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So I’m a T hangar. Been great the last two years as my two neighbors never flew much. But the owner just leased one to a flight school. The CFI’s have decided that it’s ok for them to leave the doors open while they go fly Then when I want to fly I have to shut their door to get my plane out...

My sump isn’t sumping. Any quick fix? Push up and doesn’t seem to move. Tank is full of course

I have a Columbia 400. Symptoms are, on occasion on takeoff the prop will overspeed by 300 or so RPM (2600 to 2900rpm). I can roll it back just fine. No oil leakage anywhere. My A&P has checked the cable and the stop screw, told me next was to take it to a prop shop Any ideas ?

Go to Amazon and order Kevin Lacey's book "fly it like you stole it" My only complaint? It wasn't long enough.

Had to have a cylinder replaced due to a bad valve on my IO-550 in my Columbia 400 I was away from home so my AP supervised from afar to the local high dollar shop on the field of a Class C airport Supposed to pick it up today It's about a 3.5 hour flight home. My A&P suggests I fly it around...

Is there a lab I can send some avgas to get tested? I could write a whole history of this that has had my plane down for the last two months, with me telling two different mechanics that I think it's bad gas.....to finally getting a mechanic to drain the tanks and put fresh fuel in to find out...

Flying back from Mexico yesterday (my plane is in the shop) on their low cost carrier Viva Aerobus. Bought a bottle of water (because you pay for everything) and the gal asked for a tip on the credit card. hey, it's 2023. But a first for me.

I have a cheap first aid kit in the plane. You know...band aids, cheap gauze, etc. Been looking at upgrading it as I'm putting together gear in the new to me plane. Any already put together kits yall recommend?

"Violence has spread to other airfields in Sinaloa, with passengers reporting being trapped underfire at Mazatlan Airport, some 130 miles southeast of Culiacan Airport." Culiacan wasn't on my list of places to fly, but Mazatlan was my next adventure......maybe go to Veracruz instead. Airport...

Had a few days at the W resort burning my wife's Marriott points. Went into PV for a day, then took a day to Sayulita and San Francisco. Sayulita is a mess. Wouldn't go back Drove back to Tepic Friday morning. Only an hour delay due to a trucker losing his brakes going down the mountain and...

I fly to Mexico a lot. Like twice a month for work. But it's mainly just across the border to Monterrey or Saltillo Shut down the business for the week between Christmas and New Years and the wife has had basically the whole month off Planned a trip to PVR, booked the swanky W hotel in Punta...

Ok. Debated even posting this. I'm definitely not a Karen My wife's cousin in law is taking flying lessons. Her aunt called to tell me all about it. How proud they are of him and if I could give him any pointers Problem is, this guy is verifiably nuts. Been admitted to psych wards for...

So I'm headed north east from Texas to Illinois last Friday and it was a great day to fly. I'm on FF cruising along at 3,000ft above Oklahoma because it was early, so it was smooth, and I had a 6 knot tailwind. Foreflight was predicting no tailwind at 3,500 and a headwind at 5,500 When...

Wonder if it's gonna work at 10,000 ft?

Just got this from BBP With Special Authorization from AFAC, Experimental Aircraft can now fly into Mexico The BBP along with others have been working with various Mexican authorities for the past eighteen months in efforts to find a way to allow US experimental aircraft to fly into Mexico. We...

Me: TT 500 hours. No IR. Travel mostly myself or one person 500nm trips I fly over 200 hours a year the plane is mid time engine with all the bells and whistles. $325,000 My wife says get it. My business partner says get it My very conservative self is worried. I own a PA28-180 that's...

So on the way back from KOSH I noticed my autopilot turning me to the right, adjusted the DG and it wouldn't stay, looked over at the suction gauge and it read zero. No big deal I thought, hit the electric backup pump. It charged the lines for a second then nothing. Got to hand fly the last 5...

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Yeah, not the top of the list of a Tourist destination, but if you need to clear into Mexico from points north, this is the place to do it. Compared to Monterrey, the people in NL speak great English, the Commandant's office is friendly and Juan spoke perfect English. He even gave me his cell...

Need your Pireps. There is one local that is in pretty good condition with a good functioning AP. I'd be moving up from a PA28-180C. Yes, I know the early models are pretty much a 182R. I also know that the cost of a 210C is about 1/2 of a later model 182R.