Alright, can we draw this to a close? I see it as shared blame. The airport in complicit in allowing a hazard to go unfixed for an extended period of time. I have responsibility for reasons already

I only know what the FAA expects. (You've heard of them???) Fat chance you disagreeing with them. j. -----Original Message----- From: Rick Hole To: Q-LIST <Q-LIST@...> Sent: Mon, Sep 9,

So let's see. Well these discussions have been going on I have: Borrowed a dial indicator to put on the crankshaft. Made arrangements for working in a heated hanger for the winter. Overhauled my

Since i have been around this Q stuff longer than almost all of you guys... and I have a good memory... I can tell you that as original QUICKTALK editor the most heartening times was when a

Google Earth isgreat for many things, but its imagery is not real time. Watch theimagery date at the bottom of the window and see. You may be looking at(whatever) the way it was months or years

Jim: Do you think he should have borrowed a car from the FBO and driven the length of the runway to inspect it before takeoff? Are we supposed to inspect every airport on

Now now boys! It should have been notam'd as a hazard, but as Sam taxied past it and saw it, he should have recognised it as such, regardless. He has actually admitted that he does not know why he

Weeell... if you had a frigid wife... maybe! -----Original Message----- From: jcrain2 To: Q-LIST Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2013 8:21 am Subject: Re: [Q-LIST] Roys Q1 Loved it! But better than

Are you serioously asking this Mike Perry??? Get your head outta your hiney and talk to an FAA or NTSB inspector. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Perry To: Q-LIST Sent: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 12:48

Last Fri. I visited an absolutely kick-butt Evergreen Air and Space Museum N. of Portland OR in McMinnville. Second only to Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian at Dulles in D.C. Amazing what money can do! A nice

This airstrip is owned by the town and the event was funded by this small town of two hundred people. It is a grass strip but I wonder how many fields/towns might do the same if asked.

How fantastic Paul. Wish there were that sort of thing in the UK. How does the financial side of it work? Who foots the bill, and why? I assume that there is no landing fee to subsidize it Paul

Attended a great little fly in at 76V this weekend. Free breakfast, free lunch, prizes and can you believe it $50.00 bucks gas money for every pilot that showed up with a plane. Hope they don't find

As long as the engine has been de-certified (no longer bound by TC stuff) you don't have to do an inspection if I read the rules correctly. However.....why would one NOT take the opportunity to

For what its worth... I had a crankshaft snap in two during a x-wind departure in a Cherokee 180. I made it back to the field, and upon inspection of the disassembled engine, everyone who examined it

Q2 Fuselage and canopy on eBay this morning: http://goo.gl/AoQ48j Seems to be in pretty good shape. Cheers, Dan Yager QBA Editor www.quickheads.com

Jerry makes a good point. While several of us run at 3150 RPM's with hi compression engines on a regular basis, we don't do it for extended periods in 100-500 mile races! You could have created some

Let's look at the most likely items damaged in a propstrike, in order of decreasing severity (a) crank is cracked (b) crank is bent (c) either of the main gears damaged (d) camshaft damage (e)