I enjoy Meg Godlewski’s articles. I liked the one in the Aug. 10 issue about her flight in the B-25 (Flying the B-25). I was a B-17 copilot in World War II and flew 30 missions over Germany from England, with my last mission on March 30, 1945. After the war I was in the ferry command and […]
Forget made in America for LSA?
The LSA rule seems to favor new airplane designs over the old ones Bob Locher would like to see authorized (Letters to the Editor, LSA rule is discriminatory, Aug. 24 issue). While I agree with him that Sport Pilots and higher rated ones enjoying the new freedom of flying without an FAA medical certificate could […]
You never know where life leads you
The copy of GANews arrived in the post this morning. Thank you for sending that. The review is tremendous (Great lives, great skills, Aug. 24 issue) — thank you so much for that. All publicity is so much appreciated and I really enjoyed your aspect on it! The thing I particularly liked was your plug […]
Something I can use right away
An issue or so back, Ask Paul responded to a question about a TCM O-470 (Did additive cause engine problems? Aug. 10 issue). He suggested replacing all the oil cooler hoses. Unless 470s, 520s and 550s have an add-on remote cooler, they don’t use hoses. The coolers mount directly to the engine. Supposedly, after World War […]
The fight continues
WASHINGTON, D.C. — General aviation won major skirmishes in its user fee battle late last month , but the FAA reauthorization bill is a long way from completion. The House and Senate are not very far apart from deciding on a bill that would be favorable to general aviation, but the bill passed by the […]
Can you identify this engine?
QUESTION: A friend has an O-320 in his hangar. I have only the following data, and am wondering how or where I can use these data to determine exactly which engine this is. Data plate says: O-320, eng #2689-27. The case is cast with the number L-17001-27A. I tried using the Lycoming website, hoping for […]
Stump the expert
Own an antique engine? Own an antique engine? So does Paul Cullman, who has an aircraft with a Salmson 9AD engine built in 1928. The manual for this engine states: “”For summer use mineral oil Mobiloil Aero H and for winter Mobiloil W.”” The manual also states that if the above lubricants are unavailable, in […]
September 2005 accident reports
The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. A contributing factor was the low altitude.
An Appreciation: William T. Piper Jr., a pleasant man of accomplishment
He was a son of William T. Piper, who made the Piper Cub a synonym for any airplane that was neither military nor an airliner, but he did not live in the shadow of his more famous father, having made his own, if less-known, name in aviation and beyond. Bill Piper Jr., a man of […]