Iridium is a good and very cheap material, great for building planes. Soon I will have the best plane in the world.

I am looking to move up from My 1968 Cessna 150 to a four seater. I am entertaining the idea of either building my own, or buying a completed experimental. All input appreciated. Brad

Bought a digital video camera a week ago; fabricated a mount and installed it on the Fly Baby's axle tube this weekend. Here's a quick snippet from a 30-minute flight I took yesterday. http://www.bowersflybaby.com/slip.mpg Unfortunately, the video compression loses a lot of data to get the...

I have a customer with a pair of factory reman IO 540s with less than 100 hours on them. After landing he will sometimes find the bendix drives on the starters partially and occasionally fully engaged. It does not happen every flight but sometimes every other flight. On at least two occasions...

"Juan Jimenez" wrote in message ... wrote in : rip wrote: visit this website http://www.gadefensefund.org/ and make a donation if you can. These folks are...

Does anyone know why heated pitot tube prices have tripled over the past year? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

I didn't take my new plane to the show this weekend. It just wasn't ready yet. But I finally got it back out on the runway today. Yesterday, I raised the leading edge of the stab about 5/8". Today I made half a dozen runs to take off speed, rolling the full length of the runway on the mains.

I am working with plans circa 1963 that call out 7075 T6 1" angle. Anyone know if it's still manufactured? Don't see it in ACS or Wicks. Thanks, Clark

This message came in today from one of Tailwind gurus. This is NOT good news, so I'm considering it as bad news. Richard Lamb --------------------------------------------------------------- I just talked to Charllie at Dillsburg concerting 4130 sheet. I now

Can you buy a wrecked plane like a Cessna 172, repair it yourself & then get it recertified to fly under Experimental? Brad

Windsocks 60 inch long , well made with S\S swivel , bright colors of red,white and blue combo, sensitive to light breezes yet strong enough for heavy wind . $ 15 for 1 or $ 25 for 2 and that includes the Priority mail shipping to you , yes the freight is paid , check, cash or M.O. to Steve...

Colonel Bob Morgan, pilot of the famed "Memphis Belle" -- the most famous B-17 Flying Fortress of World War II -- is currently in the hospital following a bad accident. At his age injuries of any kind can be life threatening, but in this particular case Bob actually broke his neck in a bad fall at...

Would I be right in assuming that ballistic parachutes and pusher props don't go? Thanks, AC

does anyone know how much a g-1 helicopter would cost to build? it is at http://www.vortechonline.com/g1/. i would also like to know about the time to build and the saftey of it thank you

Do any of you know of a Van's RV aircraft for sale websight. Where to people go on the Internet to see what's for sale? Bill

Wanted Continental 0-200 or 0-240 engine still with hrs and bolt it straight in condition. cheers

I'm looking for plans to either the VJ-23 or VJ-24 gliders. I'd also be interested in purchasing either glider in any condition. There were a few postings here back in 2000 (I'm checking on these old leads). Can anyone out there help? Please reply to Thanks in advance. -Ed

Do you have plans to the VJ-24... or do you know where I should look? I think you are one of the old leads I was just talking about. -Ed

Does anyone in the NG live close enough to Hollywood CA. to go there in the near future on a mission for me? I have a son in the Air Force. He went to CA on his senior trip. He has since begun to collect Hard Rock cafe glasses. The ones with the name of the cafe on it. They don't sell 'em mail...

Who has the best prices on AN bolts and other hardware? I am rebuilding the wings on my Taylorcraft and would like to get rid of the stacks of washers and corroded bolts that have been put in there over the years. Basic plan is to replace all of the nuts and bolts. Dave N36078 '41 BC-12-65