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There are two AD's that would affect your propellers if they are the older, steel hub props. Both of those AD's require an inspection. If the props are really bad, there's a newer style prop (with aluminum hubs, rather than steel) that you can install. The cost of the PAIR of the aluminum hub...

At least on the mock up, it doesn't look like you can land in airplane mode.

There is actually a project that has been going on for several years now out of the University if Wisconsin. They send out questionnaires which basically ask "what is the name of the strip of grass that grows between the sidewalk and the street?" or "what is the name of a big dinner where...

Frankly, the sentence seems pretty harsh to me. My daughter is a nurse, and she has told me about things other nurses have done that were far worse than this that resulted in suspensions of the licence, but not a revocation. I almost have to wonder if there's more to the story.

I'd love it if the Browns picked up Cardale Jones. He's Cleveland native, and they love those Ohio boys in Cleveland. That and they guy's a stud. I think that him being a good QB and a Cleveland guy would be a win-win for the Browns, but I haven't heard that they were looking at him. I have to...

OK, I’ll see if I can help out coloradobluesky. I’m assuming you have a Hartzell constant speed propeller. If you have a “typical” Hartzell constant speed propeller in a single engine aircraft, you have what Hartzell calls a “-1” propeller. A “-1” uses oil under pressure from the governor to...

Thought you all might like this story. A few years ago, one of my co-workers and I were invited to a “career day” at one of the local schools. We were to talk about our jobs, what we like about them, what our education was, and so on. My co-worker with me was a salesman, and I’m a technical...

A couple of things could be going on here. First, I'd suggest seeing if there is any "slop" in the push-pull cable for your governor control. You can probably just put the prop control where it would be in cruise flight, then open the cowl and see if the control arm of the governor will move a...

I'm not talking about tilting the plane. I’m talking about putting the plane on the trailer diagonally.

Just curious. Might it be possible to put the plane on the trailer at an angle, reducing the overall width and dispense with the "wide load" problems altogether?

I read a story once (perhaps here?) that a guy used his cert as ID to get the government discount at a hotel because of the "Federal Aviation Administration" title on the card.

Went a few years ago on a business trip. Flew out in early spring. Checked Oslo temperatures before I left, and they were running in the 40's (F). OK, not too bad. Came out of the clouds coming in to land and everything below me was white! Plenty of snow on the ground - about 10 inches, but the...

My father in law had one to keep in his hogs. It was only about 100 ft long, if that. The wire ran about a foot or a foot and a half off the ground - about hog nose height. It was very effective. The only problem with it was that it was right in the side yard - not a high traffic area, but you...

Didn't know that. Too bad you had to find out the hard way!

I work with carbon fiber on a fairly regular basis. It's pretty easy to work with, and it looks great whan it is cured. The only difficulties I have working with it is that the stuff I use is stiffer than fiberglass, so it has trouble turning sharp corners. The only other problem is that if you...

Not sure if this qualifies, but the Air New Zealand pre-flight safety videos with the Lord of the Rings format are pretty entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbPFHu3OOc

My story is kind of crazy. I was teaching a training class. Class started at 8 or 9 AM, can’t remember which, but when we walked into the classroom, either nothing had happened yet, or we didn’t know about it. Taught the class for about two hours, then we took a break. I came out of the...

I used to live a ways out of town and had an old Rizzato Califfo Deluxe moped that I used to ride into town from time to time if I had a little errand to run (get a loaf of bread, six pack of beer, etc.) It was fun to ride, but you didn't want to have to pedal it. The gear on the pedals was only...

"The Dirt Bike Kid" was Ralphie from "A Christmas Story."

Did you buy your Mooney at Fremont (14G)? They used to have two of them there, one out front and one ain a specially constructed hangar.