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He's lowballing you. Lost logs reduce the value some, but not that much... on old planes like the Luscombe the condition is generally much more important than its history, it's different for a complex modern plane. If you can get some basic information (like airframe and engine hours) from the...

Hardly "life changing" but since we're talking covers and mashups, this Queen cover just came up on another flying forum. Bagpipes, love 'em or hate 'em but these guys put on an amazing show:

There have been more than a few airplanes that were quickly rolled into the hangar after an accident and the door shut before anybody saw or reported it.

I'm shocked that you would suggest such a thing... :eek: Around here, the FSDO was locked down over 10 years ago when I had to visit them a couple of times while dealing with homebuilt airplane paperwork.

Being involved with R/C models (the glow engined planes of the 1970s, not the micro electric things common nowadays) gave me a huge head start in both learning to fly and in engineering school.

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Some years ago New Jersey "privatized" all of the motor vehicle offices in the name of cost cutting. It was such a disaster that 10 years or so later they took them back... and had to rehire all the state employees that the private contractor didn't hire or let go during the transition... at...

Copycat, or Texas good ol' boy? "Biggest damn duck I ever saw!"

Both are downloadable for free from the FAA website.

Sure you can... you just make it optional, not required for domestic operations. If a pilot wants to fly internationally he can get a 3rd class. We already do the same for the restricted radiotelephone license, it used to be required for all pilots, now you just need it for international flights.

If the engine quits in a small plane it just becomes a glider, albeit not as good as a purpose built sailplane. If you're flying at, say, 5000' high and the plane has a typical 8:1 glide ratio you can glide almost 8 miles to a safe landing spot. Even if you have to go down someplace rough...

Also consider what kind of flying interests you. There are many different facets to private flying... you can use a plane to go places, you might be interested in bush planes to land in the backcountry, you might want to get into aerobatics, or glider flying, or ultralight flying, homebuilding...

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I think the level of moderation here is about right. Being a mod myself over on the homebuiltairplanes forum, I know it's not easy; we all have lives outside the forum (shocking, I know). We both have a "no politics" rule which IMO is necessary to keep things civil. Over there we have to deal...

So what IS the octane of Swift 100? Is it not... 100? GAMI's statement addresses the performance when the fuels are mixed, bit what about other potential chemical incompatibilities? Dana, whose engine requires 73 octane minimum

But you could sue for emotional distress from all your friends and family thinking you're dead... :rolleyes:

Nice Cessna 421 you've got there... :D

A copper crimp ring joint on Pex? You should be able to rotate it; at least it's worked every time I've done it.

Except, I think, Stewart is approved for repairs over any other system.

And Kermit calls himself the "Wizard of Orlampa"