I unexpectedly have the opportunity to fly to Airventure for a few days. A friend who has done this before has recommended that I fly to a field near OSH rather than right in to Wittman Regional. I will be flying around the north end of Lake Michigan. Do you have any recommendations for which...

He's at it again. Now he's convinced the BBC. I suppose it's not surprising as media organizations are dominated by people who aren't good at the practical stuff. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6970031.stm Pleas feel free to contact the BBC and tell then what's wrong with the article.

To All: The low cost and wide availability of wood in America makes it a good choice for the budget-minded builder of simple flying machines. The only problem is that when picking the stacks at the local lumber yard you need to know a fair amount about wood in order to select the most suitable...

I was just wondering what homebuilders are have installed or are planning to install into their aircraft to provide Nav/Comm capability? Handheld or panel-mounted? If panel-mounted, then: older, TSO-certified radios? new, but used, radios? brand new radios (a KX-155 with glide slope lists for...

Hi Folks, There's a used Rotax 447, I believe a Prov 8, available for sale in my ultralight club. It has 450hours on it. It was running perfectly when it was removed and stored in a plastic bin 6 months ago. It was replaced with a Rotax 503. It's a pull start, free air version with dual carbs,...

I picked up a project that was supposed to be built with 1.5 degrees of washout towards the end of the wings. The builder unfortunately built them without washout, because while his workmanship was actually quite good he was worried he wouldn't be able to match the wings and one would drop in a...

Does anyone know of any hangar space available *anywhere* in Southern California? I'll be moving my RV-4 out there sometime around July. Prefer on or near SNA, but I don't think I can be too picky. Dave 'help the homeless' Hyde RV-4 in flight test

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 09:01:09 -0000, "karel adams" wrote: :dear all, : :what is the blue foam around which composite parts are built? :is it polyurethane? what brand names does it carry in europe? It is absolutely NOT polyurethane. Polyurethane will release...

I'm wanting to lay my seat back further in an existing pitts S1-S. This would require moving the tube at the top of the seat back, back about 2". This member is 3/4 x 0.035 and about 22" long. I was thinking to run 4" long gussets back to the original attachment point, creating a C shaped...

Michael Horowitz wrote: I have an A-21 and headphone/mic adapter. The adapter has the male jacks at one end for the A-21,and female plugs for the headset and microphone at the other end. There is also a female 3mm plug which I believe would connect to a PTT switch. Playing around with a...

Come to http://www.alexisparkinn.com/rec_aviation.htm to see: - From Massachusetts (and, soon, Florida), Ken Balch's fantastic RV-8 - From Oregon, John Ousterhout's cool Nieuport Replica - From North Carolina, Jerry Malin's nifty Warrior II Want to add YOUR pride and joy to our Rogue's Gallery? ...

As most of you know, the "Rogue's Gallery" is a picture website created solely for the use of Rec.Aviation pilots. Here we can all post pictures of our beautiful aircraft, so that the rest of us can drool all over them! :-) Here are the February...

To see the details please visit www.aero.com.pl Marcin Lukasiewicz

INVITATION International Dutch Homebuilders Fly-in 7-8-9 may 2010 Midden Zeeland (EHMZ) http://www.zeeland-airport.nl/ Holland (1000 meter grass runway)

Hello: I'm getting back to my project after a bit of a layoff. Are you near Houston? Al Doyle

I need to clean some of these wing spar angle extrusions out of the shop: http://www.hpaircraft.com/supp_dwgs/hp-11/Alcoa_die_167762.pdf Material: 7075-T6 aluminum Originally made for HP-11 kit sailplanes. Perfect for making riveted C-section or I-beam wing spars.

It is a real pleasure to announce that one of our local EAA homebuilders, Frank Varnum, made his first flight in his new RV4. N13MJ's first flight was uneventful. No leaks. No problems. Frank, 90 years old, and his little brother Gordon, 87, built the RV over the last several years. No...

Good morning all, We have just returned from the "Flight for Sight" Adventure around region Queensland (Australia) raising around $50,000 for charity in a Sinus and Virus motorglider. To enjoy our adventure please click the following...

Juan Jimenez wrote: Get off earthlink and get a free gmail account. You really think gmail will stop spam. gmail/google and yahoo are too of the biggest sources of it! John

I have a 12v DC linear actuator, it just has 2 wires coming from the motor. If I connect the red wire to the positive terminal of the battery and the black to the negative, the motor extends. When I reverse the wires the motor retracts. The motor draws about 5 amps. Pretty straight forward...