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Former Santa Monica mayor dies in small plane crash on beach - ABC News (go.com) Sounded like he stayed calm and tried to do his best. RIP

Noticed a streak of oil on front of cowling and believe it to be from a leaking front seal on a Lycoming O360 with fixed pitch prop. What are the chances of having serious issues if we continue to fly as is for awhile? This is a working towplane (gliders) and now is the start of the best...

Pilot heard a noise sounding like a backfire about 3K agl after takeoff. Landed and parked it for me to look at. Didn't sound like any afterfire I'd ever heard so I grounded airplane pending investigation. Found four studs of the eight holding the #1 cylinder on the Lycoming O-360 had sheared...

We've had many discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of aircraft certificated as "Experimental" but what about "Restricted?" I fly and maintain a towplane for gliders that retains its standard certification but I know some towplanes and agricultural aircraft are in the restricted...

Is a BasicMed exam kind of like a flight review in that you can't fail? Is the doctor only able to not sign off the physical exam? Is anything sent to the FAA like in a regular Class 1,2 or 3 flight physical?

A friend had a run-in with the local FSDO recently. Apparently the FSDO inspector claimed my friend needed a ferry permit to fly in class E airspace with a non-current transponder turned off. At no time would the flight to the avionics shop to get the transponder inspected fly in or even near...

Anyone heard of an STC that extends the recommended TBO of subject Continental from 1800 to 2000 hours?

Commercial test expired after the two year date so I had to spring for a new one. Didn't have a singe ADF question but I must have had around six questions on determining the time enroute to a VOR by turning (10 degrees) off course and timing how long it takes to center the CDI. Some questions...

Had a question in the morning concerning adding ground instructor to a certificate so I called our local FSDO. Had to leave a message because everyone was apparently too busy to answer the phone. Later that day an ops inspector returned my call. When I asked him what I needed to do to add a...

Let's suppose I built my own LSA, had it inspected and registered it as an amateur built E- LSA. With a repairman's certificate, or as an A&P, I could do the condition inspections on it. What would stop me from sticking a controllable pitch prop on it somewhere down the road. It doesn't have...

I'm close to taking the commercial check ride and have recently had a discussion concerning the restrictions placed on a commercial pilot without an instrument rating. Do the prohibitions of carrying a passenger at night or flying farther than 50 miles at any time apply to a instrument rated...

The other day I pulled out a sectional to show someone where Zuehl Airfield was located. I thought I knew where it was but there was no Zuehl where I thought it was. 1TE4, formerly Zuehl Airfield, has been renamed "Objectionable" on the San Antonio sectional. A friend of mine owns a hangar...

Any of you experienced glider pilots purposely broken the tow rope? I've been towing for a couple of months and haven't found anyone who has done this. We've been debating whether to land on tow or attempt to break the rope in the event neither aircraft can release.

I have a single hard drive that is divided into C and D drives. The C drive is a fraction of the size of the D drive and is nearing capacity. I've tried to move stuff off the C to the D but it would be a lot easier to just have the partition moved so that the C is closer to the D in size. Can...

Yesterday, although I had dialed in the discrete 4 digit code ATC had assigned me, Approach said they were still seeing 1200 as my transponder readout. I redialed all four digits and cycled the transponder to off and back to ALT with ATC saying they were still seeing 1200. They confirmed my...