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From AOPA... Rocket Engineering Corp. recently announced that it is halfway through the supplemental type certification (STC) process for its Turbine Pressurized/Baron and expects certification in about a year. Right now, the company is preparing to install the Pratt & Whitney PT6A engines on...

Anybody else having difficulty looking up N-number with Yahoo Search? Previously, you could highlight an N-number, right click and select an option to "Search the web for xxxxxxx". That would return a link in the search results to search the FAA registry for the N-Number and if you clicked...

I know that several here are already expecting to take delivery. When you do, how will you determine the market value in order to settle up with the IRS? AOPA typically posts a figure "valued at $xxxxx", but in reality, who would pay that much? Usually the prize planes are loaded with goodies...

After seeing several posts mentioning FlightAware's flight tracking site, www.flightaware.com I visited the site to check our daughter's flight back to U of A, Tucson yesterday. Pretty cool I thought! Then I checked my local airport, Glacier Park International (KGPI) and got an error that the...

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/26/breaker/doc43600b5c2e42c168196261.txt I saw this P-51 fly overhead while tailgating before the U of Montana game. Pretty impressive flyby but I guess the FAA doesn't think the same. FAA is looking for observers to help pin down speed/altitude...

http://download.aopa.org/iap/20050929/NW-1/mso_ils_rwy_11.pdf The ILS 11 approach into Missoula, MT (MSO) is a little different in that it requires you to fly the glideslope down to 1350 AGL and then fly 4.1 miles to the runway. This results in a fairly high ceiling minumum for an ILS and...

Are there any other regulatory definitions as to what constitutes an Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC) other than this from § 61.57 Recent flight experience: Pilot in command ? (d) Instrument proficiency check. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, a person who does not meet...

TIO-540 64-70-64-62-62-66 1150 SMOH 1800 TBO Are these in range or would you have concerns about reaching TBO?

I have a friend who is 6'2", 300+ lbs who is seriously considering buying a business aircraft, possibly a piston Twin Commander or Malibu. I've flown right seat in a Twin Commander and recall a bit of "monkey motion" getting into the cockpit and I'm much smaller. I've also flown in Cessna...

Today I flew 3 one-hour+ legs. On the first two, I noticed that in cruise, about an hour into each flight, my EGT started to oscillate about 100 degrees, always cooler than the temp I had been running. The engine was running smoothly and I didn't notice any changes on the tach, oil pressure...

I had the pleasure of meeting and visiting with Ed today at Glacier Park International (KFCA), on his whirlwind tour of the west. Fortunately, the weather was more favorable today than it has been for a while. Ed flew out of Billings, MT this morning, stopped for lunch & hangar talk and just...

On TAP today: 1970 B-55 PAID $140K, INVESTED $110K IN 3 YEARS, YOURS FOR $160K Not counting "normal" ownership costs (insurance, fuel, hangar, etc.) that's an additional $30K loss per year. Who ever said owning a twin was cheap? ;)

The weather cooperated yesterday and I got to fly an Angel Flight mission, taking a 7-year-old boy and his dad to a cancer camp. On the way home I took some mountain shots. This is a couple alpine lakes in the Mission Mountain range in northwest Montana from 10,000 ft.

Tried this procedure threes times yesterday in my Archer and each time the engine started after 2-3 turns. Thanks Henning!

TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST * FRUS45 KMSO 070700 TWB336 336 TWEB 070820 KFCA-KMSO-KSMN. ALL HGTS MSL EXC CIGS. KFCA-50N KMSO 6SM -SHRA CIGS OVC040. 50N KMSO-KSMN P6SM BKN090-120. I guess I'm a bit rusty on decoding these and can't remember what the "50N" means on a...

The last 12 months have been horrible for aviation fatalities here (FCA) and I knew the pilot of this Cessna T210 that crashed Tuesday. The mountains are getting way too many pilots that I know. She was piloting a T210 with K-ice and it is believed that they penetrated a strong embedded cell wth...

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050501/the_family_plane.html "It used to be that you had to do a geometry exercise to navigate a plane," said Lance Neibauer, the founder of Lancair Co. of Bend, one of a handful of airplane manufacturers helping to transform the way Americans use private planes...

After weeks of much needed precip the weather was perfect yesterday for seeing the sights and dusting off some of the winter cobwebs. Here's a shot I took of Lake McDonald in Glacier Park.

Is there currently a spot for publishing information of general interest? I am aware of the "links" and FAQ sections but don't know if they are the planned features for what I'm talking about. For example, I don't know how many time the topic of "logging PIC time" comes up on the AOPA site but...

Where are the "real prices" in the market? I'm considering an upgrade which would mean parting with my first aircraft. After some initial discussions with a few dealers and looking at Vref and current asking market prices I'm seeing huge gaps between what sellers are asking and likely...