Hi-Tech Tech Counseling
I had a wonderful flight on a recent cool Saturday morning out into the middle of Nevada - Winnemucca, Nevada, to be precise. Cold...
It Takes a Village
...And every village needs an idiot. Or at least someone who doesn't know something. The best thing though - is the village can come...
Perspective
Take a look at these beautiful pictures, taken over the town of Truckee (CA), just north of Lake Tahoe, at the northern edge of...
Favorite Tools
I was working on a part for our Xenos the other day - a fairly complicated bracket to hold an idler bell crank that...
Ultimate Instrument Proficiency Check
I fly a lot of new experimental aircraft, which means I do a lot of flying with the latest technology when it comes to...
Ahhh…Weather
There are a few fundamentals when it comes to aviation weather that many pilots never really get taught. These have nothing to do whatsoever...
Sorta' Old School
It turns out that next week I am going to do some flying with an old friend in his old Twin Comanche. No, it's...
Awww Nuts!
The picture sort of speaks for itself, doesn't it? A long-ago completed stabilizer for our Xenos motor glider project, carefully stored in the hangar...
Now THAT's a compressor!
OK shop-hounds, we all like to talk about the size and quality of our air compressors, but I am humbled by what I found...
Front Seal Tool
How many of you have replaced the front crankshaft seal on a Lycoming engine? Yeah....I see a lot of hands up, which is what...
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Phase I testing not completed, understanding operating limitations, non-TSOd position lights.
What Are the Odds?
My first winter in Oregon came and went. The weather’s been fairly nice leading...