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People regularly come from Texas to Aspen, CO crossing a12,000' pass with their pets. I doubt if they would have any problems.

My 1964 C-210 has a service ceiling at gross of 21,000 feet. I have been to 23,000 feet at partial load. I can't believe a Bonanza is such a sick airplane that it can't clear 15,000 feet but maybe it is. I any case I have been flying the high Rockies for almost 70 years no problem. In fact I...

I have been flying the Rockies for almost 70 years with a WAC. But I know how to fly, how about you? What you shouldn't do is fly without paper charts.

Agree but dozens of airplanes have crashed trying to fly east from Aspen. The key is to climb higher BEFORE approaching the high country and not trying to outclimb the terrain. They fly up a valley that is too narrow for a 180 and can't climb above the end so they crash. If you are over 15,000...

Yes, but the FAA, in its infinite stupidity, no longer publishes World scale charts just Sectional and flying in a fast plane long distances with Sectionals is impractical. I am willing to bet they did not have paper chart on board. Colorado does give out World scale charts if you can get one. I...

I have a dirt strip and the last time (15 years ago) the grader charged $120/hour if he is in the neighborhood. A grader will do a better job and it should only take couple of hours.

You are in the wrong part of AZ. It's mid eighties in Bisbee. In any case if there is a water hose around you can flush, mouth blow and wait a millisecond for it to dry in that heat.

Can you? Possibly. May you without an A&P supervising? No.

Two were killed a few days ago in a 2007 Bonanza leaving Aspen. One was low time but the other pilot an ATP! It's always the same old sad story. The climbed up a canyon in trying to clear the high ridges to the east. The lowest possible pass is 12,000'. The rule is very simple: always circle...

Hire a road grader. That is what they are for. Crown it so it will drain. Then re-seed.

If you are REALLY worried about losing all your assets then never carry passengers that are not in your will. This is my rule. Your insurance limits will NOT cover a plane load of PAX and it will always be your fault no matter what. No friends in may plane only family members, period.

Mom said silence is golden and Mom was right.

Go to your local automotive paint store. There are paints made especially for plastic interiors which are super flexible and even work on seat coverings. As to fire safety 99% of the risk is in the underlying plastic not the miniscule paint film.

When I read letters like this I don't know whether tp laugh or cry. Tell me EXACTLY what the bead of RTV around the push rod tube is going to do to harm the engine. Suppose some RTV gets into the oil pan in which case it would appear in the oil filtering screen which it has not. The lubrication...

How would you seal an oil pan with an O-ring? Here it's RTV. The RTV does NOT keep oil from the oil tubes but it keeps the oil from reaching the upper seals. The small bead of of RTV just goes in the resulting channel between EXTERIOR of the oil tubes and the interior of the cylinder head hole...

Very true and it is an excellent seal but it also will work fine as a thin coating on gaskets except for use with gasoline. It will not damage auto or aircraft engines.

Modern auto engines use lots of aluminum just like aero engines and use identical lubrication systems. Of course it's not the standard way of sealing in aircraft engines because aircraft engines use backward technology. That's why pushrod tubes often leak. I will bet anyone $1000 or $10,000 or...

Personally I would sweat those 80 gallons of highly explosive liquid in my wings and engine compartment more. But you could also put the can in a large plastic bag.

Not one of you finger waggers has answered why today's billions of automotive engines deliberately use RTV silicon for engine sealing. I am waiting. Progress does not result from doing things the same old way and modern auto engines are light years ahead of our 1935 TCM technology. Maybe some...

BTW if TCM were so smart they would not have ADs. On a new Cessna 320 at 65 hours Total Time TSIO-470 I had an engine failure. I prefer thinking for myself. In fact as an aero engineer it's what's I am paid to do.