The other cool thing nearby Fredericksburg that I forgot to mention is Enchanted Rock: https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/enchanted-rock A plutonic laccolith, it has great hiking, rock climbing, and even a cave you can explore. It is about 17 miles North of Fredericksburg. If you can't make it there...

Wish I could come. Only about 36 NM from my home field, but we will be in Pensacola for the Blue Angels' Homecoming airshow (we go every year). The Airport Diner is one of my favorite $100 Hamburger places. The Museum is incredible. You could spend several days there. Lots of unique artifacts of the...

My prop has 120 hours on it since OH and upgrading to the scimitar blades. Original hub, has 900 hours on it. Blades are tight and no grease slinging. Luckily, my overhaul was done locally, no cost to R&R, prop shop is about 20 miles from my hangar, and they sent a truck to pickup and deliver to...

Technically it is possible that LGB is the longer runway of any of the airports except LAX. So skipping OXR, CMA, SMO, etc sort of makes sense. Yeah, but >90 NM is a long way to fly in a twin with one engine out, if you don't have to. Of course, when I was in the Navy, we would routinely intentiona...

Hi Bryan: The "Approved" grounding location on my aircraft (2001, manufactured in Austria) is the boarding step. Newer airframes have this part painted, and I believe that there is an unpainted metal grounding tab near the step. Some folks use the exhaust stack, but I never have liked doin...

Mark: Looking at your photo, there could be some rub marks just below the blue stripe. I wonder if the rear edge of the vertical stabilizer was rubbing the rudder at the extremes of travel? I could see someone (incorrectly) putting a couple of washers between the rudder and bracket to move the rudde...

Take Flight also found that our rudder had been installed improperly the last time it was taken off the plane -- and there may be damage. Waiting to hear back on that. That is interesting - the rudder is affixed with two nuts and two washers - hard to imagine it being done incorrectly. It should be...

michael.g.miller wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:39 pm ... and gives you a spare mag you can IRAN when your main one is at 500 hours.

Not really. The left and right mags on the IO360-M1A (and most engines) are different P/Ns and are not interchangeable.

Bernie: I know that your mechanic probably knows this, but the MP fitting on the cylinder is not a standard NPT barbed fitting. It should have a very small (like #60 drill bit) hole rather than a wide open bore like most fittings. This is done to minimize the effect of the fluctuations in MP as read...

Arnaud - If when you say "loose" you mean that you can pull the safety latch inward about 5-10 mm, that is normal. If that play wasn't available, you could never open the rear hatch. If you are seeing fore and aft looseness, that would indicate a wear issue. On a similar topic, make sure t...