The P51 is a great airplane. My friend Bruce Winter owns one that he restored from a bunch of parts sitting on a pallet in W. TX. It is a single seat P51D that flew in WWII in Italy. I can't fly it because it is a single seat version. He flies it as a Heritage Flight pilot. He also owns a ME109 that...

"Dr Noskim Atidigah – President of Ghana Fund, stated that the choice of aircraft for the footprint operations was informed by the ability of the aircraft to use remote airstrips."

DA40 Tundra might have been a better choice...

Doesn't sound like it is anything you are doing. I always pull out of the hangar without using the towbar. Like you, I pull on two blades right at the root (never further out on the blade). My pull out is downhill, so I'm not exerting much force. I don't push on the blades ever - I have a tug to put...

I wonder if, as Scott postulates, this is due to a vibration issue with the Diamond airframe/engine combination. If so, a dynamic balancing might help alleviate it. I have toyed with the idea of buying a prop balancing set up, but have deferred because of a) cost, b) my airplane runs fairly smoothly...

Russ: I am not clear on your statement: "Of course depending on the issue and needed repair, you may need an A&P/IA rather than just an A&P." An A&P can perform any repair required (at least on an old technology engine like mine), notwithstanding any restrictions on access to p...

The issue was at the bottom end of the intake pipes near seal P/N 77569. Come to think of it, I have no idea why oil was visible on the bottom of the pipes on the induction housing. Could it have leaked from somewhere else and collected there? In any case, the seals were declared faulty and replace...

Mine are not tinted. It should not make a difference, though, as the plexiglas material itself contains the tint, it is not a surface treatment. One would have to remove a significant amount of the thickness of the tinted sheet to even be able to detect it with a densitometer, much less the human eye.

I had a similar occurrence on my aircraft (first time I removed the rear seat). I used Novus #2 and a damp cloth to remove the scratch, followed by Novus #1 to polish. Both are available from Aircraft Spruce. It did a good job, I can't see where the scratch was, and I know where it was...

VM-1000 equipped aircraft have different sensors for fuel pressure and oil pressure. They look the same, but have different pressure ranges.

A number of your items would depend on the anticipated usage: Private flying by one or two pilots vs. flight instruction with many inexperienced pilots, etc. Items like tires and brakes would need replacement more frequently than a single owner or partnership use. I'm only on my second set of tires ...