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Had a Navion that was flying hurricane relief consumed here (the pilot was able to chuck out all the stuff from the plane before it got beyond help). I get messages any time anything Navion related happens in this state from people wanting to know if I'm OK.

The IA should have prepared a list at the time of annual. It would behoove you to know that the annual requires this and a bonus if you can show that in the aircraft records. If you know of a subsequent AD, you can have your own addendum to say whether it has been complied or not applicable.

Yes, and I was working for the Ballistics Research Laboratory. Blown to HEL by BRL was our motto.

When I worked for the Army back in the early 80's we had a group called the Human Engineering Laboratory. They essentially built a fly by wire that instilled inate stability in a helicopter. The control inputs were literally, go up/down, forward/back, left/right. All the...

Gust locks on the Honda jet wrap around the yoke and externally on the rudder.

VFR plans are not routed to ATC, but they can get ahold of them if they want. The first place they look for you on a VFR plan is your stated destination, then all airports. Then they use you're last known location (your departure point if you never talked to ATC / FSS otherwise) and how much...

We've got two Rinnais. One was installed in 2009 and the other in 2016. No problem with either one.

I think it's more a problem with who is cooking them than the cut. It's quite possible to get nice crispy (unburnt) steak fries and the same with waffle cut. If you're deep frying things, I suspect your oil is way to hot if that is happening.

How many plies do you recommend?

When we were in Bordeaux City in France, Margy ordered potatoes cooked in duck fat. These were the ultimate french fries.

My doctor notes that all pilots are a-holes and checks that box.

Yes. The original house had the hangar and garages along the taxiway. I wanted to be on site when we built the real kitchen, living room, master bedroom, etc...That's the "L" that extends parallel to the runway. The room we were using as a bedroom is now a guest room when we build

Here's pictures of my hangar house: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzFxZ1

Well, in its defense, while I have loved my GNS480 since it was installed in 2005 or so, the thing is now over 20 years old. It's mate the MX20 has pretty much been useless for a while if you have weather (it keeps running out of memory and crashing). It was the first WAAS aviation GPS...

Navions by default have an ON-OFF fuel selector. Pretty uncommon for low-wing singles. This is because the wing tanks drain into a small header tank in the fuselage and then to the engine. The sump drain is sticking out of that tank (along with a safety wired plug that I guess you can use...

I seem to recall something about them running out of memory for the database and dumping some stations. By the way, you can mount the CF card for the GNS480 in a card reader on your PC and copy the database file over to the simulator if you want to have a later database in the sim.

Check the idle mixture. Might be so lean that this cylinder just isn't getting enough to fire. SImilarly, an intake leak could cause the same thing.

It's not a customs thing. It's a NORAD thing.

My IO-550 which is a bear to start when heat soaked on the ground, will retire just fine after you run a tank is run dry. The problem with the design when you put in these aftermarket tanks is how involved the fuel selector ends up being. Even the Navion which only has a "BOTH" position for...

You have to have a DVFR/IFR plan for both transitions and the reentry needs to be reported to ATC (they have a reporting obligation to NORAD).