When breaking in, the best I’ve ever achieved was maybe 11 or 12 hours on a quart of oil. Now I’m down to a quart every three hours. The oil gets black fast.
Aircraft
Aviation radio sim adds PFD
The update delivers a digital PFD where pilots can view and process information about aircraft attitude, navigation, and radios to the AI-based simulator for aviation communications and radio procedures training.
Picture of the Day: Is this Heaven?
Megan Vande Voort sent in this photo with a note: “The B-25 ‘Lady Luck’ watches the kids of Mason City, Iowa’s, Third Thursday engage in their monthly baseball game. Brings to mind the famous quote from the 1989 film Field of Dreams: ‘Is this Heaven? No, it’s Iowa.'”
Is it legal for two planes to be on the same runway at the same time?
Not every facet of non-towered airports operations has been addressed by the FAA. That leaves some things in a solid gray area and open to interpretation. One of these gray areas: Can two planes legally occupy the same runway at the same time?
Volunteers work together to open 23W to the public
Over the last three years, Recreational Aviation Foundation Director Jeff Russell got grants from RAF for airfield improvements, as well as organizing work parties at the field to get it into shape to fit the requirements of a public-access airport.
Aviation Mechanic Oral & Practical Exam Guide updated
The fourth edition of the guide is designed to prepare aviation mechanic applicants for the FAA Aviation Mechanic General, Airframe, and Powerplant Oral and Practical Exams.
Picture of the day: Rainbow over the capital city
Mark Carter sent in this photo, taken by John Henry of the Kentucky Department of Aviation, of a rainbow over Capital City Airport (KFFT) in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Ask Paul: Can I rebuild this engine to increase horsepower?
Can I take a 150-hp O-320-E2D, say from 172 or Cherokee, and rebuild it with D2G parts and make it a 160-hp D2G?
Pipistrel founders spread the wealth
Some of the 21 million euros donated by Taja and Ivo Boscarol will be used to build a health clinic and the infrastructure for a multi-purpose helicopter service in the new logistics center at Ajdovščina Airport. About 4 million euros will be dedicated to a new aviation museum.