traditionally, we have had CHT info on one cylinder. Now, many planes have monitors that tell us all 4 or 6 cylinders. I have been trying to keep all my cylinders under 400 as I believe most of us are doing. However, I had a thought about that...

Any recommendations or comments about using one of the commercial airplane scheduling software packages? I have used ScheduleMaster in another club in the past and liked it. We currently are using a phone scheduling system and I find it to be slow and cumbersome to use unless the schedule is...

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I am a new owner of a '79 Mooney that has a Garmin GNS 430 GPS installed. I am needing to get a link or directions to the Jeppesen site that tells about how you can get the database updates. I have done some Googleing and am not having any luck. Thanks in advance!! Jon Kraus PP-ASEL-IA Student...

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Here's a joke for you that I got from another thread, The Public Works Minister of a former French colony in Central Africa is in France in an official visit. He is invited for a dinner at the private house of his French counterpart. When he reaches the place, he can't refrain to say: - My...

And have you gotten the bad news about insurance yet? We've had to restrict the number of pilots on our Lance and institute an annual training program for them. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ AFAICT, most national capitals have already reached bogon...

Santa's wife has decided that she would prefer that I fly with oxygen even below 12.5K and especially at night. So I've been given a tank et al. I was shocked today when I had it filled at Merucry Air. It is a 415 L size D tank. Because the pressure in their filling tanks were a bit low, they...