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You should hold onto the window when opening it in flight so it doesn't hammer the retaining stop. My 175 occasionally pops open unexpectedly but that doesn't really do anything but make noise. I don't find it helps with internal cooling any better than just the wing vents though so I don't open...

Quit worrying about what the airspeed is measured in. Its makes no difference. Use the numbers for that particular airplane and the guage it has in it. If it reads in kilometers, arshins or inches per day it makes no difference. If the book or the check pilot says use 291 1/2 on the guage for...

as is typical in most govt listings you may or may not find it when you use logical search criteria. I've had a pilot and mechanic certificate since the 80s and I don't show either....unless I look only under my last name. Any other info used will cause it to not find anything. Using my last...

If you do an extra run up what are you hurting? Nothing you say? Great. If you miss something that you might have caught at a run up could you regret it? The truth of the matter is that you probably don't need to do a full run up every time you head out to the runway but what can it hurt to do...

Thanks for posting that, it is interesting. When I tried the link it showed the first 2 sentences of the article and popped up a window that said "to read further give us your email address or likes on 3 of these sites." Not being a user of facebook, twitter or whatever the rest were I didn't...

I don't think he's talking about the trucks and cars....just the planes. In addition I think the plane engines can use car diesel as well. Frank

would be an interesting read if they didn't require you to submit to advertising crap. Not worth screwing with if they can't just post it..... Frank

From the flying standpoint I thought they were great. Flys like a 172. I flew one over the top of mount St Helens many years back and it was no big deal to clear the peak by 2K feet from troutdale airport on the columbia. From the mechanic standpoint I'd ask myself seriously if I was willing to...

The biggest advantage to normalized over boosted is the heat produced by the compressor. The normalized turbo system will produce more heat than a normally aspirated engine because it is compressing air. This will cause more wear and tear on your engine. The next step is boosting the intake...

I used to fly my 65HP taylorcraft out of Coronado airport on the north side of Alb and never had any issues either heading south along the mountains and sneaking through the pass over I40 or heading north around the end of the Sandias. Its an easy hop. I flew out of Sandia Airpark and Moriarity...

Not sure if you know anything or not but this statement you made wasn't quite correct other than noting that aviation and car ratings aren't the same. The 100/130 rating is based on lean(100) and rich (130) ratings on the fuel for aviation use. It is based first on what is basically equivalent...

After seeing a number of survivable accidents where pilots and/or passengers were killed due to hitting the panel with their heads I think shoulder harnesses are a must. I hate them but wear them. I installed them in my 1960 175 because its simple and could save a life. You can slip them off and...

I too learned to fly in planes with speakers and no headsets. They were loud. My current ride seems a bit quieter. When I take off my headset its louder but not a lot. Still louder than my car though. We can talk in the Volkswagen while cruisin down the highway and its no trouble to hear and...

I kept my Tcraft and a Bellanca 14-19 there at Coronado til about 97 or so. I knew they closed it down and see the leftovers every time I come home to see the folks. I still can't figure out why the tribe shut it down when it was bringing in money for them. Especially since they built the...

Did all my primary in an L2 taylorcraft, finished up in an F19 taylorcraft and was flying my BC12 taylorcraft solo while working on my license. First plane I got checked out in once I got my ticket was the J3. Its a lot different than any of the Tcarts. All this was done in 89 so no endorsement...

I made almost that exact trip in 1989 in the old 1941 taylorcraft BC12-65. I got my ticket at RHV-Amelia Reids school. I kept the t-cart at Tracy and flew the 52 miles back and forth solo til I did my checkride. Once I finished up I flew from Tracy to Bakersfield pretty direct, from there I went...

I was surprised by this one.....Hagerstown Indiana Apt (I61) is 1000ft elevation and is an actual grass field for real airplanes and heli's. RC guys use a portion but its intended for us who sit inside our planes. On the other hand, the hagerstown airport they listed (I19) is an RC aircraft...

I'm not sure which is highest in Indiana but it doesn't really matter since the highest point in the state is only 1250' or so. My plane is based at Newcastle which is 1050'. I used to have a plane based in Moriarty NM at 6002' and that wasn't the highest in the state. I think the lowest in NM...

I know that one of my favorite chinese restaurants back in the 80's got shut down when the health dept was tipped off that there were a lot of cat carcasses in the dumpster. We were a little disappointed because it was one of our favorite chinese restaurants and the beef dishes always seemed so...

The AK47 had a milled receiver made from a block of steel, the AKM has a stamped receiver made from a sheet of steel. What does a rimless case have to do with any of that? They both shoot a rimless case, the 7.62X39 M43. The AK74 shoots a rimless case as well...the 5.45X39. In reality the AK47...