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Lets see..... Aeronca 11AC Chief Beech A36 C24R T34A T34B Bellanca 7ECA Citabria 7KCAB Citabria 8KCAB Decathalon 14-19 Cruisemaster (owned it....avatar pic) 17-30 Super Viking Boeing PT13-D (Stearman) Cessna 152 170B 172 145HP, 150HP, 160HP, 180HP and 200HP(T41-190deratedHP) 172RG 175 and...

Watching a local guy with a cirrus looking replace his chute at the 10yr limit I find that its more like $15k minimum today and who knows what it will be in 10 more years. When he bought the plane 6 years ago it was supposed to cost $10k to replace, not repack and its gone up 50% in that time...

I wore one when I was flying with the CAP because they required it otherwise I'd not wear one. I'm not sure what it gains you for fire resistance in real life and they look silly for civvies. Compared to the firesuits and nomex undies we wore for pitstops with indycars they are a joke. I have...

I like the t-carts. I did primary in an L2, took my checkride in an F19, got to fly an F22 and owned a 41 BC12-65 for quite some time. They were all great planes. I like the cub and flying from the backseat is an odd but kind of neat feeling. I do like flying with the door open but it pays to...

This is not true, the foam is a structural part and needs to be bonded to the skin to retain full strength. It is a shear web that keeps the skins on opposite sides from moving in relation to each other. It is like the center of an "I" beam....its not so much directly part of the strength, it...

The vinyl and polyesther resins use styrene as a polymer and thinner so you are correct that it melts the styrofoam used in the rutan planes. That means you're stuck with epoxy of some type for this application. Most of the rutan stuff used safety poxy in the timeframe you were asking about We...

I've worked on a lot of jumper dumpers and glider tugs and most of them seem to make TBO more regularly than the average joes cessna. I've never seen a cylinder crack from overcooling myself....never heard of one that wasn't a buddies buddies friends wifes tailors mechanics friend who told the...

I flew my '41 Taylorcraft all over New Mexico after I brought it out from the SF Bay area. It isn't fast as you noted but for fun its hard to beat. Nice flying plane with no nasty habits. Cheap to run and maintain and a good one for landing off airport whenever you can. I did a lot of hayfield...

The truth of the matter is that yes....a good test taker can easily pass the written part of the test with no problems even if he doesn't know much in real life. In fact, if the examiner is of the type to pass a student for other than realistic reasons the practical could be done too.... I...

I had 2 170A's that had been groundlooped. One had the P-Ponk kit on it and the other was stock. The one with the kit had much more serious damage to more parts than the other. In the unmodified fuselage the gearbox was damaged on one side and there were some skins damaged too. On the P-ponk...

I spent a lot of time in L2, F19 and BC12 taylorcraft planes and they are great teachers and fun to fly. Cost of operation is low due to the lack of electricity and the parts that produce it as well as the low power engine. You'll have to get used to hand propping which seems to be a bad word...

Its a well known fact that England doesn't have a dust problem.... Frank

I grew up in NM back in the old days and watched a new york smoker pass out on the Santa Fe Ski area chairlift. Scared the crap out of me as I grabbed him and prevented his fall from the chair. I thought I was Doing well at 12K feet with all my extra hemoglobin....On a night flight from Santa Fe...

We had one in the CAP squadron I belonged to in the 90's. It wasn't a bad plane but putting the tailwheel on the wrong end didn't help. Handling was ok but it was cramped for anyone over 5'6" high. It kind of seemed like a gilded dandelion to me. Not a bad plane but I wouldn't buy one. There are...

I've seen quite a few balloons in the air at various altitudes. Normally they are more prevalent around the time of sports or holiday events. Flying north of the race track in indy and you'll see bunches of balloons from time to time. There is the 500 track, a drag strip and a small oval where...

I think the jury is out on composite aging right now. I've seen stuff that was built in the 60's that looks great and I've seen stuff built in the 90's that looks like crap. It depends on a lot of things like how they were stored and how much sunlight they received. Composites can have issues...

Indeed that is true....I think even the lowly M60 and possibly the tiny Bradley are threats to the old timer. I feel safe enough driving the thing here in the states where there isn't much in the way of enemy traffic. I wouldn't want to be near one over there as its just not a safe place to be...

Its pretty much a zero mph stall speed. As long as its moving you're ok. On the other hand if you spin one in, woe to whatever you hit...... Frank

The weather in Indiana finally cleared up enough to do some flying to nowhere in the 175 yesterday. Just burning holes the sky and leaving green tracks on the GPS. A little over an hour covered a pretty good bit of ground and while it was a bit bumpy it was nice to get back in the air when it...