Used aircraft parts are available for all models of aircraft from your basic Piper Cub Cadet to your Cessna 172 and you can even find used aircraft parts that are suitable for kitplanes like the Van’s RV-7 or the Lancair IV-P. When we talk about used aircraft parts we have to distinguish whether it is an airframe part, a used avionics or instrument, or used aircraft engine or part. Each area here is available but your application and your aircraft … >> Read More

Cumulonimbus cloud is a ‘heaped’ rain cloud. (Latin ‘nimbus’ translates as ‘rain’). Cumulonimbus cloud can be viewed as a bigger, more impressive version of it’s little brother, the cumulus cloud. Occurring worldwide, except the Antarctic, cumulonimbus are most commonly found in tropical regions. They are low level clouds that extend vertically upwards to great heights, sometimes 6 miles high or more, and their base can equally be 6 miles or so across. Most commonly associated with thunderstorms, cumulonimbus cloud produces … >> Read More

Even novice pilots understand that weather affects a plane in flight very differently than it affects a car driving down the freeway. Although weather conditions can compromise your safety both in the air and on the road, the stakes are higher in flight because you can’t pull over to the shoulder if the severity of weather exceeds your abilities. To better understand the forces that weather exerts on planes, it’s important to realize that the atmosphere is not empty space. … >> Read More