Aviation Forum / General / Aviation / June 2005

I am looking at pruchasing an A36.  I am 6'3" with a fair amount of my
height in my torso.  I sat in the A36 and found that my head hit the
ceiling, even without a headset.
I found this interesting, as I have fit in every plane I've flown.

Anyone have experience with installing VG's on a 172 (preferably an
"M")?
If you've done it or flown one with VG's, would you recommend it as a
positive enhancement?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/plane_crash_investigation
I think this was reported a month ago as well, but there was another
round of news releases today stating that the pilots took their
Bombardier CJR200 to its maximum altitude of 41,000 ft. Afterwards,

CNN is carrying a breaking news story from British Columbia.
A runaway ferry could not get into reverse thrust and plowed through a
marina crushing a number of small boats.
We should obviously outlaw all boat traffic.

My partner and I are talking about offer a 1/3 of our Mooney to the
Sacramento area to keep the hours up on it. What web sites would the
group recommend we post the offering on? Barnstormers, ??? We've
thought about trade-a-plane but it doesn't seem to be the place people

I just got word from one of my mail order shops that the Ernest Gann/John Wayne
movies "Island in the Sky" and "The High and the Mighty" will be available on
DVD August 2. They said that one will be a 2 DVD set -- the second contains
interviews with Gann & Wayne and outtakes from ...

    We finally did it.... we had to weigh the airplane.  After three years of
owning it, upgrading radios, adding whatzits (Tannis heater, vacuum filter, new
strobe, etc), we finally had a custom interior made up for it.  Since the last
weighing was without an interior and the ...

I've kept my eyes out for existing partnerships in a plane that
suits my needs but don't see any in my  area (SQL, PAO, SJC, RHV).
So time for me to take the initiative and get on the horse to
start looking for a plane to buy.  Most likely it will be myself,

I am considering purchasing one of these "cheap" twins but before even
making the long trip to check it out, I am wondering if there are any
views on the flight characteristics and costs of ownership of this
plane.  Is it a difficult thing to land?  Single engine performance and

I am thinking about flying to CYOW (Ottawa McDonald Cartier) this weekend.
Could anyone give local advice re Customs and FBOs?
I have flown into Canada several times, but never through CYOW.
I'm thinking about returning through Syracuse.  I usually go through

hmm, maybe I missed the thread here ... (?) .. anyway:
John Walton (son of the Walmart founder) died in a plane crash:
<http://news.google.com/news?q=John+Walton+pilot>
#m

I have the above setup. The KLN94 also drives a KMD550; the connection
between the two uses the "enhanced" RS232 data stream so the KMD550
displays the KLN94 flight plan.
The GTX330 transponder is the recent addition. The 330 works but the

You might want to write to Rick Santorum and tell him why this is such a
bad idea:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/21/m1a_wx_0421.html
Essentially, Accuweather has paid Sen. Rick Santorum to put this bill

Went out the the airport to carve up some air this afternoon in the Archer.
During the preflight, I noticed that I could get almost no flow from the
right sump drain.  Was concerned that if the sump drain was blocked, there
might be stuff in the tank that could also block the ...

Folks around the Blackhawk Airport (87Y near Madison, WI) have been curious
as to what the state of the airport is lately..  Especially since the
following has happened in the last 18 months:
The rental planes were sold.