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Getting ready to start my instrument training and right now there is a 80% chance I'll be using the Gold Seal instrument online ground school. Other than purchasing the online course, what else is needed? Will I need to get additional books, tools, calculators, etc...? I've still got the E6B...

It is time for me to start thinking of my next set of military orders and I'm curious how difficult it is to get hangar space in the San Antonio, Tx area. It looks like there are quite a few airports and airparks surrounding KSAT but I know that an abundance of airports/airparks doesn't mean an...

Finally updated the panel in our little Colt. Here are a couple pictures of what we started with: Here she is with the panel installed and ready for testing while on the ground. And a couple shots of the expensive stuff during the test flight after ground checks were done. I've still...

I'm in SoCal and have been trying to get a quote from multiple shops to install dual G5's with a GPS 175 into my Piper Colt. I've contacted 5 shops and all seem to be rather slow on any response. One said he only does verbal quotes until we agree and pay 50% before he puts anything on paper, but...

Getting ready to pull the trigger on upgrading a few things in my Colt and considering dual G5's along with and SL-30 nav/com. When I talked to the first avionics shop the guy was quick to say that the SL-30 is about to be discontinued and obsolete. As far as I know it is already discontinued...

I'm not near the hangar right now but am hopeful that someone here can help me out. The DG in my new to me plane is missing the knob used to adjust the heading. Is there a standard size that can be used? I was thinking of ordering a guitar knob off amazon but it looks like they are made either...

Our new to us 1964 Piper Colt needed a new battery. Instead of just replacing it with the same type/model/series the wife opted to upgrade to a battery with better reviews from other pilots and shaved 15 pounds off our total airplane weight. Now she's thinking of other improvements we can make...

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My new to me airplane uses a venturi vacuum system. The logbook shows it as an 8" venturi and it is connected to the attitude indicator, directional gyro, and turn indicator. At 100 mph it seems to only pull 3" of vacuum. There is, what appears to be, an adjustment screw on the trailing side...

But first, we got stuck in Lancaster as the marine layer was too far inland to get home safely. This was after parking her in the hangar. Very thankful the county had one available before we picked up the plane. That was stressful.

Signed paperwork yesterday on a county hangar lease and decided to take another look at it today before I get our plane this weekend. Turns out, something else wanted to see just how roomy it is. Guess I should get some rodent traps when I pick up a lock for the hangar.

Not here, I've been here a while. New member to the owning an airplane club! After about 2 years of searching and looking at everything from Musketeers, 172s, various experimental aircraft and a few others I stumbled upon a beautiful Piper Colt. It was restored about 20 years ago and according...

With everyone switching navigation to gps centric stuff I’m curious if adding old school vor ability is worth it. We’re looking at a plane that currently has no gps or vor/ils system installed. If I get the plane I really don’t want to ruin the classic plane with a full glass panel or anything...

Just looked at a decent looking airplane somewhat local to me. Now I have questions. It was covered roughly 25 years ago in Polyfiber, the covering is showing its age but looks like it could still be good to my untrained eyes. Does anyone know an average time that polyfiber lasts? I've read...

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What’s the most concerning thing you see? This is a plane for sale that I recently looked at. Already decided to walk away from it. Should’ve taken more photos of the engine bay but as a decision was made I decided not to take any more of his time.

Not your normal thread- I hope. Is there a place that a person can find actual sale prices of airplanes recently? I see ads on the common sites and the prices seem to be getting slightly better than they were a year ago. But Vref still has them appraised significantly lower if it's the common...

It looks like my dreams of owning an airplane are not going to come to fruition anytime soon. So now I'm trying to decide how to spend some of the money I had set aside for an airplane purchase. I would like to eventually get both a tailwheel endorsement and an instrument rating. Which would you...

I'm in discussion with a gentleman getting ready to sell an experimental with a Jabiru 3300 engine in it. While talking to him on the phone he fumbled along with which generation Jabiru engine the plane has in it. I've done a decent amount of google searching to see if I could find an answer but...

What are they? Considering a couple options that are in the homebuilt LSA category. I've read they require a gentle touch when flying but seat time should fix that if I own the thing. I imagine they get tossed around more in turbulent air, is that true? Is insurance crazy expensive? I was...