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Replacing the battery in my Cessna 172N, took it out tonight and it is a Gill G-242. One of my instructors told me to get a Concorde but I see they are $550ish online versus and $225 for the Gill OEM. Does it really matter or should I pony up for the Concorde? Where is the best place to get...

Just saw this that a friend had shared on Facebook. Initial post they said it was a spray pilot buzzing a ground sprayer. Someone commented the "real story" whether he knows or not he stated the pilot borrowed the plane from a friend, was buzzing the town nearby "inches above the power lines"...

I work in the gun industry part time so when the longest sniper shot in recorded history happens usually there is some banter and questions. Yesterday a Canadian sniper was credited at making a kill shot at over 2 miles. A lot goes into making a shot that long, over 600ft of bullet drop over...

And crossed the 200 landing mark also. BFR was great, the first time I flew with this instructor, I knew him well but have just never flown with him. The plan was to go up in my plane for who knows what since it was my first BFR and First time with him but the battery was dead on my plane so...

Saw this Mooney advertised on a farm auction a couple weeks ago. It showed the pieces in the weeds on someone's farm. I couldn't think of a bigger headache than buying something like that. Today, one of my good customers stopped by with two trailers: Well, that'll keep him busy for...

Ran across this story on another forum so sorry if its been posted here before, I searched but didn't see it. Was a fun read, I'll C&P the start here but it was too long to copy and paste the whole thing. If you want to finish reading it just click the link. I love some of these crazy things...

I am pretty low time private pilot with my own Cessna 172N. I just completed my 3rd longer(to me anyway, it was only 300nm) cross country flight to attend a wedding. On my way back earlier today my left tank was going empty alot faster than the right tank so about 90 miles from home I had my...

Going to be starting the IFR training, mapping out a plan with my CFI later today. I would like to do this all in my own plane but only nav aid I have built in is a VOR. I would like to add an ILS system. I do not know a lot about this stuff but what all is needed for ILS approaches? ILS...

When you go on a cross country trip where you are planning on parking your plane on the ramp for a couple of days, do you normally call ahead and talk to the airport manager? Or do you simply land, tie your plane down on the ramp and leave? Going my second long (to me anyway) cross county...

I will have my first one in a couple of months. I suppose it depends on the CFI you choose to go up with you but is it basically a checkride "lite" or just a short fly around with a CFI to make sure you aren't a danger to yourself? Any good stories to share about ones you've had in the past?

More of a hypothetical than anything and I think I know the answer but thought it would be interesting to discuss. You are flying a plane that flies at 125kias, no wind at all so groundspeed is the same 125 kph. Now the same plane manages to get into a 125 knot direct tailwind, what would...

Was planning on taking the longest cross country I've ever done with the wife today but all the forecasts are for 300-2000ft ceilings today. Flight would have been from central ND down to Minnesota-Iowa border approx 90 miles east of Sioux Falls, SD. Might not be a super long trip for alot...

I have a 172n with the O-320D many look down their noses at. My family and I took it on an expensive grocery trip today, our take on the $100 hamburger. It was my wife and I and our two children ages 9 and 6. After we put about 80 pounds of groceries in it I figured we were out of CG limits...

I know there are a lot of instructors or schools that advertise stuff like "10 days certificate guaranteed" or instructors that will come up to your airport and spend a couple weeks with you to get your IFR rating. My brother and I are both PPL rated, about a year since we got our PPL's and...

I went on my first "real" cross country trip this week. I went from my home airport to a place that would have taken four hours to drive(my wife and two kids drove) for a family vacation with the wifes family. I was scared to go because the clouds were low the day I left and I didn't like...

Hi all, I bought a plane last fall after getting my ppl, it is a 1978 172N with the 0-320 engine in it. The TTAF was only 1750hrs. Time on engine was around 1350. Person I bought it from was the second owner and he bought it in 1982 and there was an AD or something at the time on the engine...

Hey everyone, my first post on the forum but I am actually an aviation junkie nowdays so I thought I would register on here. I got my private license back in Augustand bought 172n Skyhawk the same day. I did all of my training pretest(other than a short half hour test fly in the 172 I ended up...