Hi, I will be flying out of JFK on 18 April at 400P and returning to JFK on 30 April at 725P. I'm thinking of flying my Archer from Cleveland to somewhere in the area (no, I don't want to go into JFK, ha ha) and leaving her there for the couple of weeks. Any suggestions will be appriciated. I...

Any current thoughts on AGM batteries? I tried a Concorde 35AXC about 8 years ago. It lasted about 30 months for me. Wet batteries seem to last around 4 years. However, there was some corrosion damage from the wet battery last annual, and so I'm rethinking the AGM option. I might be willing...

The IO-520 out of our Cessna 210 is being overhauled by Custom Airmotive in Tulsa. We had wanted to go with new Millenium cylinders, but Superior has a halt on shipping them. A Superior rep said there were some minor design changes that the FAA is requiring them to run- test to assure life to...

They think NOTHING of sending YOUR boy/ grandson off to WAR but THEY have thier boy / grandson tucked away in Harvard or Yale! In world war II PLENTY!!! of our LEADERS PAID the ultimate price, the LOSS of a child We have been AT WAR for 4 years and I have YET to hear that The...

I have been looking for a decent, nice size color screen GPS for under $1,000. Just recently the Lowrance Avmap 2000c has gone on sale for as little as $699! I called one of the dealers (Gulf Coast Avionics) just to check if it is a sale or a "close out" and was assured it is just a temporary...

Hello, I'm just reading up on HSI's and I notice some planes have HSI's that are not slaved. I know this means i'm supposed to check it every 15 minutes or so to make sure the HSI and the compass jive. I guess I should still do that even if it was slaved... but what I am wondering is if you can...

I need one of those rubber stamps that say 'I certify that this aircraft has been inspected in accordance with------". They used to be advertised all over a few years ago, now I can't find one anywhere. Can someone give me a lead? Thanks

Just tanked up at Hilton Head SC. They charged me $3.85 per gallon of 100LL, and then added on a 5% "fuel tax". Works out to $4.04 per gallon. Ouch, a new high. Now that I am back home, I am going to top off with mogas... $2.10 seems cheap now.

I've exhausted all my sources for a Cessna muffler shroud without paying through the nose to Cessna itself. Cessna 182A used a muffler 0750130-12 with a shroud 07501030-13. My shroud is pretty much toast, especially considering how it got thrashed about in our little difficulty in Wyoming last...

I bought a pair of those "Why pay more" headsets offered in the back pages of AOPA and Flying about 10 years ago. They're still working fine and are perfect for the occasional passengers in the back seat.

As I reading through my aircraft logs, I noticed several replacements of the Directional Gyro and Turn Coordinator. The plane is a 1978 Piper Turbo Arrow 3. Is is normal to need to replace these things every 4-5 years? Does anyone keep statistics or even projections for the mean time between...

Seems like I never have any good info to offer but always seem to find a question or 10. I'm a long time PA28 and C172 / C182 driver and I'm looking for something faster with a little longer legs. I've never flown a Mooney but I like the style, performance and gph numbers and some of the older...

Hello. Looking at buying another airplane (I tried cutting out the middleman and just flushing $100 bills down the toilet, but it isn't quite the same). I'm currently considering early-mid 60s Cessna 172s, powered by the 145 HP Continental O-300, and would like to hear from any owners of these...

Well, I didn't want to infringe upon Dave Buckles' time in the spotlight, but I got my first plane on Monday the 1st. It's a '67 Skyhawk, 1570 hrs TTAF, 200 SMOH, with new (well, 2 yrs) Garmin VFR stack. Pristine. Glossy original paint, and excellent original interior. Ancillaries have been...

We've got a bag full of leather scraps, left over from our new interior job last fall. I would like to wrap our yokes with it, so that they match the seats and throttle cover. Anyone ever done this? I don't want to just wind the stuff around and have it look like crap in a few months. Should I...

If you have one, how do you like it? Do you ever notice that it does not return to the same indication when the airplane returns to the same heading (hysteresis error)? IOW, if you turn from 090 to 180 and back to 090 according to the HI, would your VCC come all the way back to 090, or would it...

Our airport commission has talked about going around and looking in hangars to crack down on "volatile" liquids being stored within. I think mainly they're concerned about people keeping fuel for use in heaters, where there is a more likely ignition source in addition to the liquids being...

We have a 1979 Cessna 182RG with 1350 hours since overhaul. 6 weeks ago, we began to notice the engine to be rough on the right magneto during run-up. Over two weeks, it became increasingly difficult to burn it off by leaning during the run-up, until one day when it became impossible. ...

Hello. I live in Illinois. I am in the process of selling my Cherokee 180. Does anyone know if there are sales tax implications for the seller? Does it matter if I sell the plane in-state, out-of-state, or to a corporation? When I purchased, I bought the plane from an individual who lived...

I am still filtering out all the usual paperwork that comes with a previously loved airplane. You know, the usual receipts for 12 new batteries dating back to WWII etc. Anyway, there are lots of yellow tags stapled in the logs and almost as many in various envelopes. I was scanning the logs onto...