Recent content by FiftyFour

I am not sure where you got that , My first airplane was a 63 180 cherokee. it had a generator, which *was* a chrysler, when I would get it rebuilt after it would fry about once a year, I would go the local shop that worked on cars and tell thenm it was from a Boat motor, and they would rebuild...

That is just like doing an ILS in crappy weather. Tower: AcmeFlight32 where did you break out. Acmeflight32: MinimumsB)

well it is better that it was planned vs, the phone call. "Honey.. I have something to tell you.... You know the GPS you wanted, well that is expensive, and well, we need to save some money....."

If you fly your airplane at best glide, you will have the most fuel efficent airframe, so if saving $ is all you are worried about, there you go!. However, in real life, while I will make the best attempt to get a good fuel price (airnav.com/100ll.com) , if the cost of the gas is a...

Kinda like an ultrasound when you are expecting a new kid huh?

yeah, I did mine, Almost done.

Interesting I always thought the Coast Guard were paid professionals not Volunteers,

This is an apples and oranges comparison. In a given year thee are about 200,000 motorcycle crashes. (NHSA). and we all know that only the crashes that do enough damage to the bike to trigger a violation by the Police (or other official record) are noted. I would *guess* the actual number of...

purchased our first airplane a cherokee 180, for under 30K, thet is about the same as a FORD EXPLORER! We had a prop strike and ins bought us a new engine at 1800hrs (pro rated repair) Sold that for about 10k moretan we paid, and bought a mooney, now a great avionic package, two new engines...

they have a very good reputation, want to read an interesting story about one of their airplanes? http://carneyaviation.com/enginefire/ I posted nearly the same story (except My acft did not burst into flames, )and was sent this link, we had the same failure. :dunno:

I disagree; the only think riskier in that department is Sun-n-Fun, because there you have a butt-load of pilots who have minimum currency having come out of the shadows of winter. (less flying) and thrusting into a high traffic density airport. OSH, is better, later in the year, more people...