Rob Moore

1960 Be95A, Travel Air is for sale.  The aircraft has a total of 8087.9 hours (as of October 2019) with the right engine having 1554.4 hours TTSO, right propeller having 1365.3 hours since new, the left engine having 53.9 hours TTSO and left propeller 53.9 hours TTSN (all engine/prop times as of July 2019).  The engines are Lycoming O-360-A1A (…[Read more]

I attended the JRF AOB Meeting that is held the first third Wednesday of the new quarter at the control tower conference room.  The NEW (again) airport manager is Jeff Sawyer who came from DHS and is not a pilot.

DOTA is still working on completing an airfield survey so the JRF GPS approaches can be certified for night use.  This has been an i…[Read more]

The quarterly Airfield Operations Board meeting was on July 25, 2018 with all major organization attending except for State of Hawaii, Airports Division.  Major points that were covered and effects GA:

• GACH again asked when the airfield survey will be accomplished by the State.  The lack of a survey limits instrument approaches (currently the…[Read more]

The NPRM for Wheeler AAF Airspace is FINALLY going to be published.  Comment end date, Sep 7, 2018.  The docket ID is ID: FAA-2014-0878-0001.  Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and search the docket number/
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Rob

Did you know when considering buying a fire extinguisher for your aircraft, you should consider how you will use it and where.  There are several methods of extingushing a fire—either take away the temperature or the oxygen.  There are different types: class A, B, C, D or E.  Most GA aircraft use a multipurpose A, B, C Halogen extinguisher, whic…[Read more]

I have been asked how do you buy an aircraft.  The FAA put out several years ago a manual outlining what to consider and how you buy an aircraft.  It was called Plane Sense.  You can find the Plane Sense manual here:  https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/faa-h-8083-19a.pdf

A good read and it will help to ful…[Read more]

There is money available for studies in aviation.  Pacific Aviation Museum and Tweet Coleman just gave scholarship money for aviation.  Go to their web sites for details.  More available with 99s, WIA, etc.

N66540 is a Ce-172P, 1983 Cessna Skyhawk.  A perfect airplane for up-and-coming pilots building hours or an instrument rating.  The airplane has 14862 total time and the last annual was March 2016 (the transponder and pitot/static/ELT are also overdue).  The wing interiors were treated with ACF-50.  The engine has a factory overhaul engine tha…[Read more]