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This is a quote from an article I recently read which I found interesting: "Lowering the nose to protect airspeed decay is critical. Pilots today are learning their multiengine skills in airplanes like the Piper Seminole and the Beechcraft Duchess. These airplanes have benign engine-out...

How do you like his articles. I do read them. They were pretty much exclusively airline pilot life for a long time until he retired. It would be difficult to ever get to Len Morgan's level but his stuff was readable. Now it is post-retirement small aircraft stuff.

Peter is one of my favorite writers at Flying magazine over the years. I have learned a lot about aerodynamics in his columns although every once in a while he will write something quite technical that is quite uninteresting to me. but I know that it is extremely interesting to someone else. He...

I gotta admit, he was not my favourite back in the days as I focused on the airline stuff first and his last. Was always talking about those taildraggers. Sort of a artsy kind of writing rather than technical. But I bought both his books and I think I read them, They were put them away in the...

This is my third thread about aviation writers and found it interesting. For now, I am focusing on Flying writers but might move elsewhere. My all time favourite back in the day was Len Morgan. After all, most of us wanted to know what it was like flying a 747. Plus he had great stories from...

Being a long time Flying Magazine reader, I used to enjoy reading his articles and if I remember correctly, he was editor of Flying Magazine for a while. I found him to be quite knowledgeable. I think he owned a Beech Baron and was definitely into the turbine stuff. Not sure what his background...

https://www.wtae.com/article/rostraver-airport-emergency-landing/42158149

Who knows how many hours he actually put on his C210 and how many years he wrote for Flying Magazine. He was one of the main aviation writers when I started flying. Had a focus on weather analysis. I liked his writing, did you?

A Cessna 172 that I rent has an issue with the engine. When the mixture is placed at idle cut off, it partially shuts down but still runs on for about 15 second in a rough manner before finally stopping. This happened on three out of four shutdowns today and on the last one, the prop actually...

Both are interesting but I think it would be nice to have the aircraft and computer stuff in separate forums. What do you guys think?

Is this statement a mistake. It was sent from a newsletter. Thanks..... "Piper Mandatory Service Bulletin (SB) and FAA AD. ALL Piper PA-28 and PA-32 owners should be aware of two significant ADs on the Main Wing spar attachment bolts and the possibility of Spar corrosion due to the use of...

I read this and found it interesting. Ignoring the part about what sounds to be a faulty carb.....has anybody actually ever used the technique of just leaving the primer out to assist the engine operation? "Before i had the carburetor overhauled by a real expert, I used to prime the engine and...

Was just reading an article about a crash in the '60's. It said.... "“This was a period when there were five (Northeast Airlines) crashes in recent years, and it was not uncommon to see life insurance kiosks at airports,” said Rapsis, who is the executive director for the Aviation Museum of New...

Just finished reading an accident report from over a decade ago where the highly experienced pilot took of from a 1900' strip with fairly tall tress to climb over. The performance charts said he could do it, but he didn't make it over the trees and crashed. It was discovered that he had low...

I am reading an interview in the NTSB docket about a plane crash where there was difficulty with engine starting due to what was perceived to be moisture in the mag. Nitrogen was used to 'blow out'(or dry out) the mags and the engines subsequently started...... ".....I've been told via...

I believe that the cowl opens up on the Cherokee 140. How easy would it be to look of feel for this fault on the pre-flight inspection? What about other aircraft types? C-FSAJ, a privately registered PA-28-140 Cherokee, was conducting a recreational flight from Courtney Airpark (CAH3), BC to...

Saw this in an article today. I wonder how they do that....... “Aside from the improvement in reliability, two additional advantages offered by the new alternator that owner/pilots will really appreciate are improvements both in cut-in and idle speed performance—with over double the power...

Anybody seen this sort of an indication...... "Static system leaks, for example, can often be discovered by some simple tests. Does the VSI, airspeed or altimeter needle move when a door or window is closed or opened while on the ground with the engine not running? When you open the cabin heat...

I found this statement in an article to be interesting. I don't really have any question about it but was hoping it might elicit a few comments from people here and their experiences with gyros in planes that have sat around for a long time. "Gyros rarely fail without some type of warning which...

Someone on another forum wrote this which I found interesting. Is this pretty much your take on things? "The IO-520s being operated by ham fisted aviators have given big Continentals a bit of a bad rap. One of the problems with the IO 520 is that takeoff rpm is 2850, and that's putting a lot of...