Backcountry Pilot

I came across an ad today for an Aeronca project. Not too far from me and the pic's don't look too bad. No FWF and a $7K asking price. The part that gives me pause is "converted from 7ac to 7ec then...

Flying a clapped out club PA28/140 on dual cross-country, I had my instructor decide to flip on the #2 Nav; thinking he would show me how to find an intersection with two VORs. Immediate burning electrical...

There's a big male that runs around in the neighborhood. I've seen him following a guy walking his miniature schnauzers. I think it makes it's living on geese living on the golf course. I can't use...

Duplicate of this thread.

Only 9 registered?? Only 9 Champ accidents registered?? Help me here.... lc Only 9 accidents show up in the FAA database for Aeronca Champ. I might have found more if I had tried other search terms,...

When I saw this last night, my first thought was how do you manage to ball up a Champ bad enough to result in two fatal? Docile, slow and steel tube fuselage - doesn't get much safer. ...... This...

Sounds like the report regarding the gust lock was correct: Luke Schiada, senior air safety investigator with the NTSB’s office of aviation safety, said Monday that after examining the crash site, it...

When I saw this last night, my first thought was how do you manage to ball up a Champ bad enough to result in two fatal? Docile, slow and steel tube fuselage - doesn't get much safer. Post on PoA speculates...

Guess I should clarify that I'm running Chrome on an HP ultrabook running Win7 Home Premium. I haven't tried on the desktop in my home office yet. I've been through all the settings on Chrome and can't...

Just tried again. Cleared cache and cookies. Logged in and went to http://www.backcountrypilot.org/community/forum/latest and got the redirect loop error and the following: The webpage at http://www.backcountrypilot.org/community/forum/latest...

Keeps displaying "page has a redirect loop" on the forum. Works fine with Firefox. I've tried clearing cache and cookies several times with no joy...

I've found that entering the forum using the unread posts link is problematic; especially with Firefox. I have it set as a bookmark. It often redirects me to the start page, saying that I need to be...