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Ever ask why you should do ANYTHING to assist the Red Cross? Here's another story... I've heard hundreds of them and have several personal ones myself. Men in Korea being SOLD coffee on the front lines.... People in disaster areas being SOLD ice water..... A guy in my unit that...

Yeah I know the experts say one year... http://www.eaa.org/autofuel/autogas/articles/1What%20is%20the%20shelf%20life%20of%20avgas_.pdf That's the official report. But I've seen aircraft that had set in their hangars for more than five years and they started up and ran fine when taken out of...

I was just wondering what the consensus is on the Chinese Cessna? How’s it fly? From what I can see the 152 was a lot more airplane with more horsepower, more load and you even got a two-handed yoke. And all for considerably less that $150,000.

I've often said that aircraft technology lacks the ability of landing on a wire ?

I've often wanted to ask some avionics techs if they had found cigarette tar to be a factor in failed gyros and other vacuum operated instruments. It's always bothered me somewhat to see a blue cloud waft out of some guys aircraft when they opened the door. Does smoke adversely affect the...

Here's Orville's story in his own words about how he learned to fly. (He didn't know any CFI at the time) There's some other stuff on the site so you need to scroll down about halfway to get to the article...

One of our old gang died recently as a result of homicide in Bunker Hill, Indiana. Arthur “Art” Anderson was one of the pilots at “Windfall International Airport” as we liked to call it mockingly after Indianapolis changed their name from “Weir Cook” to Indianapolis International (although there...

I’m all ready for Thanksgiving! The weather here has turned crisp in the evenings and the leaves are starting to change color and that always brings to mind baked turkey, oyster dressing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and green bean casserole with French fried onions on top. In earlier days...

In another forum some fliers were discussing the overhaul of a Warner 165 radial which caused me to start thinking and wondering about a few issues that were raised. In this case of an antique engine that is no longer in production and no updated manufacturer’s information or parts available...

Hello guys... I just discovered POA and have completed the registration. There was a 'bot email advising me that I need to verify that I'm able to post now in the forums.... so.... this is my test post. I guess if I see this appear then I'm Ready to Go. (Maybe not) I understand that it's...