The International Cessna 170 Association

Years back an old, highly experienced crop duster by the name of Olin "Pappy" Longcoy...a well respected pilot, mechanic, grass airport owner showed me a long wing Piper tailwheel plane of his on which he had installed smoothed and airfoil shaped plywood panels ...on the wingtips. (careful...

A couple of short comments to add... It seems when I've seen planes lifted by the eyebolts on top, that spreader bars were used so that the lifting force on the eyebolts would be straight up not pulling in toward the middle. I suspect one of our engineer types might have a comment about that. For fl...

So how come when I deliver the highest praise to a well respected flight instructor known for being one of the two best Hawker Instructors in the world... the subject of the comment replys: [quote]Hey, Bruce! Isn't there a function in this software somewhere that a moderator can ban troublemakers? /...

The comments of Richard and George and others are so very much on target. I'll add a comment following Bruce's excellent observations: DME or Radar service can be substituted for a marker beacon on an ILS approach. An IFR GPS and certified installation can be substituted for a DME. Do you have an au...

Most importantly, the cranker must keep the thumb on the same side of the crank as the rest of the fingers. More than one early model starter has been surprised and broken a thumb. Yes there are common sense rules to hand cranking the early autos just as there are for the early airplanes.

Some thoughts on this subject: In order to earn a Commercial Pilot Certificate in an airplane, one must do that first check ride in an airplane with retractable gear. There are a lot of professional pilots out there who fly multiengine airplanes and have no Commercial, single engine privileges. A pe...

First Flight. A brand new or nearly brand new Cessna 170 with red trim out of the then grass airport in Governeur, New York about 1954. Bill Rotundo, Flight Instructor, FBO owner, in the left front seat and my dad, then a student pilot, in the right front seat. I sat in the left back seat with my br...

Your chart is excellent, George...

But educate me on the James Brake Index issue.

Peace!

George, are you suggesting that if one were to find a way to use the LEDs for the wingtips, it would be wise to use colored LEDs and clear lenses so that the lenses don't reduce the light output or change the color?

Peace!

Crosswind Component Chart.....heh, heh, heh....That ain't no Crosswind Component Chart.... THIS is a Crosswind Component Chart! http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=Crosswind+Component+Chart&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=sMhOSpmePJX The discussion on crosswind component,...

And for a little bit more information, this site leads us to individual AWOS/ASOS phone numbers and frequencies.

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/weather/asos/?

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George, the Ham Radio community makes generous use of tools like soldering irons. One first class outfit is: http://search.cartserver.com/search/search.cgi?cartid=a-6994&category=newprices&maxhits=200&keywords=soldering+iron Among others, they feature: WEL WTCPT WELLER 60W SOLDERING STAT...

In support of my learned colleague, GAHORN, perhaps it might be interesting to look at this TCDS information on the FAA's site. Its kind of nice to go to the source. It supports the 115 mph number for the three models. http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/51DCD...