Recent content by C. Kelley

I'm trying to price body repairs on a BE35 in the SE, USA. The scope included removal and replacement of the left side fuselage panel between the empennage and wings. The new panel was fitted, installed, and painted along with the belly to match the rest of the three color paint scheme. The...

Throwing a party for the wife's birthday that day. Maybe next time!

Thanks guys! Unfortunately, my 'off time' is spent in my home office catching up on paperwork, cost tracking, reports etc. but at 40 hours per week. Usually in the summer and winter I get the office work, but this year has been strange. My new wife and I are making things work, but she is used...

Pesky turbines (power generating) and their tendency to wear out or fail. I stay on the road most of the year at power plants and industrial sites, which makes it very hard to lead a normal life much less to find time to fly and keep up my proficiency. I am trying to work myself into a desk...

The flight school I used to rent from hosts a WINGS seminar every month. Before I moved from the area, I attended as many of these seminars as I could and learned a lot of useful information from almost all of them, especially being a low time pilot. One seminar included the proper method of...

I have been lurking for a while here after a brief hiatus from posting a few years ago. I was never a prolific poster, but I was able to chime in from time to time. Due to my work situation I cannot be as active in the forum or the pilots community as much as I would like to (I work over 100...

Ok I'll bite. Placed an order with Amazon about 10 minutes ago.

I forgot to mention in the post above that you can get this unit as a kit, which includes a smaller seat belt/cord cutter. Since I can't mount this in the rental plane, this will only be worn when flying. I use a SOG Mini Vulcan 2 in VG10 as my EDC. Though, that Spyderco looks pretty appealing...

I reckon I could always buy it and go down to the FBO and request to test it out on the trainer plane.

I have been doing some research on a new camp knife, and I came across something interesting. The Gerber LMF II was designed for use with armed forces pilots. It features a pointed pommel on the butt of the knife, which is designed to break plexiglass cockpits. Also, it has been proven to cut...

Thank you all for your help on this one. I just wanted to get the opinions of those who had been there and are currently there. I am definitely going to walk away from this one. I think my girlfriend is happy because this will amount to a nicer engagement ring for her and possibly a house for...

Yeah that has been a huge hang up for me regarding this. Yeah the more I am hearing the more I am going to hold off. I reckon I just wanted some support on this to make sure I wasn't going to regret my decision in either direction. The more I have thought it about the last two months and today...

I reckon I more concerned about spending money on something I do not own. I have never liked renting things (apartments, equipment, etc.) because in the end I don't own and I'm not putting money towards something I own if that makes any sense. Unfortunately my job does not condone the use of...

I am torn about aircraft ownership. I have read what AOPA has to offer but am still worried about it. I have been looking at a 1971 Beech Musketeer Custom for $28,900 with 1322 SMOH. The avionics set up is outdated but other than that it is very clean with complete logs...

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