Just saw in this month's AOPA (Fall flights): "Most pilots slumming around the pattern on a hot summer day will probably not flip the pitot heat on, but certainly anytime you're flying in or near moisture - at any air temperature - It's safest to use pitot heat." - Editor in Chief, Thomas B....

I am looking for recommendations of good Cessna 421 Shops in the vicinity of Wisconsin (within a 300 nm radius od KISW would be nice). Does anyone have any positive experiences to share? By "421 shop", I mean a shop that has significant experience maintaining 421's and preferably one where someone...

We are contemplating adding a weather uplink system and was wondering what experience you have had on the WxWorx or Anywhere Wx. We are leading towards the Anywhere Wx but wanted to get some comments on both. Thanks!! Jon Kraus '79 Mooney 201

I understand that if I had a CHT, and it had a redline (I don't have one at all, probably because the PA-24 doesn't have cowl flaps) I would need to keep my CHT or get something certified to be a primary CHT. Are there any rules regarding EGT? The one I have is pretty useless. It's an analog...

Well, in three days of flying a long cross country to West Texas from Wisconsin, my autopilot went nuts in the roll axis- wouldn't capture flight director or heading bug info, and just tried to do uncommanded turns. Altitude and pitch worked fine. Suspected a bad roll servo- could be driver...

What do you do out there - buy or rent? I have need for 6 life vests for a flight to Cancun at the end of October. Should I rent or buy? TIA, {|;-) Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

I did have the GA-25 antenna all the while I had intermittent lost sat reception. Bought a new high-gain replacement on line and did the swap last weekend. For 2 days prior to the swap, I would lose reception completely on a S-SE heading. The new antenna shows 10 sats 3/4 way up or better....

Is anyone here in Australia? I'm looking for someone who can verify a company for me. They're called Aviation Salvage at the Bankstown Airport near Sydney. Their official address is: Aviation Salvage Hangar 505

I recently became a first time aircraft owner and I'm quickly realizing that with the uneven pavement on the ramp to my hanger, and the 2600lb empty weight of the plane, I'm going to have to resign to getting some form of aircraft tug. Looking at the Sporty's catalog, there are two types listed,...

Hi r.a.o guys, Thru a local ad I found a 1/6th share in a 1969 Cherokee 140 (hershey bar wing). I've done some minimal due diligance on it and it looks, well, like an old 1969 rental. The nose-wheel cowling is pretty worn (looks like it's been glued several times) and the paint is original & drab....

Sorry for the delay this year, but extremely busy since returning from Oshkosh.. Pictures are at http://www.myairplane.com/oshkosh2004 This was our first time doing a booth, it was 7 days of terror and fun at the same time. Our booth had a crowd in front if it constantly from the time the doors...

Greeting to All, I am investigating the possibility of purchasing my own plane in the next 12 months. With the soft prices on twin airplanes, they are starting to look a little more appealing to me than a big single. I have spent a lot of time investigating costs associated with maintenance so I...

Cessna N734AE VFR Flight with ATC COMS - Video Me acting like a noob as a passenger on todays VFR flight to Brookhaven MS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjmjttvrRN8 An exclusive video probably not to be seen anywhere else on You Tube (that is an aerial shot of the snow cover) The squeals of...

Anybody know of a shop in the New England region that has experience installing these indicators? Our usual local shop hasn't and evidently there's a bit of learning curve. Thanks. Dave Reinhart

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I have a strange, intermittent charging problem in my Mooney and am looking for a good electrical shop. I've changed out the alternator, battery, regulator, field wire, alternator ground wire and several other items and I'm still having a charging problem. I'm looking for a shop that knows how to...

The message below was taken from AOPA website: ---------- Protect your freedom to fly by commenting on the ADIZ today. On Wednesday one AOPA member put up this challenge to his fellow pilots: "Let's see...we've got 400,000 AOPA members, 650,000 certificated pilots...and just 5,000 responses to this...

We are based in NE Ohio and looking to overhaul another Archer's engine soon. We had a bad experience recently with core charges from Lycoming and have decided to do a field overhaul on this bird. We would like to fly the bird in so we are looking at companies within a reasonable distance of NE...

I know everyone has an opinion... and I'd like to hear some of them! I'm a first time buyer, and I've come across a 172P for sale at a local airport. Its a 1981, 4000TTAF, 1700SMOH. No GPS, standard avionics (digital radios, 720CH, ADF, Audio Panel, Xpndr) No damage history and a current annual...

Hey folks, I've been sitting here thinking about our upcoming get together in OSH, and I realized that not only don't we know what each other looks like, but -- worse! -- we don't know what each other's planes look like! This seems to be a major failing of this newsgroup, if you ask me. I...