Hello I've not posted on rah before, but have lurked long enough to realize that you guys have a few electronics experts among you. What I have is a Gentex sph-4 military flyers helmet. This is a single plug helicopter helmet. I've been told that the microphone impedence for military helmets is...

Having just driven a Segway for the first time, I imagined what a three dimensioanl version would be like. Spent some time online looking at Hiller's flying platform, which seemed closest. Was unable to find any information on current attempts to re-create the flying platform. Does anyone know...

Beech Staggerwing. Hard to tell from the pictures, do they have doors on bothsides of the cabin? Wil

Duralac Zinc Chromate Paste doesn't appear in the Spruce or Wick catalog, apparently for health reasons. I do see it mentioned for sale by marine stores. Has anyone using an acceptable substitute, easier to locate? - MIke

Actually I'm interested also to know if any other designs besides BD aircraft utilize wing spars that are made of aluminum tube. So if you know of any I'd like to know what they are.

MT. DIABLO HIGH SCHOOL CONCORD, CA PHOTOS http://community.webshots.com/user/mt_diablo_high From: Steve Grauman )

I'm rebuilding a Super Cub wing and the flanges on the ribs and the spar caps have been drilled perfectly so the #4 steel screws go right in, that is, if a screw has not been broken off. In which case I have the option of redrilling and turning the spars into Swiss cheese and losing ac43-13 edge...

I just established the Yahoo Group: for the private, noncommercial trading of general aviation electronic devices ("avionics") between individuals for use in their own aircraft. "Trading" goes to swapping for other avionics OR trading for paper pictures of old...

Streisand's Silly Suit Sings Sour Song Judge Throws Out Suit Against Pilot Singer Barbra Streisand's lawsuit against a helicopter pilot accusing him of violating her privacy was thrown out of court Wednesday. Not only that, but she's going to have to pay Ken Adelman's legal fees -- estimated...

Dan Rather/ CBS Evening News is advertising a sensational news story about small airport security, or, as the advertisement implies, the serious lack of it. Typical tag line: "What we found out will surprise you!" Ok...prepare to be surprised...and gutted...and vivisectioned...only as the media...

I remember seeing some time back a hangar design that used a circular dome style building. It showed GA airplanes all backed in and seemed like it used the space well. A Google search on round, circular, and dome aircraft hangars did not lead me to the hangar that I was looking for. Anyone...

Hello there, we have recently been having our annual Christmas cleanout and I have found a new Microair transponder and a new Microair VHF radio hidden in our storeroom. I have returned the transponder to the manufacturer and it has been updated with all latest modifications so I now believe it is...

I sort of feel like the Harold Stassen of the EAA election process, but here we go again. In 1997, I ran for the EAA Board Of Directors and got some 700 of you to email me your proxies. The vote was 700 to 35,000 for the proxies that EAA held for the current board member candidate. (I ran in...

Mini Fly-In Drachten (EHDR) 5-6-7 juni Please read the following details. Always phone in advance !!!!!!!!!! !!!!! different number on Friday and Saturday Het veld is vanaf vrijdagmiddag 16.00 tot 20.00 uur open. Vanaf dat tijdstip is ook de toren bezet. Gebruik hiervoor op vrijdag uitsluitend...

Hi does anyone have information,more than I have with regards to diesel plane groups ,message boards, any group any language any country And this plane http://tinyurl.com/x70c or in French http://delvion.free.fr/

Monnett MONI motorglider for sale or trade. Wings bonded AND riveted. An honest 95%+ completed. Well built. 30 horsepower KFM engine mounted and test run. Be soaring THIS year not 5 years from now. Due to my own hangar space problems, and the fact that I have a powerplane AND another sailplane...

For Sale or SWAP POLIKARPOV U-2 (PO-2) biplane , TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION AND SERVICE & MAINTENANCE MANUAL img src="http://aeropoxy.on.neobee.net/PO-2.jpg" http://aeropoxy.on.neobee.net/PO-2.jpg Official "Zavod 23", 1937. published service and maintenance manual for VVS (on Russian) Detail part...

For those of you that are near to Las Vegas.... The memorial service for Bill is April 18th (Saturday) at Palm Mortuary 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89131 starting at 1:00pm (702-464-8470) (800-542-2902) Bill died in the crash of his homebuilt airplane on October 18, 2008 near Parowan,...

I'm working on the firewall forward for my homebuilt. I need to extend various wires to make it to their respective destinations. (14 to 26 gauge wires.) Any way to have a nice clean butt joint? I don't like the crimp butt joints or twisting the wires together with the accompanying monster...

Chiese CAAC had approved below 116Kg aircraft sold in China without airworthiness certificate from June 1st. 2004. Luo Zheng