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Cleaning up the vomit all over the instrument panel on a Malibu. They blew it into the throttle quadrant and even inside of the right control wheel shaft that the medalion missing. It never stopped smelling. It got the nick name vomit comet.

That really sounds great for the area. Are they doing much up I those big hangars at Brunswick? I am still amazed at the airport and facility that they have. Maine was our second choice for a new place to live. We chose MA instead.

So the next step up from the Saratoga would be a nice Malibu. A couple flying clubs out in CA had one in the past.

I don't know how the ring pieces can get by without damaging the cylinder. I must be getting to old. I would pull it and check it out. I'm not talking about a couple times that this has happened to other owners. I

I had two calls in the last month about sudden high oil consumption on the Lycoming TIO540 engine. So much consumption that they landed with very little oil. In both cases it was a broken oil control ring. Sudden consumption has been a bad turbo many times too, oil loss is so fast in those...

We have this problem all of the time with the Mirage and Matrix Lycoming engines. At first nobody wants to believe it's a cylinder problem. I have found the oil control ring stuck, but in most cases it's broken. The oil consumption will drop immediately, normally as bad as 1 qt per hour. I've...

I think it was Tristar Metals in Wichita that I was using for certified sheet metal. I liked the prices at the yard for the uncertified baffle repair materials. I would just send my hangar keeper over in the truck to pick it up at either place.

I"m sorry you have to move to KS. The yard is a good source but is sometimes limited. I'm enroute to MA now and I'll try to remember the the name of the reliable supplier I used in ICT.

It looks like we got about 8" last night. The big difference over KS is that the wind didn't blow it into huge drifts. They are opening Northfield Mountain soon to snow shoe and cross country ski fun. I'm glad to have a plow for the truck.

I believe the Jetprop is approved door FL270 it leaves you very close to the 10k cabin. With reduced inflow bleed air into the cabin it's very easy to drop max dif. and increase cabin altitude without a lot of cabin leakage. There is also a cabin altitude warning annunciator. 5.5 is the max...

I would rather work with the Mooney than the aft end of a Machen converted 700 P Aerostar. It's a bad time! An Aerostar shop was complaining about how hard it was to work on the aft end of a Mirage engine. I guess it's all in what you're use to working on.

Many of the owners go right up to FL 270. I haven't seen this Malibu since it was in conversion back in 1998. He is the same owner that originally had it converted too.

Just wait, that Lance is a walk in the park. This winter marks my 35th year of maintaining GA and corporate aircraft.

That doesn't sound to far off.

I installed Amsafe air bag seat belts in my 172 and my now former Malibu, I couldn't imagine having a plane without them. I still find myself thinking about an old customer that crashed in his Malibu and hit his head. He's out of his coma now, but he will never be close to the same man. The...

I've never bought an airplane through a broker. I had Kansas Aircraft sell my Malibu and I will do it again on the next sale. I didn't want the " what's your bottom dollar calls".

An old PA46-310P converted to a Jetprop would make the best choice for the single pressurized turbo prop aircraft. It would be the best value.

I think a Malibu would do the job perfectly. Go high and non-stop.

Re: Did you come from an aviation family or are you a 1st generation pilot/enthusiast Third generation. My 3 kids got their private in our 172, I guess that will make them 4 th gen. My grandfather had airplanes during the depression even when it was hard to feed the family and pay the...

I really have to watch my tounge when it comes to the Jet Shop. I know exactly what the outcome will be when a PA-46 ends up in one of those shops. The owners often feel comfortable and tell me that it's okay they work on jets. The management will not care about your aircraft or the final...