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I just started discussing this with Ted via email, but was curious on other folks' take in here. I just bought a Navajo, and the only major squawk is that there's some inconsistencies with the manifold pressure reading. A slight adjustment can cause the indication to drop from say 33" to 28"...

I recently bought a Navajo. I bought 130 gallons at KBUU today. It was awesome.

Anyone have experience with Lafayette Avionics or any other avionics shops in the chicago region? I'm looking for a panel reconfig and replacing current avionics with a garmin stack.

I did about 1.5 under the hood this morning. Mainly tracking/bracketing VORs and climbing/descending turns via cfii's vectors. Today was the first time I truly became disoriented. At some point during the bumpy morning I suddenly felt like we were in a hard bank to the right, despite the...

Before the kids were born my 90% mission (maybe even 100%) was 4 adults in the Apache. I was close to buying a 4-seat single that didn't work out for reasons (sucked worse for the seller due to the problem uncovered -- sorry dude!). Then a proverbial ass-load of money made it my way, so I'm...

I'm having a career change which is going to let me burn a lot more avgas, but I'm most likely relocating from Chicago to Manhattan. Any recommendations for FBOs, GA-friendly airports, flying clubs (will need a cfii soon), etc.?

Anyone have suggestions for a simple & cheap open-cockpit 2-seater meant for just putting around the local area slowly for fun?

Just announced it's increasing to $59.

There was an article a few weeks ago talking about landing with as little control inputs as possible. One of the things that stuck out to me (I just hadn't thought of it before) was that a certified aircraft cannot stall from trim alone without no pilot inputs. Does anyone have any experience...

Hopefully this is an okay spot for this -- I didn't put in classifieds as it has very little to do with aviation. For any interested in simple/casual android games to get your kids to stop complaining while you're on your next big cross-country two friends and I made a simple puzzle game...

There was a thread with some great recommendations for insurance, I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations for aircraft financing/brokers. I'm getting everything in order for a buy in July hopefully; does anyone have any recommendations for a financer/broker that'll do a 1960 piston...

Sigh. So in the crusade to sell the Apache I've have quite a few interesting personalities show up. Many of them cordial, but there was this one which was astounding. After looking over the logs and pictures and taking a look in person twice he agreed to $16,000. When he showed up, he had...

I'm just curious how much the jet pilots on this board are impacted by crosswinds. Given how much heavier the aircraft air as well as their higher approach speeds, I don't picture the larger aircraft having to adjust as much.

I'm in the process of researching "The Next Plane"™ When looking at a Cherokee Six 260 recently I was asking the owner about performance and he said he gets about 120kts true at 23"/24 regardless of altitude. This didn't make sense to me as in the Apache at 23/23 and about 7,500' I'll true...

Just wondering how many of you started out who take care of your own planes. I do my own work on my cars, but I've not really done anything on my own aircraft. Did most of you just find a local A&P who'd inspect and sign off of your own work and start off with basic things, or did you take...

I just received a bill from the shop I started taking the Apache to since I moved up to KUGN. It is for 148% of the budget I approved including a back-charge of $50 for verbal advice when I asked about replacing my landing light. This is the third time they've sent me a bill for almost...

My AMEL DPE is a really big helicopter guy, and he gave me all of his numbers straight-up. It is crazy, and I now have a lot of respect for those who persevere through and obtain their CP for helo. http://realcostofownership.blogspot.com/2013/09/why-fly-when-you-can-beat-air-into.html

I'm just soliciting some feedback. I'm a long time software engineer, and my best friend develops navigation software for maritime applications in Europe. We are throwing around the idea of building our own Android app. Rather, we've already built our own that we use, but it has a...

Based on some of the feedback I received and posts I saw, I decided to take a step down to one of the most affordable to purchase and fly aircrafts out there for analysis. There are plenty of Piper Cubs and the like which are cheaper to operate, but thanks to being categorized as light sport...