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Can anyone put me in touch with an animal transport group. Have a friend wanting to transport a very special bird dog , that is sick , to Minnesota. He is not looking for a FREE RIDE and willing to pay expenses,,we want to keep it legal. I am in South Georgia and can do the first leg.

I flew taildraggers back in the 70s before there was an endorsement, I assume I was grandfathered in. Do I need to do anything today to be legal???????

Mine is to detailed to peck on my iPad, will post tomorrow from my desktop.

A thing that happened to me in my early oxygen using days, flew from South Georgia to Hendersonville NV. they would not fill my bottle while I waited but insisted I pick up up on departure. The following annual I discovered that I did not have my old cylinder, but a replacement one that had...

I am not familiar with the Piper gear system but I assume it has the old prestolite gear pump same as my Commander. First thing I would suspect would be the Up/Down switch, on the second try a glance at the ammeter or volt meter would be useful. Best get it on jacks and work it in the shop and...

I will admit that I busted Class Bravo back in 2009, after others do the same I will be willing to share my story and the circumstance (and outcome) I think that this could be educational for all instead of just demeaning those that have done it. We are always learning and so often from others...

The worst BFR I ever had was a number years ago, caught in a tight and could not get the usual CFIs, found this fellow out of town who agreed to do it straight away. The first thing he had me do was call flight service for weather and winds aloft. then use his E6B to plan the flight, he...

Great, so the family all go to sleep and stop bothering you, joking. I always travel alone so is not a factor for me..

I do not go into large airports that often, but when the young lady in the tower tells me to follow that Fokker in front of me I get a little bit confused. I could say "unable as I do not know what a silly fokker looks like". but that would not give the professional image I am trying to...

When you're snowed in and bored I think that I have the perfect answer. About 12 years ago I was at the Commander factory doing an owner assisted annual, it was not completed by weekend and I was stuck at the motel for Saturday and Sunday with nothing to do. I sat by the pool and went...

Well, we have a dumb country boy here who uses oxygen all the time, a couple of times a week anyway. I am not really sure what you are all talking about. Saving oxygen. In my plane I carry 24 cu.ft cylinders and use a fresh one each day or each leg if it is a very long journey. I own 15-20...

Thanks for the info, I am adding that to my annual checklist, On my plane it is less than a one hour job to R&R and the cost is OK. Life is a barrel of fun. Ken Andrew

Hi All. Has anyone on here replaced the shear shaft/coupler on the rapco vacuum pump. The way they are designed and made I think that time is what deteriorates them rather than hours of use. My main pump failed and I replaced it with a pump that I had removed with only 380 hours on it but had...

Nothing wrong with a DF steer, the only flight service station that still has one that I have come across was in Talkeena Alaska, and that was back in 09. When I enquired about it no one know how to use it. Back in the UK we used to request a QDM best I remember.

Thanks for all the answers, I now have a better understanding of the situations.. Ken

Not sure where to ask this so I will start here. Watching videos of airline inflight emergencies I notice that they seem to dump fuel with no regard to it igniting. Number 3 engine on fire so we are going to dump fuel. Is the fuel dump port at the very rear where there is no chance of...

Have flown there many times on Iceland Air and spent time at Reykjavik Domestic airport, the airlines go into Keflavic. I have always been there in December when the days are only 3 hours long. spent a lot of time planning for my trip in a Commander but have yet to do it. Greenland seems to be...

For first time kids, I explain that they have to be a crew member sitting in the back, and that they are assigned and important job. I point out a screw in the ceiling and explain that if we go through a cloud water may drip from this screw. their job is to catch the water, So they ride with a...

I have an employee who is a great fan of Kobalt tools from Lowe's, He just can't stop telling everyone how great they are and he explains that they are made by the same company that makes Snap On tools. So they must be great. If he said this once or twice it would not be too bad, but he...

I do not have the time to read the whole post. I had the spring break on my oil door on a Commander 112. Same latch system with four rivets. I purchased two new ones for 15.00 each and use just the spring. Filed off the head on the pin holding the two halves together, removed pin...