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So right now I think we are leaning towards something in the Adirondacks/Lake Champlain area for some of the time and ?maybe? coastal Maine. There's some places between Portland and Belfast. A day trip to Mt Washington Cog rail and or Acadia Nat. Park sounds good. Those seem pretty likely at...

I think one question is, what airports have camping on site that we could maybe spend a couple days at? Anywhere from NY to Maine. I don't know that Canada is a good option for this trip just with plane permissions and such.

IFR clearance out of MDW in a 172, "Radar vectors 090 to point X" After departure on a SB RWY, "Turn right, heading 270." After I hit DPA area they finally turned me north like I was wanting to go.

I've taken an Arrow into places shorter than that no problem. I think I will be in a 182 for this trip. Not sure, yet, but likely. As long as I don't have to rent a Cirrus, I think we'll be ok there if we decide to do Boston. We need to sit down and plan some. I like the Ft Ti, Lake Champlaign...

It doesn't have to be the coast. NH mountains were an idea too. I lived in AK for awhile. I'm partial to mountains, but not stuck on them.... Looking up the park.

My wife and I are planning a vacation to New England mid August. Maybe just over a week in length. Her idea of a vacation is go somewhere and stay and relax. Mine is to get in the plane and fly places. (Good thing we are going from KY to NC before we go up that way.) We've never been up there...

Lot's of your flying sounds a lot like mine. My choices would be the 182 or Arrow. I could see a 177 also. I was flying an Arrow 3, had 1005 lb useful load, and could get 8hrs of fuel in it. 9 gal/hr 130 TAS. Sometimes a little better. I would still do "short" fields or grass. If you are trying...

I like the idea of checking plugs. Swap both plugs, say the idea of both from 1 to both of 3. See if the problem follows. It's a simple check that shouldn't take much time. https://www.avweb.com/news/maint/egt_and_cht_interpretation_198791-1.html

What's your normal? If you normally run 98, by time you are getting low 90's you should start thinking about it. Drawing the line at 90 seems good to me. End tidal CO2 with 02 sats are a better way of determining efficiency of respirations, but that gets into some expensive med equipment. How...

Usually pull the cowl off. If you had a borescope and really wanted to, I guess you could do it that way, but seems like more trouble than it's worth. Visual inspections are just that. Use a light, mirror if you need to. I don't remember the details of that AD, but if you look at the cyls, and...

The plane I have been trading maintenance for flying in has just been sold. Owners unlikely to be getting another plane. It was a great deal for both sides. I wish I was in a spot to have bought the plane, but anyway, I'm looking around for another one that suits both parties. I am looking for...

The arrow is a great traveling plane. I have over 70 hrs in them. The arrow that is probably being sold that I have been trading maintenance for flying I was getting 130 -135 tas at about 8.5 gph. I planned 9. The plane had 72 useable. That's a long ride. I just got back yesterday from a weekend...

I don't have a family doc is the whole point, So if I go looking for one, should I look for one that can also do a class 2 medical? Or is it better to keep them separate?

So I haven't paid a whole lot of attention to the basic med details, esp as I generally get a Class 2 medical. I never have really had need of a doc beyond an occasional ER/Urgent care visit. What are the pros/cons of finding a new family doc that's also a FAA ME? Is it even worth it to look...

Any more to the story? What did it sound like? If you could hear the thing vary speed, check tach. Was the mixture really pulled all the way out and still didn't kill it?

Go find a Preval kit at NAPA, O'Reilly's, etc. Mix your own 2-3 part paint, spray away. Then keep the glass jar and buy a refill kit. Full kit is $7-8. Refill aerosol can is $3? If it's small spots brush. If a larger area, spray is generally better. Just don't ask me to do it if you want it to...

While flying across the Blue Ridge Mtns with a whopping 7 hrs or so, wind pops a wing up to what seemed to me to be over 90 deg. (Now, I bet it was around 30-45 deg.) As I'm sitting there in shock at what just happened, he's sitting back, arms crossed, laughing and said "Well, fix it." "Oh...

Guess I never thought about doing that. Makes sense.

Depends on how badly scratched it is, how patient the repairer is, and you will likely end up with a bit of a halo depending on the size of the repair and curve of the window. It's removing material in the plexi so that it can be clear again, but changing thickness can affect the view. It can...

B200 I work on occasionally is mechanical not hyd.