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    Piper wing spar eddy current testing

    Thought my PA-28 was no damage history. Recent log scrutiny reveals wing damage repaired 40 years ago (skins, gear strut, and prop). I’m guessing hard landing or runway excursion. I’m well away from the factored hours limit for mandatory wing spar AD, but my recent research turned up some...
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    Foreflight checklist issue

    I created a custom checklist for my specific airplane that I used for almost a year without issue. However, a few months ago I tried to use the checklist on my iPad, but I got a gray box with a circle and the word Loading. Same thing happens on my iPhone. Powering off both devices did nothing. A...
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    ATC asks me for winds.

    On two occasions now I’ve had ATC ask me for winds in cruise. I felt stupid and told them I didn’t know. I mean, I could tell them if I had a head or tail, or what general direction the wind was coming from, but that was about it. They said “Roger,” then asked another pilot who could promptly...
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    Notice to Air Mission

    Any thoughts on this change of wording? Grammatically I don’t think it is correct. An air mission seems to be a conceptual thing like a process rather than a concrete, animate object. I’m not sure you can notify a process. You could notify the people performing the process, such as airmen...
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    Fire extinguisher in PA-28

    Anyone have any eureka ideas regarding the ideal place to mount a fire extinguisher in an Archer II? https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/rta400.php?clickkey=26023
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