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I am having an issue with a push to talk button and likely a broken vacuum pump in a Mooney M20J. These seem like simple problems and I don't want to pay the LASAR/Top Gun shop rates for an MSC which are $110-120/hour. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good, cheap, efficient A&P in the...

Long story short. Suffered a sudden (initially-partial) loss of engine power near KBFL, made an emergency landing safely at the airport on Saturday. Audio is on liveleak for those who are so inclined. Starts about 15:45 in (the initial radio calls were on 121.5 and I had a guard nazi...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/unanswered-questions-surround-emergency-allegiant-plane-landing/ Let me get this straight. A commercial pilot who taps into his reserve fuel should not declare an emergency. Instead, he should fly around in a holding pattern for another 20 minutes waiting for an...

Apparently it also went down on Saturday. http://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/search-continues-for-small-private.html Missing Minnesota Plane - UPDATE 9:28 a.m. July 15: WSDOT Aviation Emergency Services has launched a search for a plane due to Orcas Island Saturday which never arrived...

78 76 72 68 Thoughts? 2082 engine/tach time, but has received bottom and top overhauls along the way due to prop strike by prior owner. Lycoming IO-360-A3B6 Last annual was 75 all around.

Does anyone have experience using high-altitude airways on an IFR plan below 18K feet? Typically the V/T routes are low-level (below 18K), and J/Q routes are high-level (above 18K feet), but if you're using GPS it doesn't make much difference. For example, flying from 97MT to 38W, using...

Flying from Montana (airport unknown) to 38W in Lynden, Washington with 3 on board apparently, Beech V tail, missing. Don't know the N number. Bonus points if anyone can figure it out from the picture or other sources. http://kgmi.com/news/007700-plane-bound-for-lynden-never-arrived-dot-says/

Has anyone tried nasal cannulas v. masks at altitude (obviously 18000ft or less -- cannulas are not approved for use about 18k ft) and have SpO2 levels to compare? I used a nasal cannula a while back at 17k feet, and my SpO2 was somewhere around 85 or so. I don't think that's significantly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=108&v=Kx5YeqTBcDI Look at the dummies. 80 feet, that's it. Wow. Also a great reminder of why you should wear a shoulder belt (look at 1:50 for difference between dummy with and without shoulder belt).

Question for you folks out there. DPE discontinued checkride because endorsement read "I have given xxx flight training in accordance with 14 CFR 61.39(a)(6) in preparation for a xxx practical test within the preceding 60 days and find him to be proficient to pass the test and have...

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/06/18/exclusive-teen-stowaway-yahye-abdi-tells-all-about-surviving-journey-from-mineta-san-jose-international-airport-to-hawaii-in-kpix-5-interview-yahya-abdi-sjc-maui-santa-clara-runaway/ So let me get this straight. He hopped on the first flight he saw...