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For those of you who know WWII military aircraft, can you identify this plane, both military and civilian designation?

I’ve gone through break in of fresh engines in both my planes and it’s now time to start cleaning the greasy belly’s. I tried using cream type hand cleaner this morning and I was underwhelmed. Anyone have any better suggestion. I was warned off about Simple Green because it contains ammonia...

I got the quote today on the Mooney and it literally doubled from last year. Nothing has changed since last year except that I turned 73. I’ve never had a violation or a claim.

The attached picture was taken yesterday. Thought I would post it because seeing two DC3/C47’s in D Day paint together is nots common sight these days. The far one has an amazing documented history and is painted including nose art as it was on June 6th 1944. It belongs to the museum and I...

They had a few planes out of one of the museum hangars while getting out the P51. This is what cluttered up the Tarmac next to my hangar while they were doing it. All planes in this museum are airworthy. The museum is open to the public Saturday mornings from 8AM to Noon. KOSA. Come and see us!

The Title is the question.

I have a card compass in both my planes and it has always seemed to be pretty close even while climbing? Have others experienced the same thing? I hesitate to reset the DG in a climb, but am I just being too picky?

The title is the question. It sure seems like there are too few of them. If there were more, it would take on a different scheduling and pricing structure I think.

My checkride is scheduled. I believe I’m ready. I will be doing it with a non WAAS 420 and a NAV with LOC/GS. I fully expect that he will fail the 420, but I am trying to envision how that will be. Will he fail it for a short time and make me ask for vectors to final? Make me track a VOR and...

Well, this is the time of year in Texas when so many days are forecast with scattered thunderstorms. Taking a 200 to 250 mile trip on one of these days has a large chance of one popping up in your path or near by. ADS-B weather lags by fifteen minutes or more and I understand that one can pop...

I bought my Mooney 3 years ago. It had sat without running for a long time, but they had removed the cylinders, inspected inside and replaced the rings. It had done quite nicely with that and seemed like it would be fine. At that point it had 1000 SMOH. It was sorted and running great when...

My Cessna 140 with custom panel relies on a NARCO audio panel as the intercom. It has always been adequate, but only enough for pilot, copilot to hear each other if headset volume controls are maxed. My hearing has not improved over the years, which means it’s not as good as it once was...

I can fly my little Cessna 140 on instruments in smooth air and create a track log that looks as if it were drawn with a straight edge. I have a 420 on the panel and I can match the TRK to the DTRK and draw a straight line. Bumpy air is a different story. It is still a ragwing and moves...

I have everything on the plane ready for my instrument ride: paperwork, pitostatic check, Navigator database update, everything working except, I tried to get audio from a VOR today to hear the Morse code and all I got was high frequency static. Is this an absolute no go for the checkride? A...

I have read and experienced the problem with the high cam Lycoming. With the cam high, if the engine is left unstarted in a humid climate for long enough, the oil can drip off the cam and corrosion will form. If the time comes when there is enough corrosion, a pit will form. Much like a...

The title is the question. I am in the midst of a zero time overhaul gathering parts. I found and purchased the latest version Lycoming brand DLC coated lifters which prevents or at least reduces the possibility of lifter spalling. Now I have to buy a cam to go with it. The lifters are where...

Does ANYONE know where I can get my hands on a set of these coated lifters? I have been working through a Lycoming distributor. The poor guy can’t get them. He keeps saying it will be two more weeks, and I’m sure that’s what he’s being told. I am about to get all the rest of the parts and...

I’ve been working on my IR a LONG time! Have had a hard time finding an instructor, get going with one I like flying with and he has to move for a flying job or get things going then have major mechanical trouble, etc. I have finally really learned the skill of keeping the shiny side up and...

The GNC420 I put in the 140 is wonderful, but in the installation process, we removed a NAV 121 that was NAV2. This left an open output on the antenna splitter. The NAV122 has always worked wonderfully, but is now weak. It won’t pickup the local VOR when at the test location on the airport...

I have always been under the impression that any flight that involved a landing over 50nM from the departure airport made the whole trip before returning home to be loggable as cross country. The straight line distance seemed to mean an airport landing somewhere in the sequence of the trip that...