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I'm in the same boat with Tony. Is there any help to resolve this situation? Regards - Clark

Hi Glenn, I renewed via PayPal about a week ago, but my membership shows as expired. Can you please check and see if you see if I can be reinstated. Thank you Clark

"(basically standard sea level pressure, 70 degrees, 29.92" of mercury)" Carl, Is 70 degrees correct? My understanding in aviation everything is rated to ISO conditions of 15'C (or for us metric challenged Americans 59'F), standard sea level pressure and 60% relative humidity. I thought...

Folks, The only negative I can think of for Monterey is that it is a commercial airport. I know Alaska flies out of there, so there has to be TSA. I say this because at Carlsbad (Palomar) due to some reginal jet connecting flights, the TSA is back. Unless you have a business jet and multiple...

I always thought Page AZ might be a good choice and there is always Palm Springs. There is an excellent air museum in Palm Springs, Cassinos and lots of stuff to do in the immediate area. There are other airports besides Palm Springs (probably expensive); Thermal and Bermuda Dunes (Private)...

Joel, Come over to California and get the "really good designer" gas. $2.79 at the bargain stations and yes, its hand ladled from the top of the tank... Regards

Hi Ken, I'm probably years from flying N144TP a 112"A", but ultimately my prop was condemned by American Propeller up in Redding a few months ago. In addition to the propeller I also need the spinner. My spinner had a poorly done "patch repair" and I belive should also go to the scrap heap...

Peter, In the old days before GPS the value of a non-flying aircraft to an aircraft dismantler was in the avionics. These could be disposed of fairly quickly and the rest of the dismantling process was the “profit”. The issue was to have a cheap place to store the carcass during the...

Re: 112A Wing life Keith, Right now the only option is find another set of wings with service times documented on a 8130... Regards - Clark

Re: New Shimmy Dampners Folks This is a long Thread and I didn't re-read all of the posts, but since we are discussing shimmy, are there any advantages in using a 4 ply nose wheel tire over the more common 6 ply? On some aircraft the type certificate calls for the 4 ply nose wheel tire. My...

Re: n1260j need prop Re: n1260j need prop Jim, I have a 112 prop for sale. It has the early style hub with about 1300 hrs total time. It was overhauled (I believe) with only a few hours on it since overhauled. That overhaul was many years ago and the prop has been in storage in my...

Re: California Stops Questionnaire Tyler, I would recommend San Luis Obispo. Nice controlled field with limited commercial air service, cheaper gas on the other side and short cab ride from the little town of SLO. If you can show up on a Thursday they have an evening "farmers market" which...

Re: Hard-to-find parts "Weid it back together & reinstall." John P." John, As far as I know, you can only weld 6000 series aluminum. A lot of the these brackets are 4000 series... Regards - Clark

Re: Commander 112B upgrade Neal, I agree with you about a 337 being unnecessary and a weight & balance would also probably fall into the "negligible" category. Outside of a log book entry, I believe the "aircraft equipment list" would be required to be updated to show the removal and...

Re: Relocating FWIW I was a card caring Texan living in Dallas for 3 years back in the eighties, primarily working in the Oil & Gas industry. Looking back what stuck in my mind (at least in the Oil & Gas World) was there seemed to be two types of Texans. East Texans who seemed to be bottom...

Re: Control Yoke Collars Jim, Put me down for a set as well. Regards - Clark N144TP - S/N 155

Re: Commander Siblings!! Sherman, If you ever get a chance to see both prop hubs side by side, you will instantly see the improvements around the "shank retention area". This was a problem for a whole family of Hartzell props. Good you found out about it in a non-lethal fashion; although its...

Re: Gear Checkvalve Jim, Alright I'm in for the check valve, but like Frank I was wondering if you could provide a bit more info on the "kit". I have an early model 112 (s/n 144) so I am interested in your mod to help us get a bit more reliability zone for gear operation. Regards - Clark

Re: Gear Checkvalve Jim, "Assuming we provide a kit of dwgs, ref pics, and parts, the job should be done and tested within the span of a man day." When you add in the pressure switch, this sounds a little bit like "belts & suspenders" working together avoid a gear problem (if I'm reading this...

Re: Hot Shot Conversion Chip, Vref aside, the usual rule of thumb is that any upgrade to the aircraft will net you about half (or less) of what you spend when (and if) you sell your plane. I generally don't believe what I see in either Trade-a-Plane or Vref in this "new economic world order"...