PaulB

http://www.ktre.com/story/34185083/txdot-confirms-plane-crash-in-nacogdoches-county Looks like a K model. Pilot appears unharmed.

I was over Indiana at FL210 so I could hear a lot of traffic. Not sure where they were.

Anyone know N4015N? I was flying today and heard it report on guard that it was a Mooney and that they had a complete loss of power. Looking online shows that it's an F model based in Wisconsin.

Listening to LiveATC recordings. Sunday night (24th) after the airport closed, an L-19 calls in to land with a bad mag and low on fuel and is allowed to land. A Mooney calls up after this and is told to leave. He responds by saying "F off Oshkosh." Classy. Start listening at 22:15 http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kosh/KOSH-App-Fisk-Jul-25-2016-0030Z.mp3

I'll be there Wednesday through Sunday. Missing the Mooney events again this year.

My policy went down this year. Used Cliff at Falcon. He's great and knows Mooneys.

I wouldn't say a 430 is diddly. A 430 really opens up the capability of the plane that has no GPS especially if it's a WAAS version. Being able to do LPV approaches is huge. If I had $15k to spend and didn't have a GPS I would look at adding a 430w and keeping one of the old radios as a back up nav/com. I wouldn't worry too much about needing the redundancy of two GPSs. The plane will still fly if you don't have a GPS. You'll be back to what you have now.

Whats an aspen pro cost installed? I'm seeing around $11-12k

Get the special wrench and you'll use fewer dirty words.

I could help but I'm working the weekend of the 12th. If you end up not finding anyone and need a ride some other weekend let me know.

If you're thinking of inducing labor, take her on the return to San Marcos, it's sure to happen. [emoji4] I would do it but that might ruin my interior. If you want to gag, Google bloody show and click images.

I'm located at GGG and can help as well. Only possible issue is my wife is pregnant and about to pop.

This is who I've used. Lowest rate I can find and fast service. 1st bank of Pryor moved at a snails pace so I told them to cancel everything (took over a month). Called USAF and had the deal closed within 72 hrs.

Do you have a picture of this? Keeping #4 cool on warm days has often required cowl flaps in trail despite sealing all the holes and fixing all gaps in the baffling with RTV.

My take on it is similar to yours. I do it with every change becuase it's cheap and it's more info but I'm not going to react to a single out of whack value. My though is to use it to monitor the trend and then back it up with other pieces of information before pulling the trigger on maintainence.

Does excess blowby result in a lot of engine failures?

https://www.cirruspilots.org/cfs-file.ashx/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/13-257-00-00-00-56-36-10/CP-2007_2D00_01.pdf Page 2 http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=3302992369001 Mentions open oil filler cap around 17:00. Mentions it around 24:30. Also responds to a question about it at 43:10 http://www.avweb.com/news/maint/192337-1.html Not Mike Busch but there's a reference to it in the paragraph under the Ace Pump Sprayer

I'm no expert but that's what Mike Busch says.

Excessive blow by may also be from a crankcase seal leak. The sump gets pressurized from ram air and the oil mist is then blown out the breather tube. If you've got good compressions you might look at that. Doesn't really explain the dark oil though. I'd also avoid replacing all the cylinders at once.

I've had the opposite experience with RPM and oil consumption. While finishing up my commercial license I was routinely operating at 2200 RPM. Oil consumption went from 1 quart per 10 hours to about 1 quart per 5-6 hours. Now that I'm back to normal flying and cruising at 2500 I'm seeng 1 in 10 again. Mike Busch mentions in his webinar on diagnosing high oil consumption (around the 59 minute mark) that this could be from the lower RPMs not allowing for as good of a seal on the cylinder rings due to low combustion chamber pressures. That being said it could have been, like you mention, all the high deck angles during chandelles that caused the increased consumption.

I had an issue where I could only get my cowl flaps to be in trail or full open but never closed in cruise. They would close on the ground without any issue. Adjusted the spring and it still did it. Finally found that some of the rivets that attach the bracket to the firewall were loose. Fixed those and now the cowl flaps do whatever I want them to.

I had this same problem and cleaning/wiggling the master switch didn't work. My oil temp would also do the wiggle dance. Ended up finding a grounding strap from the firewall to the engine that wasn't connected. Connecting it seemed to fix the problem.

What kind of weight does the Aerocomfort interior add to the plane? I've considered doing it but don't want to lose the useful load. I had my glare shield done by Hector a couple of months ago and it looks awesome.

I wanna add my two cents on physicians and flying. I too am a physician, a urologist. I have friends and acquaintances in several different specialties that fly as well. Ortho, ob/gyn, surgery, internal medicine, neonatology, rad onc, plastics, CT surgery, dentistry, and anesthesia. With all due respect I don't think there's anything unique about anesthesia that makes anesthesiologists safer pilots. I think the biggest factor that contributes to pilot safety is the amount of time the individual dedicates to flying, regardless of the profession. If you don't regularly spend time actually flying, training, reading, and thinking you put yourself at a higher risk. You always have to remember that flying isn't just another hobby, it's a hobby that can kill you. The dangerous flying physicians that I know are the ones that go months without flying and then plan a long trip with their family. Interestingly, the surgical specialists that I know aren't the dangerous ones but that has to do with their dedication to flying rather than their day job. I don't want people feeling unsafe flying with me

Thanks guys. Makes sense. And $153 for a splitter... Damn!