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Heck, Charlie Warbelow once flew a Cub from Great Falls to Tok in ONE day.....well, actually, I think he slopped over into the next day enroute. ...

Trying to avoid the concept of casting stones, George. We all make mistakes, I certainly have made a few. Also, if you sump a tank immediately...

Yes, MTV

Pete, I experimented with pumping from both tips to both mains in my 170 at a safe height, and didn't seen any issues. I called Flint at one...

Look at a photo with flaps deployed..... I'm 5 feet 8 inches, if I secure the seat belt and shoulder harness as tight as they should be, my head...

In my experience, expecting to do that in five days is reasonable. But, nobody ever suggested that the weather is necessarily “reasonable”. That is...

I had the internal Flint tip tanks installed on my O-360 powered C-170B. The only other option for that airplane at the time was the baggage...

Well, you’d better plan on wearing a helmet EVERY time you fly. That handle could do some serious damage to your face in an accident. I agree on...

Like many wildlife species, they can be very friendly, especially if acclimated to people--right up till they kick the **** out of you. As winter...

Pretty much the same thing Airguide described. With the short lever, when you're trying to dump flaps from full flaps, getting the little bugger to...

And, by the same token, try selling something these days.....lots of Looky-loos out there, who'll waste your time and band width. MTV

I've flown two different Cubs with stock flaps and the shortened handle, and hated both. No way I'd do that to a perfectly good airplane. MTV

A high time C-46 guy told me always thinks “Drive it into the ditch” for aileron use in crosswinds. The “EZ-Flap” thing went sideways when the guy...

And this relates to the current discussion how? MTV

I don’t like ANYthing that close to my head, helmet or no. MTV

I just finished reading Corwin “Corky” Meyer’s recollection of his career as an Experimental Test Pilot for Grumman. For perspective, he started his...

That’s an easy one: Remember the John Denver accident? Precisely the circumstance, and the family, which inherited a significant fortune, sued the...

Agreed on the rigging issue. Same could be argued for proper landing gear rigging, which may be even more critical. Both MAY be able to be...

There's no way a potential buyer would take my plane out for a flight, regardless of his experience in type. Suppose the guy rolls it up in a...

There is likely nothing wrong with that engine. This is standard on C-90s in PA-11s, at least. As Jerry noted, the blast tube doesn’t do anything...

I have a 90 on my pa11 with oil temp issues has anyone installed a oil cooler?[/ Do you have the blast tube blowing on your oil temp bulb? MTV

Nice, but seems it’d be pretty easy to slip out of those bindings…..particularly after an adult beverage or two….just sayin. MTV

But, where's the challenge in that? MTV

Sometimes you really, really need compaction.....up to one's chest in that otherwise. MTV

And, do absolutely as much of the installation of systems BEFORE you hang the plane on the floats. Once it's on floats, working on it becomes an...

This conversation speaks directly to one's definition of the term "Survival gear". Here is a definition offered by Wikipedia: "A survival kit...

No doubt, but try getting a badly stuck ski plane unstuck by tramping out a runway with them. MTV

This one went on for the first 150 - 200 hours, then stopped. The gent I spoke with was pretty sure someone left an entire rag in one tank. He said...

I agree. In aerobatic flight, it makes sense to set the altimeter to zero prior to launch so you don't have to do math while thinking about...