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So those of us resident in the great state of Texas we now have a program where in order to register your vehicle it must first be inspected, the data sent to the state, matched with your registration renewal and insurance verification, and then you are sent a sticker. I keep all my vehicles...

Reading these posts over the years one could easily come to the conclusion that flying is the most difficult thing a person could ever endeavor to do. We have the regulation arguments, and many quotes from the FAR/AIM or controllers handbook(you read that every night before bed right?)...

I am planning on picking up a new truck tomorrow or the next day. Been a few years (2005) since I bought a Ford after the challenges with the diesels I backed off. Anyway, the market is moving so fast that you really need to look at all the options. I've decided to try gas mainly for the...

I have known the local Piper salesman for several years. I have never done any kind of demo flight because I wasn't entertaining buying a plane. Anyway, he said he had a Seneca coming through Dallas on the way back from a show in CA and offered to give me a demo. So for those of you with any...

As some of you know my 206 has been in the shop getting an annual and what turned out to be a top overhaul. Anyway the aircraft was done the end of last week and I needed to fly an extended cylinder breakin flight of about 2 hours. So after doing a triple pre-flight, 45 minute ground hold for...

I have another thread going about my ongoing challenges getting my T206H put back together. I won't double post all of the details, but I am thinking I would like to have an A&P supervise the reassembly of my top end. I don't need anyone to turn a single wrench, sign off on anything, get...

I put my T206H (TIO540-AJ1A) in for annual in Oct. During that time we found that SB593A applied to my intake valves. I started a thread about that (got derailed by know it alls) where the advice was to have the exhaust valves checked while the cylinders were out. So I followed that advise, the...

Here is an old video about how things are forged that I found fascinating. Shows the making of aircraft carrier catapults, rods, crankshafts, turbine wheels/blades, etc. Also gives a glimpse into a lot of American industry that is now long gone. Anyway, some you share my interest in these...

I just finished up a tankless hot water heater install this weekend. For once the timing worked out well and I was able to do the roof work on the last semi-warm day and then finished the plumbing just before we had a little freezing rain. Good points: I gained a nice little closet to store...

Thanks to those that helped.

I thought I'd start by quoting Robert Frost accurately in hopes that this will be a productive, factually accurate, thread. Good luck right?:) In my other recent thread about the SR22T (that has become a petty single vs. twin debate) I noticed something that I thought might be interesting to...

I just got back from flying the G5 Turbo this afternoon. The airplane was loaded with everything except the Sat. Phone. Just as a point of background I have a lot of G1000 time, so all of the standard G1000 features were not new. I have also flown the G3 NA Cirrus w/ the Perspective avionics...

I just drove the A5 and A7 from Frankfurt to Hamburg. I was getting blown off the road at 180. Of course there was a lot of slow downs due to construction and traffic. I haven't had a chance to really drive it for a long time. Good times (even though the wife was freaking out the whole time).

I finally decided to fly to Osh from Dallas instead of Taos (KADS-KGRB ). I am staying in Green Bay for various reasons, mainly I didn't make reservations before this morning. Anyway, it is 800NM from Dallas. I am looking for a good place to stop and grab lunch at about the 500 mile mark give or...

March 6th we have an airspace change in DFW's class B. Unfortunately it doesn't look good for those operating out of KADS (my base). Because of Dallas Love traffic - Southwest they have lowered the B shelf to 2500'. Doesn't sound like a big deal. Well the airspace is already very congested, if...

Friday night my wife and I are coming back from a movie. We pull up to a light and in the lane next to us a Camry comes to a sliding stop out into the middle of the intersection almost t-boning crossing traffic. The buy definitely had his foot in that Camry because he skidded about 200'. So he...

I have a T206H with a Lycoming TSIO-540-AJ1A with 550 hours. I just had it in annual in Oct. and all the compressions were 70+. In the last +/- 15 hours I have noticed oil consumption increased to about 1 qt. every 4 hours. Prior it was using maybe 1 every 15ish. I naturally thought I had an oil...

I just flew from KNEW (New Orleans Lakefront) to KADS (Dallas Addison) today. I thought it might be interesting to discuss the differences between winter flying and summer flying. I thought today might provide a good example to kick it off. Often in the summer a system will pick up power over...

Skiers all know the term powder day, yesterday was an aviation version. Over night we had a light dusting of powder. We departed making the first tracks and leaving a cloud of champagne powder on the roll. It was a beautiful morning with low clouds hanging around the mountains. On the way to...

I started thinking about this the other day when I was helping a friend fill a portable oxygen bottle. Another pilot came along and asked if we'd washed our hands, degreased the wrenches, etc. When I laughed he walked about 200' away to observe the impending fireball. I laughed because I have...