The rule of thumb is when leaning, lean to the leanest cylinder.
Opinion
Pre-heating and pre-oiling aircraft engines
The pre-heat process needs to heat the complete engine assembly and not just the oil.
Passing it on
You’re going flying anyway and there’s an empty seat just to your right. Why not fill it with someone who will come to admire you as we admire those who brought us along?
Stretch time for the Liberator
An even more ambitious metamorphosis saw a standard B-24D repeatedly modified by Consolidated.
A logbook success
Whether you use paper and pen or a keyboard to log your flights, do you go above and beyond to document the details? Why? Why not?
Where the magic happens
There is no downside to this deal. It’s good for the EAA chapter. It’s good for the students. It’s good for the community as a whole.
It’s winter, so time to shop for a seaplane
Heading into winter is a great time to plan for spring when recreational aircraft come out of hangars and take to the warming skies.
A thought on why Mooney shut down operations, this time
Mooney’s shutdown was a shock, but should it have been?
Roundabouts and runways
Should we meet in the air you can always depend on me to do the prescribed thing. The expected thing. The safe thing. I hope I can count on you to do the same.