Happy New BAS Day
I have been working through an issue with my engine, lots of metal in filter, it had sat for a few years, the question was corrosion or engine coming apart....I have been working with...
I posted before about my engine making metal, I have decided to sell the plane and let someone else do the overhaul
I fly for fun, I am not using the plane to get anywhere, and my wife does not have...
Just a year ago, I acquired my first plane, a Cherokee 180. I bought it from a friend of mine, knowing full well that it had sat for 4-5 years without flying. I was fully aware what this might do to...
I have only had my Cherokee for a few months and I have about 20 hours in it.
I was taking off this evening for a local fun flight, no problems with start, I ran it up no problem, but when I took off,...
Found this Channel on YouTube with a series about pilots in Indonesia. Two episodes up and it looks interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_1mBtIVKlU
Probably pressty boring for this crowd, but I got a GoPro at Oshkosh and went around the patch experimenting with placement...probably need to move to one side a little more to ovoid center window beam
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Went up in my new (first) plane today!! Wow! she is a well cared for beauty and flew amazing! The old wing leveler even still...
Closed on a Piper Cherokee 180D today.....finally an owner!
She is still in annual, there are a few squawks to take care of....then flying!! Not ready for the backcountry yet, but I am Stoked!
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Well, after some serious wrangling with the "powers that be" since mid-June, I now have a special issuance 3rd class medical-so I am a "real" pilot again. I have been flying my Cub (LSA), but for a while...