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Thanks to those that had great answers. There was little to no wind. Everything felt normal on the controls and even roll out and rotation. Unless the tach was lying RPM was where it should be and engine running smooth. The ADS-B data was quite telling. Initial climb out was around 150fpm but...

Forgot to mention I am in south jersey and the elevation is 162’ above sea level.

Clear up a few things. My passenger is a pilot with lots of hours and in type. It was a mutual decision to continue, burn some fuel and go to where an A&P familiar with my airplane is. There was no engine problem, correct RPM for the climb and smooth running. The ADS-B data holds the biggest...

Carb heat was not on and mags were both. The tach read 2,400 and airspeed was 85mph (Vy), pretty normal for takeoff. I have a climb prop, don’t know the specifications until I look into the log. That I know for sure. Whether the instruments were lying I have no way to tell. Roll out and rotation...

I always take off at WOT at full rich mixture. As to the decision to fly an hour away was the cruise climb was where it should be and the cruise RPM and airspeed was where it should be. My home airport has jumpers and I left the area as I was getting in the way circling the airport. I...

The POH performance chart only shows density altitude and weight to determine climb performance. I got the density altitude from the AWOS. The temperature is what I read on my car and does not factor into the performance charts which was just my observation. The Cherokee may be slow to climb but...

The flaps were up so that was not with it. The primer was in a locked but even if it wasn’t RPM was where it should have been on climb out. I would suspect if the primer wasn’t in or leaking I would have had an RPM drop. Have had the airplane for 6 years and never had this happen before.

Had an interesting problem I can’t figure out. Barely any wind if any at all, 83 degrees F out and calculated take off weight of 2,000 pounds with a passenger. I have flown with this same person and weather before and could easily achieve a climb rate of 700fpm. With the density altitude...

Why did Piper change from the overhead and door vents to the later floor vents? Having learned in Cessna 172s the wing vents were nice. However in my 1969 Cherokee 140 the floor vents don’t seem to cool you as good has the Cessna 172 vents. I have never flown an older Cherokee with the overhead...

I do not use the app but login to the website with my iPhone. Where the heck is the logout?

Sometimes busy airports are too busy to pay attention to FF. During flight training my instructor and I flew from South Jersey to North Jersey (Greenwood Lake). We got flight following and handed off to New York. When we had Greenwood lake in sight we called to cancel flight following with no...

My 1969 Cherokee 140B currently has a Gil battery that is about 9 years old and really slow to crank. I want to replace it with a a Concorde RG-35AXC. The Gil has wing nut connections to the battery. From pictures of the RG-35AXC it looks like round terminals. Do the battery wires have to be...

Just read at a local airport a 150G crashed while attempting to pick up a banner. From the article the airplane was unable to climb after picking up the banner. No word on engine malfunction and the pilot survived the crash into the woods. My question is seems a 150 whether it be any model is...

Yea, I mean stents. No heart or brain but each leg and stomach major arteries.

My cousin has been flying for over 20 years VFR SEL. When Basic Med became available he switched to it. He is currently in the hospital with 3 aneurysms; both legs and stomach. He is a good candidate to have stints put in as out patient surgery and avoiding slice and dice surgery. Since he is...

I was in a similar situation. I got my PPL at 57 and 62 hours flying twice a week. However I was struggling with landing. It just seemed to never click with me. My cousin who flies a Pitts and has a Cherokee 140 would call me after every lesson and he was getting frustrated it was taking me too...

I was a little slow on the uptake there and had to look up what happened to Charles after the war. Then I got the reference to Martha.

Never heard of this guy before. Who is he you ask? In 1919 flew through the Arch de Triomph in Paris. He only got a warning.

Just FYI. Some rental places charge wet and dry time. Dry time is if you take the airplane somewhere and don’t fly it for a few days. For example you have a 3 day weekend and rent the airplane. You fly 2 hours to the destination which is Hobbes time. The plane sits for 2 days before flying back...

Thanks for the link, it was extremely helpful! Lots of paperwork but within the realm of doable. Will consider it for next year.