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    Northern Illinois Avionics Recomendations

    second that about Bloomington Avionics.
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    How Safe?

    Several years ago I asked the very same origional question to a guy that was rebuilding a fabric plane. He took a 6" square piece of fabric and streached it out. Gave me a 16 penny nail and told me to shove it thru..I couldn't. Incredible.
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    BFR question

    On the CFI flight portion of the practical test, a lot of time is spent instructing your examiner and therefore is considered to not be an evaluation of your flying skills but rather your teaching skills. Hence the FAA does NOT consider this to be a Flight Review. As far as the IPC check...
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    Any Interior questions I can help

    OK heres a question for you. I have grey leather seats. They are in great condition except the previous owner had (so it appears) to have re-dyed the seats. I have emailed http://www.leatherworldtech.com about removing the old dye since it has brush marks in it. They told me to use acetone and...
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    M20J Cowl Flap Adjustment

    well I decided to change the oil and check the cowl flaps out. No wonder everyone seemed puzzled. It took about 10 minutes of just looking at the mechanism and bingo I figured it out. The idiot who had worked on this in the past (I just bought it) had removed the hinge arms (whatever they are...
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    M20J Cowl Flap Adjustment

    1.) I have the maintenance manual and have adjusted them accordingly but does not stop them from vibrating open. 2.) I have tried to adjust them open so as the control goes firewall forwart hoping to get the mechanism over center as far as possible but to no avail 3.) on the ground I can (in...
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    M20J Cowl Flap Adjustment

    I have a 'new' 78 M20J and the cowl flap control comes almost completely out in flight. If I push it in, it immediately comes back to within 1" of opening. On the ground they will close to within 1" of firewall. If I unhook the flaps the control will firewall completely. Tried loosening the...
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