Well, it was time to change the oil in the old bug smasher. Seeing this is my first time, I hired a mechanic to walk me through it. Of course it is pretty straight forward, but a few questions came up. 1) The oil filter specified a torque setting of 16 to 18 ft-lbs. The mechanic told me mot to...

The March of Dimes is currently holding an online auction for an unbelievable opportunity - Especially for flying enthusiasts! This auction will allow someone to fly first class from their home, have dinner with top Continental and Boeing executives, stay at the Renaissance in Seattle, tour the...

All of the sudden the last three fly-in guests (with kids) we've had at the inn have had those slick little portable DVD players attached to the backs of the head-rests, for viewing in the plane. Two of the three had two of them -- on on each seatback, for separate viewing. I've watched as the...

So for 35 years now we've been putting out our kits with two printed manuals per kit ... a "operations and maintenance" and a "construction and assembly" manual. Each of which costs us about $2 a manual. Not a big deal. I've got a wild hair that we can put out a digital CDROM set of manuals...

After sending my Lycoming AEIO-540 to the factory for a mandatory repair it has finally returned. At Oshkosh this year the people at the Lycoming booth swore it would take only two weeks, but when the actual paperwork arrived everything said one month in the shop. It ended up taking a little over...

Thought I would share this experience with the group since I have worried about cold weather starting each winter since I bought my plane. Living in Tucson, it doesn't get cold very often, but on those mornings when the ambient air temperature reaches freezing or below I have wondered if I was...

I will be moving 60 miles for work next week and I'm not sure how to download this site when I get to my new job. Can someone walk me through the steps? I don't want to lose this site. Thanks in advance. Trip Farmer N8501N PA28-235

It turns out that the fouled plug I mentioned last week is oil fouled... I suspect that the rings have gone... I will borescope the cylinder for damage and check the seal on the intake valve stem, but I suspect the worst... It is burning a quart every 1.5 hours, suddenly... And the story gets...

Anybody want to tell me why I shouldn't do it? Actually I'd welcome hearing about what anyone at Oshkosh has to say about what they see and hear. I can't wait, Christmas in August - Cheap ******* on 'roids (and with a bill)

Couple of questions. Went up to practice some ILS approaches. While being vectored for my approaches, my DG kept sticking through the 270 heading. First time on my initial approach and the second approach. Third and fourth approaches, DG acted normal, though seem a little off compared to the...

I don't know all the details and what I know is second hand, but it appears a prospective buyer of a Navion lost control of the plane on the ramp and caused some serious damage. This happened mid week at Avion Jet Center, Sanford Airport (SFB), just north of Orlando, FL. Allegedly, the...

We've been using www.youcanbookit.com for scheduling our airplane. So far it's been easy and worked great. The best part about it was it was a free/commercial based site. Unfortunately the site has gone down and the owner says it isn't likely to be put back online. What web based scheduleing...

Hi all. I'm a current student pilot(PPSEL) and I have been reading up on the new sport pilot/LSA stuff that has come about. My interest, like most potential pilots, is to eventually own an aircraft, but that will be several years down the road. However, the new Light Sport Aircraft class caught...

Took off Saturday morning at 6:30 still very dark. Got my IFR clearance in the air and soon was in solid IMC. Some clouds were nasty black. Got course deviation don't like to bounce my plane around. 2 hours into the flight the clouds were not as nasty. 30 minutes later I landed at SGJ for fuel....

Hi all, Little rant and warning. After talking to the Factory Rep at Sun-N-Fun I recently sent my NSD 360A HSI back to Century Flight Systems in Mineral Wells Texas for service. The compass card would spin for no reason then be fine for a while. I called and talked to the support folks and they...

What kind of business are you in and how do you use your owned airplane for business as a productivity tool (not just a tax write-off)? There have been plenty of discussions on this group about tax issues, but few on the use of an airplane to make a business more successful. Me? Unfortuanately my...

Have you came close to be in a mid air. Today was the most I flew in one day around 6hours in the plane total and have never been closer to being in a mid. I had to head down to my grandma's (she's not doing good) around KFUL and I was in Vegas. Got up around 5:30am and got off the ground at KVGT...

Had a potentially bad experience in my Archer tonight. Wife and I flew to dinner and returned to the home port about 5:20. Airport normally is open till sunset (which is 5:07 tonight) but as we taxied in, the lights in their cars went out and they came walking to my plane. I store in the big...

No more side-scrolling, I hope! I think I've got the page formatted so that it "scales" to different screen resolutions without requiring side-scrolling to see everything. Fixing it involved converting everything from plain text to "tables" that can be set to a percentage of size -- thanks to...

After last week's great flight down to Atlanta and back to NJ, I've begun to seriously investigate upgrading "my" aircraft to an SR-20. By "my" I mean that I currently rent, and for long distance flights meant more for vacation like the one to Atlanta, I rent a 172SP. I'm very happy with the planes...