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I have flown a Tomahawk for 5 months shy of 30 years, roughly 3600 hours on the tach, all around the country. It cruises at 100 knots and will stay flying 5 hours, but I usually do 3.5 hour legs. Very stable, 6 gph. 350 pounds payload with full tanks—this was achieved the Lindbergh way, by...

Sometimes pilots don’t squawk 1200. There are some congested airspaces, usually near large airports, where you are assigned a specific code. Other times you might be assigned one if you want traffic alerts from controllers. In these cases, even if the tailbeacon is set to anonymous, the n number...

Here is an excellent example taken a few days ago, you see here 6 aircraft, 4 sending out tail numbers, 2 anonymous

Yes or I might have had a non-1200 squawk code, if so it will send N number out. Interesting--do you have ADSB-in? If so, do you see your tail number going out? If you don't see it on your ADSB but others do, that is very weird. But if you didn't know what you were sending out, for some reason...

It works perfectly! If it doesn't work for you, it's probably because the tailbeacon is not seeing you squawk 1200, if it doesn't, it will put out your tail number. In fact that is an excellent way to make sure your transponder is working, or not turned on. I fly 150-200 hours a year, all...

Use Tailbeacon and set it to Anonymous mode, as long as you squawk 1200 you show up as VFR or NA on any ADSB reciever. Excellent reason not to use flight following, as well.

This post is offensive. It seems a facile statement that if there is a rumor that a rule might devalue something, it’s price would go down. If you have a counterpoint to that, make it and dispense with puerile videos.

I heard the FAA may release an NPRM at Oshkosh this year that will allow operation of many more aircraft than are allowed currently under Sport License certification. If true this should devalue many LSAs.

Haven't seen this one posted, first one that came to mind The Tubes -- Don't Touch Me There (Live at Shepherds Bush Empire 2004) - YouTube

I eat out on business trips overseas, I have seen no difference in the quality of service with their model than ours. On the contrary, I hosted an English friend here for a while and she was absolutely livid at how (female) servers behave, as far as she was concerned they were "pushing their...

Well, I would pay for a cop plinking app. When I am bored I go up and hunt patrol cars on the interstate, and tag them on Waze. But it is a pain to use that app, it would be nice to have something with crosshairs, maybe even sound effects, ideally something that would correct the position for...

Hi, you might be well served to talk to a fellow with a similar plane on your field. The costs people post here vary quite a bit, reflecting the diversity of experiences and costs through the US. I am surprised at how high some of them are for some people, and how low they are for others, so in...

I heard a rumor that the FAA will introduce a NPRM at Oshkosh that will significantly expand the number of planes that can be flown with a Sport Pilot cert, they will not be classified as LSA’s but you will be able to fly them with a driver’s license as a medical. It would take effect in 2024...

Hope this isn’t too much of a thread drift: after I bought my plane in the 90’s I considered joining CAP, attended one meeting but decided it wasn’t for me for many of the reasons cited here. But I did want to give back to the community so in addition to Young Eagles & Pilots n Paws I recently...

Rusty Gill over at W75 would probably do it, he owns ICS there.

thank you very much, mine looks like the bottom. Will talk to him about cleaning the carb inlet.

Thank you very much, this is perfect! I think it is mounted to the firewall, the drain plug sticks out of the cowling. Sorry I could not snap a pic as the cowling is back on.

I have a new A&P for annual, he took apart the gascolator and there was no screen there--I have looked but I cannot seen to find a part number or anything offered for sale on the various aviation websites--does this engine perhaps not use a screen? Many thanks in advance!

I have landed at Caldwell (CDW) and hopped a bus into NYC, not sure if its the closest but as I recall there were no ramp fees. It was a short walk from the FBO to the bus station.

I think the FAA can always see your hex number so it’s not like you’re hidden or anything but it does cut down on the riff raff watching you with a raspberry pi receiver.