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Drew, I’ve been where you are with this site. My first post was looking for an STC to put an 18 tail on my J-3. The first half dozen posts were...

https://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2011/InFO11018.pdf See note 1 on page 2,...

Ya, my wife is into quilting. When she bought her first machine I figured a $199 Singer was gonna do it. Ended up with a $3,000 Pfaff..... Last year...

Gary, Wish I could remember their names... Don’t think it was Larry, maybe some day it will come back to me. Yes Mike, all 3 Lofstedt’s were...

Thanks Mike and Gary. I enjoy hearing the details of some of the projects I worked around. I didn’t get involved with the Kodiak capture work, but...

I’ve yet to see a written or oral exam that would keep a pilot from making a poor decision in his aircraft.

Yep, they’re just people. Difference is they are bureaucrats, and those with unhelpful personalities now have government backing to be unhelpful....

https://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php?42708-Oops-darn-it/page47 Discussion starts toward bottom of this page, post #1874.

Well, it’s pretty much all we had. I guess it’s good we didn’t know what would be available in the future or we probably would have just waited on...

I agree bigger tires are better for up there, and we would have had them if all todays options were available, but in the 70’s and 80’s we flew Cubs...

I’ve always been intrigued by the debate about stock versus modified. It’s your airplane, your choice. I have a modified J-3/PA-11 and I had a guy...

I love Stinsons. My brother had one when we lived in Alaska and it was a great flying airplane that performed pretty well. I have a -2 that’s about...

As people get to the age where they have enough experience to really contribute, they’ve also had enough experience with people to lose some patience...

Off topic.. A number of years ago the Bombardier Global Express fleet had a rash of aircraft that drug wing tips during crosswind landings due to...

My O-200 Cub ran with an oil separator that returned to the case for 20 years. At overhaul there was no sign of rust, corrosion or other negative...

Limited whose operations? You really think a bunch of cub pilots will prevail over commercial drone operations? I doubt it. Air commerce will prevail...

I’ve always used CIGAR and GUMPS. Works great. And I agree Peter, be very careful who you choose as your mentor or hero in aviation. The pilot that...

It seems to me whether you have all the “gizmos” or not is irrelevant. It’s how you use them. The pilot always has, and always will be the biggest...