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A few months ago, I submitted a request into the vast expanses of nowhere to have my aforementioned moniker changed from Tampico Trauma to something that would be more relevant to what I fly now... (not some cheezy french spamcan) But in the meantime, I decided that since the MC has been a...

Hey Friends, and enemies, and eman, I am embarking on a new adventure in the form of an aircraft brokerage of sorts. Specializing in single and light twins and a full-service acquisition service long term using several vetted insurance and financing referrals in order to fulfill my passion to...

Tired of the day to day grind? Ready to crack a beer and float in the warm water? Too cheap to get a seaplane rating? Pull the red handle! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

''Twas the night before Christmas, tied down on a ramp. The Maule was done flying...at speeds like a champ. The presents all stashed in the rental car, planeside... the journey was over, fin-ished and done flied. The storm had delayed us, low ceilings and icing, we departed the next morning...

Decided to roll the dice and take my five-year old daughter across the country to see my wife last night on a red eye from LAX-BWI. Figured it couldn't be worse than a CRJ-200 of which I've spent a majority of my adult life being mailed through the sky in. I'm 6'6".... Check-in was a...

The Saga of purchasing a new airplane... or how not to do it! While our esteemed celebrity 6PC continues to document his saga of finding the replacement for the big red handle...let me sing you the song of my people. So I got my PPL in 8/15 in my Socata TB-9...a great airplane, but lacking in...

Friends and Enemies.... I needeth thy opinions. http://www.mauleairtexas.com/aircraft/listings.php?make=Maule&model=MX-7-180B&id=203 http://johnbellaircraft.com/aircraft-for-sale/1991-maule-mxt-7-180/

vRef is shooting a really weird price on an A/C that I may be flying cross country to look at tomorrow and I was wondering if anyone around here could help a fellow disgruntled PoA'er out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congrats to John and Mari on buying their first plane.... I'll sure miss her. What a great first plane and time builder. Now onto the next adventure! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sad. Witness believes he tangled with power lines. http://m.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Plane-Crashes-Near-Concord-One-Fatality-Reported-10318337.php Listened to live ATC tapes-- might be either a Bo or a Citabria doing pipeline patrol. Nothing discernible from the picture. More to...

Family is growing, but the plane is not.... 2530TTAF. 610 SMOH..... (Lycoming Factory). Cruise in Comfort in your 50" wide cabin. Great for tall or short pilots. I'm 6'6"... Matching King IFR suite from the Factory - 2- KX-155's (1-GS), DME, ADF. July Annual. No squawks, hell, it doesn't...

My princess turns 5 next week on the first day of school and we're taking her to Disneyland tomorrow.... Plan is to depart KMIT around 1600 Route is KMIT - GMN - DARTS - ITSME - KFUL Uber to the Hilton Anaheim from there. I'll start descending over BUR to get under the 4000' shelf. Radios...

So, as I sit in my office browsing barnstormers like I often do, I came across a PA-28 for sale... Blue light special, high time motor, fresh annual. Well, Actually, two ads by two different people for the same plane. It's got a high-time motor but good compressions and a fresh annual. But...

Friends, The time has come for me to get serious about the replacement for my beloved Tampico. While I've only had her a year and 150hrs on the hobbs, the Mrs. is getting the get-there-faster-itis and the pack-too-much-shiat-in-the-suitcase-itis. And I, I'm tired of hand-flying 2.5hr legs and...

I am the owner of a beautiful Socata Tampico that due to weather could not make the trip to Sactown with me today. Being the spoiled rotten a-hole I have been accused of, I really don't want to drive home Thursday to turn around and drive back to Stockton on Friday with my wife and kid for an...

http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/nation-world/midair-collision-reported-between-two-planes-off-los-angeles-coast Not good. Prayers for the pilots and their families. Mods please delete...saw the other thread.