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Well, I wasn't exactly drifting - soaring along on the crest of some ridge lift and fighting a headwind more exactly. But the scenery...

Bear with me a few paragraphs as I talk a little about my previous life. I have been in aviation since my teenage years,...

I normally fly with a compact, fabric kneeboard that wraps around my thigh with an elastic Velcro strap. Been using these for years -...

This week, we're at the Lycoming Engine Service School to learn about how the factory says they should be maintained, overhauled, and operated - and we hope to bring our readers along for the ride.

There's an old joke that says that Lycoming once made two identical engines - but nobody can prove that it did! The genesis for this humor is undoubtedly the special publication we reviewed in today’s engine class titled Lycoming Certificated Aircraft Engines, otherwise known as SSP-110-1.

Today's session at the Lycoming Service School included a little hands on time with maybe the most "radical new technology" to be included in...

The best quote yet from Jim Doebler - "These engines will whisper before they scream." In other words, listen carefully to what your engine is telling you - problems caught early are much easier to fix.

Who attends the Lycoming Service School? You'd be surprised at the variety! Personally, I have flown behind these (and other) engines for most of...

Lycoming's three-day Engine Disassembly and Reassembly course kicked off this morning, and once again, here we are - this time the goal being to...

  I have watched and helped with the assembly of Lycoming engines before - but each time I've seen it done, there are little variations...