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An instructor once taught me the following technique for my IO-360: Avionics/switches off Set throttle to 1200 RPM idle Slowly lean by twisting the mixture knob until the engine begins to die At the first sign of the engine roughening due to the lean mixture pull the mixture knob out all...

Since "Replacing and servicing batteries" is in FAR 43 Appendix A Preventative Maintenance (and confirmed by advisory circular AC 43-12A) I believe I can replace my battery as a Private Pilot without A&P supervision. I'd be replacing the battery with an identical model. What do I write in...

I was watching the first episode of Season 2 of Burn Notice and there is a scene where a twin engine plane is on fire. This is explained as they were about to take off, then ambushed by people who shot them and set the plane on fire. However, shots clearly reveal that the prop tips are bent as...

So, I'm just getting into the meat of my instrument training. We've discussed the alternate requirements. I won't be with my instructor until Saturday but I was at work looking out at KBED today (my work has a nice view of the airport!) in the soup and wondering if there are any good flight...

A question for those who know the rotorcraft specific rules. I arrived at a pilot controlled field with the standard left traffic yesterday. As I overflew the airport above pattern altitude prior to entering a downwind for runway 14 there was a helicopter (red Robinson) on *right* downwind...

So I'm the happy owner of a folding bike. I flew down to Cape Cod with the bike last Friday and it was a lot of fun. There is a rail trail there that leaves from the Chatham airport (CQX) and goes all over the Cape. I'm wondering about other airports that have this sort of thing. I'm not...

Thanks to a coincidence of circumstances I had a chance to fly with my niece on Sunday. I was a bit worried (as was my sister) that she wouldn't like any bumpy air and it was a bit turbulent with cumulus above. My concerns were unfounded, she was eager, and said the bigger bumps as we crossed...

So do many of you get a lot of foreigners training at your home base? Sometimes the phraseology gets a bit funny. I generally found this person understandable relative to some clips I have heard.

So I am based on the northeast. How far do I have to fly to get a good southern breakfast with grits? How far do I have to fly to get good barbecue? What other regional foods are worth searching out? Airport restaurant suggestions in that range?

So I bought a 1977 Cessna Cardinal RG. I love it! The plane was in Statesville, NC (SVH) and I am based at Nashua, NH so this presented a bit of a challenge. After closing on the plane last Friday I flew Sunday one way on JetBlue down to Charlotte to pick up the airplane, get some transition...

Until now I've been a renter, but if all goes well I will be an owner soon. As a renter of course I mostly paid attention to the Hobbs time since that is what I paid. A post on the Red Board about oil consumption got me thinking. Under what circumstances is tach time used vs. Hobbs? Oil...

I do love the clear smooth air we can get in the winter sometimes. Today was perfect. This was from ASH to PYM, Plymouth MA (and back) through the Boston Class Bravo.