Dana

So what about Sport Pilot (MOSAIC was mentioned above)?

Quite common on this side of the border as well. Just for one example that I'm familiar with, Orange County Airport (KMGJ) in NY. One...

When you have a stuck [open] valve, you push a bunch of rope into the cylinder through the spark plug hole, then (carefully!) rotate the...

Another thing that's commonly done is to "stake" the valve: With the pressure applied (and somebody else holding the prop!) you rap the...

That's something else... I was thinking of the case where a CT resident buys a plane out of state and brings it home (as I've done)...

As a pilot, I am not designed to deal with the cold of an open cockpit in today's single digit temperatures, either. It's sure nice in...

In Connecticut there used to be a town property tax on airplanes, then at some point they eliminated it with great publicity about "tax...

AMENDED: The mission of ASRS is to de-identify and disseminate safety reports to the proper authorities who can investigate and...

Not interested in debating, but I hope you'll followup telling whether the new plugs fix the problem, which some "might find beneficial".

OT, but I've been recording a GPS log of my flights with a phone app. I can run them into an analysis app I wrote, or into Google Earth...

No, they did it because they have to be perceived as "DOING SOMETHING!" And a bunch of tiny TFRs only affecting UAVs doesn't "do...

Look at her, then guess where she'd be on the crazy-hot scale...

:yeahthat: If it's still doing it you might be able to lap the valve without removing the cylinder. I did that on my O-290, brought...

I use a debit card from my local bank for avgas purchases. A few times I've had it declined because the airport pump doesn't ask for a...

None, of course. The passengers on the fourth flight on 9/11 proved they won't stand for it any more.