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Hi all. I'm flying from Fresno to Hemet and planning the following route - KFCH -> FRAME -> V23 -> EHF -> V197 -> PMD -> Cajon Pass -> Banning Pass -> KHMT I'm planning to cruise at 9,500 MSL in a 172. Any concerns I should have about this area? I see Palmdale is rife with military traffic...

Hi all. Let's say you're researching an aircraft's engine logbook (engine is a Lycoming O-320-E2D) and you see the following language in the most recent overhaul entry - "Installed overhauled Nickel Carbide cylinders with new high compression pistons..." No mention of any STC that approves...

Hi all. By chance, do we have anyone here with a Lycoming O-320-E2D with RAM 160 STC running the Electroair EIS-41000 ignition system? If so, how is the performance? What CHTs do you typically see? Thanks in advance.

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So I did my last MedXpress application + physical in August 2022. The FAA requested reports from my counselor and my peer support group sponsor, which I plan to submit in a couple of weeks. I'm over 40, and this is a first/initial application for HIMS 3rd Class SI (2 DUI's greater than 15 years...

I renewed my application for a 3rd class medical and had my physical done by my HIMS AME on August 18th. This is not a renewal, but an initial application. Application was transmitted on August 22nd. Application went in review on September 26th, 2022, and it has been there ever since. What's...

Hi all. We have a PFD/MFD Garmin G3X Touch system with Garmin GEA 24 engine analyzer installed. We're seeing carb temps about 20°+ greater than OAT all the time. On the ground without the engine running, it reads ambient temp along with the CHT and EGT senders (within a few degrees of them I'd...

In cruise flight with carburetor heat off, can someone tell me whether carburetor temp should be above or below outside air temperature?

I'm asking here because the AFMS doesn't mention anything about leaning procedures. But...this system is a variable advance system, which changes everything. A lean mixture burns slower, yet the fixed timing of a traditional two magneto system lights the mixture at exactly the same point of...

Can someone tell me what the validity period for a 3rd class medical would have been in the 1990's? I seem to remember it being 3 years regardless of age, but I could be wrong.

Hi all. I understand the concept of the ignition switch grounding the non-impulse coupled magneto during the cranking cycle. However, in the electrical diagrams for a 1975 Cessna 172M, it does not show to do this, even though the aircraft only has one impulse magneto. Was this not a thing to...

Hi all. I posted a previous thread regarding high oil temps on a 1975 Cessna 172M with Lycoming O-320-E2D. Everything I've heard from the owner/operator - "It's always ran right up on the red line." "This year/model had oil temp issues." "I've been around this aircraft for many years even...

Hi all. Due to a couple of DUIs I got many years ago (one in 2003/BAC 0.12, another in 2008/BAC 0.13, being young dumb and stupid in my 20's), I'm being dragged through the HIMS process. Prior to my initial AME physical appointment, March 3rd of 2020, I contacted CAMI/AMCD to find out what all...

Hi all. I've seen this question come up a number of times on this forum and have yet to see one that gives a straight answer. So I felt compelled to do some digging myself. Here are the results of my research. Hopefully this can give the straight answer we're all looking for on this. Question...

So my CFI states to track centerline, use aileron to control drift while using rudder to keep the nose aligned straight down the runway. Another pilot I fly with preaches "Don't use aileron on approach. Use only rudder." I've tried both and honestly I have much better results doing it via the...

Hi all. We have a 1975 Cessna 172M with Lycoming O-320-E2D engine. In this engine we have AeroShell W100 Plus oil filled to the 6 QT mark. The other day while flying straight and level at 3,000' MSL, 69*F OAT, full rich mixture, CHTs were in the 350-375 range, and 2500 RPM, the oil temps rose...

Hi all. So I've begun my pilot training in a 1975 Cessna 172M. In the checklist published in the POH, I see that there's Normal Takeoff (self-explanatory), then there's Maximum Performance Takeoff. The procedures in the Max Performance Takeoff very closely resemble the Short Field Takeoff...

Hi all. I'm new to the forum and am an inactive student pilot at the moment. However, I've come here in hopes of locating the owner of a specific Cessna. The Cessna in question is a 1967 Cessna 182K, tail number N2600R. My grandfather was the original owner of this plane and I think he ended up...