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I have wondered for years why most light GA - piston oriented - A&P businesses are not "open" for more than 6-8 hours per day / Mon - Friday? With all the work backing up, it seems like they could increase their work flow and their cash flow by adding 8 more hours per week (2 extra hours per...

I need to drop someone off at Dallas Love Field to catch a Southwest flight. There are six FBOs on the field. Which would be the best choice / most convenient for this mission? I am aware of landing fees and there will not be a need to get fuel. I don't want to land in Addison. I have...

Beech Sundowner with Lycoming O-360. Fuel flow meter reads perfectly - steady with no fluctuations - when on the engine mechanical fuel pump. If the auxiliary fuel pump is turn on, the flow meter immediately goes to 0. Fuel pressure reading is unaffected. Electric fuel pump is located...

I am getting towards the end of a major project of installing a new factory rebuild Lycoming IO-540 and at the same time installing a new Electronics International CGR-30P engine monitor that is certified as the "primary" monitor BUT I am keeping my old analog gauge cluster as a redundant means...

Happened yesterday. IFR conditions - ceilings at Gladewater 07F were at 800-1500' most of the day. It sounds like he floated down OK but then the wind caught the chute and drug the airplane for quite a distance until it impacted a fairly large tree in a stand of timber...

1995 Commander 114B with a Lycoming IO-540 with 2016 TTH since new on the engine.... In cruise I see fuel pressure at a steady 25 psi and fuel flow set at 10.8 gph (running LOP and have GAMIs). Sporadically the fuel pressure will momentarily drop down to near 15 psi and fuel flow increases to...

I have attended and landed at several fly-ins - including Oshkosh. Yesterday I attended a local fly-in at Rusk County Airport (KRFI) in NE Texas. What I saw in that traffic pattern bordered on insanity and alot of just plain rudeness. And it almost ended tragically for a friend of mine flying...

My 1995 Commander 114B has 1946 TTH including the engine. I have been very careful with this engine, but now I am faced with some high CHT's. I am running the Electroaire ignition and just had a newly rebuilt magneto installed. The EIS has been installed since last August. However, since the...

1995 Commander 114B.... On the way back from Midland TX this afternoon, my nose gear suddenly came down. Obviously that was a bit of a surprise. At first I thought it was the engine, but I quickly recognized the "thud" that I felt and heard, the sudden change in pitch, and of course the GREEN...

I flew my Commander 114B about 4 days ago. As is my practice, I topped it off and put it in the hanger. Came out today and saw a puddle of gas under the middle of the airplane. It is leaking out of the vent down on the underside middle of the fuselage. The fuel selector was left on "both". The...

I have a mid 1990's era BFG WX950 Stormscope. It works great - no issues. However, I have it adjusted to 100% brightness, and the display is still very dim. The only way I can read it is to shine a flashlight on it. Is this an "easy" fix or is this something that is going to require a...

Flew out of West Houston KIWS airport yesterday on an IFR flight plan back up to my home airport of Gladewater 07F. I was given the Lufkin 2 SID which takes you over the Hooks airport and near Lake Conroe. I was at 2,000' when my wife suddenly exclaimed "DRONE"! and sure enough coming up on my...

My new to me airplane has a BFGoodrich WX-900 Stormscope. It seems to work well. One problem - I have it adjusted to 100% brightness and it is still not bright enough to read without shining a light directly on the screen. Is there something that can be replaced or serviced that will get this...

Well, hope everyone made it back safely from OshKosh. Here is my version of a trip. I took this trip with my 20 year old son Patrick. We flew to Madison to visit my 31 year old son and his family (and two grandchildren)! They then went up to OshKosh with us. Spent five days there and saw...

I am planning a flight into DFW Class Bravo tomorrow afternoon into Grand Prairie (KGPM) to pick up my son and then continue on to Addison (KADS) to the Texas Aircraft Expo being held there this weekend. I have flown THROUGH DFW Class B many times and INTO KGPM a few times (IFR and VFR), but I...

I have a quick business meeting not too far from Addison Airport. Probably a 15 minute Uber ride away. Probably back in 2 hours. I have no need to refuel - only flying in from East Texas so it will be a quick round trip. Question - I have never flown into Addison (only Grand Prairie and...

I was flying across the North Texas area on Saturday when ATC had to re-route quite a few flights filed to Addison because of a "disabled plane on the runway". Hated to think what that was, but went home and found this...

I just purchased a Garmin GDL 52 data link receiver. XM gives you three months of free XM radio service when you sign up for the Pilot Preferred weather package. My question - how do you receive the XM radio signal? I can't seem to get that part figured out. I use the Garmin Pilot app and do...

I will be flying down to Houston tomorrow. Destination airport is West Houston (KIWS) which is a non-towered "executive" GA airport that is close in to downtown and caters to business travelers. It is right in the middle of the Houston Class B airspace, under the 2,000 foot layer of the...

I took my dad up this past Saturday to go get the proverbial "$100 hamburger". We went on a short 80 mile trip to Sulpher Springs Municipal (KSLR) for lunch. There is a pretty good cafe across the street from the main terminal. My dad just turned 78 and has diagnosed early stages Alzheimer's...