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I know I've seen them flying in clouds. Do they have some sort of an air traffic control system in place? 54 Robin cleared to descend to 12 feet, converging sparrow traffic at your 4 o'clock not a factor. 17 blackbird cleared to land 3rd spruce on the right, advise when you have branches in...

The weather in Indiana finally cleared up enough to do some flying to nowhere in the 175 yesterday. Just burning holes the sky and leaving green tracks on the GPS. A little over an hour covered a pretty good bit of ground and while it was a bit bumpy it was nice to get back in the air when it...

I was on the way to a fly-in saturday and was listening to the chatter at the airport as I got closer. There was a lot of traffic in the pattern and near the airport reporting positions as well as other helpful info. There was also a flight of 3 who I heard report "turning final" and then "going...

I've got a 1960 Cessna 175 which came with a set of wheel pants. I fly out of a couple different grass strips which are well maintained. I learned to fly in taildraggers so full stall landings are normal though I've never dragged the rear tiedown ring. The plane normally indicates about 125mph...

We're headed up to Waldoboro to visit the mother-in-law and family this week. Probably be in Wed afternoon and heading back on sunday or monday. We won't be able to fly the 175 up this time as the weather looks crappy here or there so we're flying the Volkswagen(it gets better mileage anyway)...

I know some STC's are one time affairs...you buy the super deluxe engine monitor system and it comes with an STC that lists the serial of the unit. You blow up the unit and the STC isn't valid anymore. You buy a new unit and get a new STC with a new serial. Other STC's apply as long as the...

I just bought a Cessna 152 Aerobat with the texas taildragger conversion and groundloop damage. The info on the STC seems to no longer be current and I'd like to find the STC holder for drawings to repair the gearbox. Anyone have current contact information. Googling didn't turn up much more...

After watching the video of the totally wacked Swiss paragliding skiiers (very cool) I ran across the video of the father and son who launched a weather balloon with the I-phone and camera to 100,000 + feet and had a few comments and questions. Here is a link to the video for those who haven't...

I can't find a website for them or much info. Anyone have their fiberglass fuel tank replacements for the wrinkley fuel cells? I'm looking at 182's and thinking of the problems with the soft cells and wanting to increase the capacity at the same time. Monarch used to have glass tanks that did...

A friend asked me today if he could fly a Lake amphibian legally with only a single engine land rating if he only landed on land???? I couldn't answer.... does the fact that the thing can land in the water mean that you have to have the seaplane rating or is it just landing on liquid runways...

King won't give you info unless you log in....no need to log in if I'm not buying something from them. It seems the distributors don't sell the updates for king avionics so where to get the info on how much it costs to update and how its done? The manual linked on the king site also states that...

A friend is looking forward to finishing pilot training. He soloed some years back and had finished all his cross country requirements but never got his private rating. Does any of that time count toward his license when he continues??? I took him flying a few days ago and he's still got a...