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In this day of liability for everything we do, how liable would a A&P be if they gave someone information on this forum that is documented and saved. The person a non A&P then goes out and uses that info in the way they interpret it, and wind up getting hurt or killed. The family and/or friends...

Brake disk in the wheel slots, Goodyear had that years ago bad idea then don't think much of it now.

A can of Fix a Flat does not weigh much and just might get you home.

How many people would want the problem or just walk away.

65 year old bank loan showed up on title search, bank is no longer and the bank that took it over has no record of the loan. Problem is FAA records show the loan never cleared and still part of the record. After 65 years I am sure the loan was paid off and the release was lost or never sent in...

If detonation is a result of high compression with a 10:1 engine with a leak down test in the 60 to 65 range, is that engine still susceptible to engine detonation on lower auto fuel octane around 92 over 100LL?

Listings of twin engine aircraft with high time engines close to TBO or well over that and old avionics seem to be the normal now. Is the lure of a cheap twin and the chance to get some low price twin time overpower the reality of the condition, or pilots have no idea of what they are buying...

I would like more information on what they did, a safety line so they could not fall off and what else, could be as safe or safer than jumping out of a good plane with a parachute. I am not one that would like to do that but I am sure their are plenty of people that might like to try that if it...

Liability only insurance coverage for those pilots over 75 hard to get for single engine fixed gear harder to get for complex aircraft very hard for twin engine almost impossible for helicopter and for a Citation jet, LOL. So what options do pilots over 75 have, any insurance writers that write...

CH-48110-1 oil filter $48.50 Tech automotive oil filter $3.85 or a Fram $12.97 Just how much better is the Champion filter. The people that make the filters are they the same just paint the brand name on the filters .

Anybody know the story on the Stearman A-75 for sale Novato, Ca. it's been for sale a long time now?

A Wheel Barrow is cheaper than a large tool box, and it rolls better on grass.

Don't ask to borrow my tools, I only buy the best "Harbor Freight". Or 30 years of making payments on Snap-on tools they will be all yours, when you retire as an A&P. Another way to look at it cheap tools break before expensive aircraft parts good tools will be stronger than the best aircraft parts.

Is it time for the Bubble to pop, for all those with cash on the sidelines waiting for the correction of aircraft price they may have been right.

Names assigned for waypoints, intersections, Air Traffic Control (ATC) coordination, and Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) fixes not co-located with a navigational aid. single five-letter.

You can always just get in line and should the tower clear you by mistake VFR takeoff that was a IFR release, it's now ATC problem to scramble and fit you in, or how to make new friends and influence people or care less with other behind you now stuck waiting for your release.

Lifetime Just ask the American indian, Treaties will last "as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the river flows" sometimes the grass stops growing and the river dries up.

Cheap fixer upper Cessna 172 bad paint bad interior high time engine and old radio 13,000hr TTAF don't seem to last long on Trade-a-Plane they sell quick. Time was those planes sat and sat waiting for for someone to hook now they sell fast? Most of the time you can't fix up a plane for less...

10 to 15 years sitting on the ramp paint and interior suffer, if you have new avionics theft or other damage could cost more or about the same as hanger rent over the years.

If you take the lens off and the flash tube is black at one end of the tube it's time to replace the bulb also it is hard on the power supply and will cost you more than the bulb to replace.