On a Wing and a Whim

In the lower 48, the airports are enumerated in the Airport / Facility Directory (A/FD), while in Alaska, they are in the Alaska Supplement....

Why do you fly? As much as Saint-Exupery wrote of the freedom from the tyranny of petty things, he had a cargo of mail to deliver. To the pl...

Right wing is trammelled. My mentor and A&P with Inspection Authorization was going to use that authorization, with his wisdom and judgm...

Getting there. Trying to hold onto round wires while tightening nuts that are grudging and grumpy about turning is a pain the the... fingers...

In 1855 Aluminum was so precious, rare, and hard to smelt that it was displayed in an exposition next to the crown jewels of France. Any man...

What's wrong with this picture? AC 43.13 B states that a bolt must have at least one thread past the end of the nut. If I had a set of b...

Right. That whole trailing edge rib fitting works better when you finally realize the piece you thought was the original, wasn't either....