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I am flying to St Louis the first weekend of October and am planning to use the St Louis Downtown airport (KCPS). Anyone have any experience with this airport? I searched through the forums and couldn't find anything recent. I heard a rumor there is a public tie-down area, but I couldn't...

I recently had a local A&P install a JPI fuel transducer in my 172. Attached is the best picture I was able to take of the installation. Is it permissible to use a hose support clamp over the firesleeve that is over the AN816 fitting used to connect the fuel hose to the transducer? The use...

I have never understood why the 24 hour forecast prog chart is never valid 24 hours from when it is issued. I could understand if it was 30 minutes less than a full 24 hours, but the attached 24-forecast is valid 19 hours and 15 minutes from when it was issued. This is significantly less than...

I am planning on flying to Cancun, Mexico the first week in July. Does anyone have any experience with flying GA into Cancun? If so, I would love to hear about your experience and any advice you may have. I haven't used a ground handling service on any of my previous international trips...

A pilot friend of mine recently asked me about the 28 day cycle used for instrument approach plates and I couldn’t come up with a good answer, so hopefully someone here will be able to help me out. When an approach plate is updated, it becomes effective at 0901Z on the first day of the new 28...

Does anyone know what happened to the pilots of the America Airlines flight 2253 that overran the runway at Jackson Hole airport last year? What is the normal procedure for a non-fatal, part 121, accident? Are the pilots fired, suspended, or forced to take a 709 ride? Ryan

I am trying to figure out if I should attempt to repair a damaged front wheel fairing on my C172 or just buy a new one. I attached two pictures that show the damage and there are some more pictures located at...

I am looking at trip to Las Vegas in my Cessna 172 during the end of December and will be staying for 5 nights. There are two GA airports in the Las Vegas area: North Las Vegas (KVGT) and Henderson Executive (KHND). Does anyone have any experience with these two airports or a recommendation...

I am based in Charlottesville, VA (KCHO) and plan to change the oil in my C172 (O320-E2D) this weekend in preparation for a trip to the Cayman Islands where it is much warmer. I am currently using AeroShell W100 and am trying to figure out if I should change over to W80 for this trip or make...

How does the FAA decide when an uncontrolled field is turned into class D airspace with a tower. I have heard rumors that Frederick, MD (FDK) will be getting a tower soon and am wondering about Leesburg, VA (JYO). Is it just based on traffic? Ryan

I have a 1974 Cessna 172 with the original Southco cowl fasteners. They are a pain to use and I am considering converting over to another fastener. Does anyone have any experience doing this? Specifically, I am looking at the Skybolt SK40S5S fastener that is part of their SK203C172P4 kit. Ryan

I am looking at working on my CFI and am confused about how some flight schools are able to do the CFI in a non-complex airplane. I am not going to use ATP flight schools, but there program is a good example of what I am talking about. They have you do the initial instructor rating in a...

I am having problems understanding the last picture instruction on a Champion CH48110-1 oil filter. Can anyone explain what step 8 in the attached picture means? Ryan

I fly into the SFRA on a semi-regular basis, but have never needed to fly into the Leesburg maneuvering area until now. Most of my flights have been between CHO and HEF and has either been on an IFR flight plan or VFR flight following with an SFRA flight plan. For those flights, I have kept my...

I need some help figuring out a fair dry rental price for a 1968 Cessna 310P with VFR avionics. The owner flies it about 30 hours a year and would like the plane to fly more. I recently got my commercial AMEL rating and would like to build up some multi time. The owner isn’t trying to make...

Has anyone recently flown either the Hudson River exclusion or the East River exclusion? The course at FaaSafety.gov does a good job of describing the Hudson River between 1,000 ft and 1,300 ft, but the skyline route and the East River weren’t covered as well. What are the chances or actually...