Anybody recently price out an overhaul for an O-540 or similar? A couple of years ago you could get them done in the high $20k-low $30k range. I recently heard someone say they're now high 40s to low 50s. Absurd!! This might be what will finally kills GA.
The one in Virginia messed with me for some reason. Had he not been flying in the mountains at night he could’ve made any of the hundred fields in the area, but I imagine all he saw was pitch black and flew into terrain. One of the reasons I try and avoid night flying, even though it’s my...
The 235 is a fixed gear hershey bar cherokee.
I see a lot of complaining about this (not from anyone here, but in general). Just get it done. I had mine checked because I was worried there may be a crack from the previous owner ripping the landing gear off after a botched landing. It was like...
Sounds like the student pilot stalled the plane shortly after takeoff. The CFI was killed.
Everyone was so young. RIP.
https://www.wtkr.com/news/small-plane-crashes-with-injuries-at-newport-news-williamsburg-international-airport
What do BMW drivers and twin pilots have in common? No regard for rules or common procedures. Twin pilots (and cirrus) all too often have no regard for traffic patterns in my experience. It seems like this time someone's blatant disregard backfired and unfortunately took out an innocent pilot...
For context: I'm just a moron who wants to pay less at the pump and is complaining.
In my area, I've seen automotive gas fall by about 80 cents/gal over the past 30 days, yet avgas has remained unchanged from it's highs. I understand that avgas is made in fewer batches at more irregular...
No metal since I’ve owned the plane (only have about 100 hours in this specific airplane) and none noted in the logs. We borescoped the cylinders and everything we were able to and it all checked out.
Found the problem!
It was crud in the oil pressure relief valve. We cut open the filter to be safe and it wasn't making any metal. Sigh of relief; it flies great now!