Look up "Civil Air Regulations Part 15 Aircraft Equipment Airworthiness". I had a PDF bookmarked for my use but posting a .pdf here results in vague...
A piece of chain link fencing makes a good snow drag. Either by itself, framed in on all edges with steel fence pipe, or fastened to a flat platform...
Recall the recent Caravan C-208 crash in Washington? Right wing came off or at least landed away from the fuselage. While waiting for the preliminary...
Sometimes in the Spring after lake ice is bared in spots I put on tires and go land to camp. Taxiing over remaining soft drifts (I'd guess >6" thick)...
This is where an oil analysis program, if established early and routinely maintained, might have detected abnormal levels of wear metals and silicon...
I ended up giving it to the A&P that helped me with an oil pressure issue in exchange for his time. He has a J-3 in restoration and could use it. My...
The pressure screen is supposed to be removed when the Tempest/F&M TAF-L spin-on adapter is installed. My C-85's wasn't and the A&P and I decided to...
The time I did this no cap flying, fuel visibly sprayed off the back of the left wing after takeoff. I happened to look for traffic and wondered why...
You folks to the south have ground pests....snakes bugs and sh+t...I understand the need for an isolation barrier. Anything that can hurt us up here...
Better yet...set up a canvas wall tent with wood stove and kerosene lamp. The bearskin rug covering the dirt floor for comfort, and a warm robe, what...
Thanks Gordon for the fill. The bulkhead for the cabin heat makes sense. A friend had a new Sutton on a PA-22 and was not pleased with the cabin heat...
I could tell when a Cessna muffler lost part of the cones in winter cold. Somewhere south of -20F down to -50F it required closing the outside fresh...
It was a "Trade Secret" until the owner confided over morning coffee. Same for wing-tail-fuselage-windshield-prop covers. Cover the area and tape it...
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