Aviation Forum / General / Aviation / March 2005

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/03/30/aviation.accidents.ap/index.html
"Private planes were also involved in fewer crashes last year. The accident
rate fell from 6.77 per 100,000 flight hours to 6.22, the lowest recorded by
the NTSB since it began keeping statistics in 1975. There ...

I have a Garmin GMA 340 audio panel and I want to wire my cell phone to COM
3 through a jack in the panel.  Do I need a resister somewhere?
Mike
MU-2

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OK I picked this topic after reading through the 'flying to hamvention''
thread. Being a non-instrument rated private pilot, not sure what
constitutes a 'legal' alternate airport. If VFR, weather minimums must be
met just to get there. If IFR, I assume there is visibility minimum

We wrapped up a quiet weekend at the hotel (holidays are usually slow in a
college town, since no one is actually *from* here), and the weather
couldn't have been better.  Sunny skies, light winds, temps in the upper
50s, and expected to hit the 70s tomorrow.

I'm helping a friend sell his collection of aviation magazines. Haven't
finished cataloguing them yet but here are the titles. There are about
300 in total, dated 2000 to early 2005 and in like-new condition. Most
are newsstand bought so the covers are free of address labels:

I've become aware of an event that indicates certain decision-making
failures.  The parties involved were lucky, so there was not even an
incident out of this.  But that doesn't make the choices involved any less
risky.

Forgive me if these are dumb questions, but as a new owner - '75
Sundowner, I'm learning as I go here..
1.  If I install a panel mount intercom myself, I need an A&P to agree
to sign the log.  True?

I just got my new GSM phone (previously I had a TDMA phone). I noticed
that in flight it said "Emergency Use Only" on the display. I was about
4,000 feet over SMF airport.
-Robert

During the annual of my 1963 Cessna 172D the A&P discovered a one inch long
crack originating from the rear rivet line on both one flap and elevator. He
says there is a Cessna approved repair procedure to replace a portion of the
skin and no need to replace the whole part. Can ...

For those of you who do not have experience with etanol as fuel here
it goes. Engine compression is a little bit biger than a gasoline
engine. It burns a little bit more fuel. The big problem is that
ethanol is corosive. It will eat even carburators specially treated

O.K. With the new seat belts on order and the pending order of the
carpet, wall kit, and seat covers, the last 2 items are the headliner
and the window surround plastic. The headliner is in good shape with
only a slight variation in the color here and there. I will do the "Kiwi

Can someone tell me if my thinking is correct here.  First VLD is the
speed where there is the least drag on the plane right?  So it takes the
least amount of power to maintain level flight at VLD, any slower or
faster in level flight requires more power?  Now suppose you are at ...

OK, back at the end of last year, I renewed my AOPA membership, and as a
part of the deal they were to send out the new airport directories, when
they were ready, as well as a cap and other tidbits (that little yellow
scale thing, stickers and what-not). The hat and the other stuff ...

Day 0 (Wits and wallet still intact)
Just placed the call for the order to Airtex. I did talk to the folks in
the shop to ask about whether hog ringing through the support canvas
will REALLY hold up and not tear. They say it works fine. While calling