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I'm selling our only lightly used Dual XPS170 GPS + ADS-B Receiver, which is however already a few years old. It has the latest firmware installed. Also included: Apple iPad charger + USB cable Specs, owner's manual and list of compatible apps (we used it with iFly)...

We'd like to fly from the US to Europe and back via the northern route. Sadly, our Mooney's range is just a couple hundred miles too short. I inquired at multiple shops, who are specialized on the installation of ferry tanks, the cheapest offer however was $9,600 with pump, other hardware...

Our maintenance shop, which we have been using for the first time, was supposed to do the annual inspection on our Mooney. They found that the crankcase of our angle valve Lycoming IO360 has two big cracks and that the prop needs to be re-sealed. It turned out that they insist on handling the...

This is the third time, my wife and I are in the market for a plane: The first one was a Cessna, then our Mooney and now something fun like a Kitfox or maybe a vintage aircraft. We probably all heard the advice of how to buy an airplane, if one wants to avoid almost certain financial disaster...

OK, I know this sounds like a ridiculous apples vs. oranges comparison, which doesn’t make any sense at all. Please hear me out, though. ;) We have a Mooney M20E, which we will keep. She is fast, I also take her comfortably into most grass strips. Because of the Mooney’s versatility, we...

I started to look for (Tri-)Pacers and checked Barnstormers like 15 times a day for new postings. The last few days have been emotionally very challenging, because their site is down... :( :confused: :eek::eek: :rolleyes: :cool: :D Well, I guess I could go flying - the weather however also...

I thought that plane covers would come in handy for (very) occasional winter outside parking. Looking at the prices, I however don’t feel like spending all the money, only to park once or twice per winter outside. I was therefore wondering if I could make a set of simple covers myself. Few...

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I was wondering if there are good trainings available, which cover IFR decision making during icing season? Go / no-go? Climb or decent when ice starts to build?

I am looking for a used Bendix King KLN-90B in good condition. No antenna or tray are needed, as it will be a replacement for a defective unit. I thought of spending $400 - $600, depending on condition, age of the backup battery and database. Contact via PM. Oliver

As a new instrument pilot, I started to closely follow the weather forecast in order sharpen my go / no go decision making skills. That being said, I have to admit that I struggle to understand the conditions in which icing is likely to occur. Let me take the current conditions in Indianapolis...

Older video, but I thought that it is still worth posting: https://youtu.be/1bjzoh3iQJc Quite interesting, particularly when they clean up the plane for supersonic flight. I can't exactly say why, but I was for some reason a bit surprised that the pilot checked whether the approach is...

Electric unicycles - I thought that they are a pretty cool idea and that they would be a handy and compact transport solution for the last few miles from the airport. This guys rides a 'NineBot One' (I believe this is one of the high end models) up the super steep Powell Street in San...

This sounds like a great idea and will make it a lot easier for SAR to find a plane if it went down outside of radar coverage and if the pilot is incapable of activating a PLB or SPOT manually. I however don't know, whether a flight plan must be filed in order to actually make them track a SPOT...

In our former flying club we had two Piper Archers. Same model, same engine, same prop, similarly equipped, almost identical empty weight. One of them accelerated and climbed however so sluggish that I was close to aborting my first take off with it, because it did not feel right. Others also...

Today, I shoved my new $26.99 borescope camera into some of of our 172's openings. Please find attached a few pictures, they are from the right wing, the elevator and the horizontal stabilizer. The level of corrosion seemed to be pretty much same throughout these areas. The left wing and the...

Our Cessna 172 is equipped with 2x KX-155 radios and a Sigtronics SPA-400 intercom. When I turn the intercom on, the communication between pilots and co-pilot work flawlessly. When I however try to make a radio call, the transmission contains a lot of noise. The noise also changes with rpm...

SOLD: Quiet Technologies Halo, 3 month old, $270 incl. shipping. Like new. I am selling my Quiet Technologies Halo Headset. I received it in February and flew with it for about 20 hours. It is in a like new condition, I used only the earplugs which were originally installed. $270...

Our new to us 172G suffers from quite severe shimmy, with worn bushings in the torque link identified as the main cause. I therefore ordered a torque link kit, a shimmy damper kit and new rod ends from McFarlane. Additionally, I also ordered new steering rods, also from McFarlane, to get the...

The pre-buy inspection revealed that it is not documented that the AD94-05-05R1 for the Continental O-300 of the plane we want to buy had been complied with. The AD requires that when a cylinder is removed, the cylinder rocker shaft bosses need to be inspected. All cylinders had been removed /...