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Hi all, I'm trying to track down a school in the Detroit area ,Ann Arbor I think, that has an M4 Maule online ,I've booked it for Oshkosh but have lost the schools contact info,,,any help would be greatly appreciated Matty

I got taught BUMFISH Brakes,pressure Undercarriage ,down fixed Master,Mags,Mixture Fuel, pump on, best tank, sufficient for go round Instruments ,in the green Secure, harness's Hatches doors locked Also had reds, blues and greens cowls as a final check on the more sophisticated jiggers

seems to be pretty standard advice and pretty good at that,,,,unless your in Australia,,airports are connected by vast empty spaces ,a night rating here is an add on to a PPL (or higher) and although I would love the view the risk is pretty high for single engine ops, most guys/gals go for a...

Motor body builder, not sure what you'd call it in the US , basically build light truck bodies. Still trying to work out what I want to do( now 45 yo)

popular in New Zealand, a mate of mine had one for meat bombing, they also use them for AG work,,,fugly is the word that springs to mind,,,don't think they actually fly, just so damn ugly the earth repels them, same aerodynamic principle as the helicopter! :)

I reckon it depends on the aircraft, I was flying a 160hp RV6 and just holding it in the three point it would fly off nicely and climb like a homesick angel, the C185 I was in for a while needed a bit of a push to lift the tail but if I tried to "make" it come up it was a bit squirrely, the...

yeh done that too, the owners says " thats one way of adjusting the RPM ,it'll get real quiet shortly"

cool, even grabbed the seat as we rolled, Google you are clever!!!!

yeh same here, when I was first learning the taildragger dance I wouldn't take my eyes off the runaway for any thing, now ,although I am noway an expert, I find I have a quick glance at the airspeed about when the AC wants to fly, confirms my feelings ,I guess, As for the "torque" I don't...

flown both in RV's and the elec ones are easier, only pinched my hand in the lever/button twice ,

I went from a fairly new 172 with elec flaps, to a fairly new tecnam with leccy flaps, I then had the use of a mates Cherokee six ,,first circuit I thought "what an archaic ****box", after a couple of cicuits I was sold, can't think of a better way to do flaps now, nothing is as simple or...

Haven't tried this but it seems like a good way to get a feel for where your at, my hours for the last 9 months has been in a Super Decathalon, I find for three pointers as I taxi out I find a reference for the cowls to the horizon, when I come in to land I round out and keep the cowl reference...

I have a kitfox type and I've been told they leak so bad you have stall it to get the water out, I' got a mate who pushes things with the weather so much I wonder if I go to his funeral at some time. I don't mind a bit of wind but really crappy wx is just not fun,

I simply have no argument for that, it has been really nice for about 8 hours now so I'm preparing a rebuttal, ,,,if we can get through the arvo that is!!! cheers Mat:rolleyes:

I was always told to push the throttle in like you had to pay for everything in front of ya sneakers, makes me treat it all nice and gentle, I let it roll depending on the runway length and even at the moment there's only about 350 metres of usable strip (of about 1300m of grass, it's been a wet...

but they have worked out how to pay them like monkeys, at least in Oz

Did a checkride (actually it was a heap of checkrides) with a mate in his C185, first time out he says"don't worry about getting out of shape ,you can't take this plane anywhere I haven't already been", after too many circuits he let me loose with the big girl and I fell in love (lust) with...

start a discussion on whether to wheel or three point and you'll find out how "groupie" we can be:hairraise: tricycle gear flyers don't have the same discussions cause as we know a trained monkey can land one of those!!! just being a smart a$$ ,flame suit is on!

No one has asked ,"why is this in the mile high forum" just wondering ,and not judging, just wondering !!!:confused::D

we don't have these issues in Australia, we dislike politicians just as much as everyone else, we just can't be bothered with doing anything to them, I've never heard of a no fly zone with our pollies, BUT ,when the US president comes to OZ we have the same crap to deal with as you guys, which...