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Boy, I have a hard time figuring out you all filthy rich aircraft owners. Am I the only one on here who conserves money while enjoying flying. As I have stated before, I own a bunch of aluminum 24 cu ft oxygen bottles. I purchase them from estate sales ( Yes, dead folks don't need...

LIke RonP stated, he is not in this industry. So why is he commenting on something he knows nothing about? More eyes the better.

I always carry oxygen with me and can access from the left seat, I fill my own bottles so the cost is negligible. I always carry two 24 cf bottles on each trip and use one on the way there and one on the way back, If I only use 10% I can still top them up myself. GOOD TIP Dead folks don't...

My first Commander had two W&B, both current, one with oxygen tanks etc on board and one without. My present Commander has two W&B, one normal and a second one when I have the station wagon mod in use, that is with rear seats remover and platform installed. I would imagine that float...

No disrespect intended, but once I was a student in my younger days. After being in business 50 years I can say that most students are dumb. No life experience with a bunch of teachers who have never had a real job. So you think that you can compete with Foreflight, now owned by the Boeing...

After one bad experience about thirty years ago ( I did learn how to remove the seats ) I now have a new "standard operating procedure" I explain to the youngster in the rear seat that he or she is part of the crew and has a job to do. I point out a screw in the roof and explain that if we go...

I fly a 1974 Commander 112 Hotshot with 4400 hours on the airframe. At the present rate I will be 124 years old by the time the wings time out. I am more concerned about being able to get insurance at that age than wing life limits. Life is a barrel of fun. Ken Andrew

I built a strip in South Georgia a few years ago. I made it 4650' long because that is what the land I had would accommodate, It is 100' wide with a 75' safety zone each side . Main runway is 18-36. I also have a crosswind runway 05-23 that is only 2000' long with trees at one end. . I...

Hi all fellow aviators, I have been told that there are only 13 insurance companies that cover aircraft, I am wanting quotes from all 13 of these companies to make sure I am getting the best rate. Brokers only seem to deal with a handful of companies so I am searching for the rest. So...

Hi All. I quickly read through the above posts and one fact that was not mentioned but reported at the time. The registration number had belonged to a plane involved in a crime 27 years before this stop, the kings had a brand new demo 182 on loan from Cessna, with the re-issued tail number...

what strange replies and suggestions for such a simple thing. I will try ahead of the day with crepe paper but I believe the the suction in front of the prop would tear the paper. This as at a private airport so no crowd of onlookers. for those suggesting that I may not be able to get a 33'...

Hi Folks. I have just completed building a hangar out at the farm. the bi-fold door is 16 ft high by 70 feet wide. Planning on a ribbon cutting ceremony during our EAA breakfast, going to taxi into the hangar and cut a ribbon with the prop. Any experience doing this and what kind of fabric to...

Plan a trip Friday into LZE East of Atlanta an half a mile outside the Mode C veil. If I land on rwy 25 all will be fine, but if I have to depart on 25 I many not be able to turn to miss the Mode C. I have not got AdsB Out installed yet. Would this be the crime of the century even though I...

We had the same problem at our airport, they caught me one day soaping down the plane, I explained that I was looking for a pressurization leak. No leak found so I rinsed the soap off the plane and everybody was happy. Life is a barrel of fun. Ken

Interesting post. I got my first license in the UK back in 1971 and had to take a course for my Radio Telephony Operators License. The test was in a VC-10 simulator. Very very realistic. I had to do a number of Pan calls as well as Mayday calls. They were very clear about the distinction...

first of all you need to remove the top soil, then you level it and return the top soil. No grasses that can be seeded are any good, The best grasses are sterile hybrids that have to be sprigged. there is so much to learn that I cant even start here.

Daven, Where are you located? I have a grass strip 4650 long and a crosswind runway 2000' long. There is a lot to take into consideration, I have spent 9 years learning and building mine. There is just not the space here for me to start telling you what to do. On facebook look up Grand Oaks...

I will push on the blade right next to the hub. I always hang the keys on the sun visor so I can see them before I touch the prop. With my plane I have to don white gloves before I push on the prop....Right hand steering the tow bar and left hand pushing the prop, I would estimate about 30...

I can handle ABY to Nashville, now we just need Nashville to Peoria, have joined pilots-n-paws, just learning the site.

The dogs owner lives in Minnesota but also has a place in South Georgia. The dog has been residing at the vets for a number of months getting treatment for brain cancer. Was decided it was time to put him down. whole family flew South with that in mind, last moment vet decided that he was...