What do you look for beyond a normal preflight when you're about to go on a long trip? For example, if you were flying from the west coast to Oshkosh you wouldn't want to be within 10 hours of an oil change or a 50/100-hour inspection. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/

My new partner and I are looking at a 1975 Mooney M20C. It is a nicely upgraded IFR plane with a 400 hour O-360 engine. It is a rather high time airplane (7000) hours and the price reflects this fact. It is being sold by the owner of the FBO we fly out of for one of his friends. They just finished...

I will be starting IFR training soon and would like to minimize the pain / maximize my learning potential. Is there anything that recent (or not-so-recent) IFR students wish you had done in preparation for training? (specific books to read, home flight simulator) A friend has invited me to tag...

It appears as I would have to cross the warm front to get from Ohio to Iowa Saturday, so I don't think the party is going to happen for me. On the positive side, the weather will move off to the east of Wisconsin by Sunday morning and the party participants will have excellent tailwinds to the big...

For those who are heading to Oshkosh on July 23rd, don't forget to plan your fuel stop in Iowa City for our annual Pre Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party! Stop in at the inn for free food, beer, pop, and music, all served at poolside for pilots, family and friends en route to Oshkosh. It's our way of...

Hi all, If you live West of the Mississippi River, may I humbly suggest that you make a stop in Iowa City, IA (KIOW) on Saturday, July 26th to partake in our annual Oshkosh fly-in pool party? Each year we serve FREE food, refreshments (adult and otherwise), music, and hangar flying at poolside...

Can you recommend a mechanic to perform a prepurchase inspection on a 152? This would be in the general vicinity of Jackson, Mississippi. Thanks

As a segue from off airport landings....how about precision? Can you consistently touch down at minimum speed with your regular aircraft within a 50' mark? Can you do it with a short/soft/XW/ Obstacle? Can you do it with any configuration of flaps and or power? OK....got an electrical failure that...

Reminds me of the time I sent a pair of 'Duces' to drag main streeet in Panama City during a revolution. Big John ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` From Afghanistan Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 9:43 AM Story of the week;

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I've done a number of these over the years, but prior to tomorrow's, I'm thinking about how the preflight routine changes. I'll check all the screws on all the inspection panels, pull off the engine cowlings and poke about, looking for anything obviously loose. Check that the seats are on the...

Check out http://www.keyhole.com They have a tool for $40/year that allows you to "fly" to your destination before you fly! This isn't like some flight simulator, these are actual satellite pictures. You can even see your house and tell if your neighbor has a pool or not. The pictures are 3d so you...

Today's flight, figured to video how I preflight my plane. Comments here or on the video most welcomed. Always nice to hear input to make me a safer pilot! Preflighting an airplane Part 1 Walking to the airplane - Preflight inside the...

Below is the preliminary NTSB report. What I find interesting is that there's no mention of the tower informing the Navajo pilot he has a problem. I was doing a T&G right behind the Navajo as he climbed out - I saw smoke from the RIGHT engine and that's what the tower told him as well. Question:...

Fo those who inquired about this accident, here is the preliminary NTSB report: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20050331X00387&key=1 vince norris

The following information came in to me by back channel email within the last several minutes from a friend in the P51 Community. I had just posted on the Mustang thread asking for patience in speculating about this accident. Anyway, here is the official word from the NTSB. Dudley Henriques

I've mastered fuel management now the hardest part. How to manage mine and my wife's bathroom breaks. Our trips are typically 3 to 3.5 hours but our blatters don't always make it thus forci6ng a stop. Thats a big 30 min addition to the trip. On my last filight I filed two flight plans and...

Hey, all. I'm getting ready for my commercial checkride. I've read the Jeppeson PTS et al but I'd really like to hear what kinds of things people have experienced in the oral and practical sections recently; mainly just to see if I could hit whatever is pitched at me. Obviously I'm expecting...

RST Engineering wrote: like glasses -- simple myopia without any astigmatism? Anybody? Jim Laser sugery worked great for me vbg

Hi all, Back in August I placed an order for the retrofit battery box assembly for my 2001 vintage Bose X. Problem is, the units haven't shipped yet, apparently due to "manufacturing difficulties". Whatever. The latest news is that they *may* ship in March (about 8 months late). While I wasn't...