509th Airborne
For all those who were stationed at Boscomantico: http://www.boscomantico-the-rock.com/
The Italian Airport at Boscomantico: http://www.boscomanticoairport.it/
Chevy Trucks
Great information and forums on vintage Chevy and GMC pickups: http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/
Tim Lederman's excellent website on 1954 Chevy Pickups:http://www.1954advance-design.com/
Jim Carter's Chevy Pickup Auto Parts:http://www.oldchevytrucks.com/cgi/start.exe/start.htm
Another great Chevy Pickup
Parts site: http://www.americanclassic.com/
Hydramatic Parts: http://www.autotran.us/hmparts1.html
Some great Chevy Pickup Truck, Tech
info here: http://speedprint.com/deves50/ and here: http://www.1953chevrolet.com/
Volkswagen
Great VW Tech info: http://www.aircooledtech.com/
Another excellent VW Tech Info site: http://www.vw-resource.com/
Aviation (in no particular order)
Tailwheel Training. Great experience, can't recommend highly enough, Aaron
Komara and Acro Air: http://www.flyacroair.com/
Aviation Graphics, vinyl and mask. Woodway Signs is the way to go. Philip
is great to deal with, has excellent design ideas and pricing is terrific. He really takes the time and effort to get
you what you want. Highly recommend: http://www.woodwaysigns.com/
Glenn
Bishell's YouTube flight in a BushCaddy R-120: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmHFjFU-oBM&eurl=http://www.bush-planes.com/BushCaddy.html
The best EFIS System you can get: http://www.advanced-flight-systems.com/
Stark Avionics has the best price on radios and does a great job on wiring harnesses for radios
and avionics, Tony Skahan is the Manager and is a super guy: http://www.starkavionics.com/
Lift Reserve Indicator,
unique varieties, I got mine at Oshkosh: http://www.alphasystemsaoa.com/
Eric Newton's builders site, great info: http://www.mybearhawk.com/
Bill Repucci's RV-9 builder's site, excellent Lyc O-290 Info: http://repucci.com/bill/baf.html
Vernon Little's RV-9A builder's
site, excellent panel, wiring, fwf and baffle info: http://www.vx-aviation.com/rv-9a/
Van's, Source for aviation builders products: http://www.vansaircraft.com/index.htm
Jason Crowell, Canadian Engine Builder who will deliver to your door: http://www.aerotecengines.ca/
Custom knobs for your instrument panel. Bruce Roosa is a great guy and will work with
your ideas: http://www.koolknobs.com/
The source for all electrical aviation info: http://www.aeroelectric.com/
More aviation electrical info: http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list/
Got a question, search here: http://www.matronics.com/searching/search.html
Great source for builder products especially electrical: http://www.steinair.com/
Kuntzleman Strobes, low voltage LED strobes and position lights:http://www.kestrobes.com/
Off the beaten path hardware: http://www.smallparts.com/
Tail Pull Handles, mine was
15 1/8" and was originally made for an RV-8, it fits perfectly: http://www.basinc-aeromod.com/
Absolutely the best source for just about anything: http://www.mcmaster.com/
Aviation Accidents, read and learn: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/Month.asp
Great Tailwheel, I ordered one of these after 3 tries with the Matco where they couldn't
drill the hole in the middle of their unit to line up with my tail spring, I wasn't impressed and lost faith: http://www.irondesign-airparts.com
Excellent landing gear info and products:http://www.groveaircraft.com/
I think Whitt is a CFI, great aviation flying wisdom here: http://www.whittsflying.com/web/index.htm
Mark Langford's excellent KR2 builders site: http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/
Kevin Horton's RV-8 builders site: http://www.kilohotel.com/rv8/index.php
Another great source for info, use the search function: http://www.vansairforce.net/
Lots of Homebuilder Reference Material: http://exp-aircraft.com/library/library.html
Ron Shannon's Murphy Rebel site. Ron is a good guy and has helped me out numerous times: http://n254mr.com/
Source for Carbon Fiber Panels: http://robotcombat.com/marketplace_carbonfiber.html
Eric Jones, off the beaten path aviation electrical items: http://www.periheliondesign.com/
Firewall insulation; Thermozite insulation: http://www.flightlineinteriors.com/products/construction/default.asp
Fuel drains and thru firewall systems: http://www.safeair1.com/index.htm
Carburetor and other solid hoses: http://intakehoses.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=I
Aluminum tubing and other aluminum fittings:
http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=1022_1036&osCsid=83b8c2a0e6b04cdac7cc52e4a45c0749
New Aircraft Engine Manufacturer, the Jury is still out on these guys, but it's nice: http://www.ulpower.com/
Great Aviation Electrical Supply House: http://bandcspecialty.com/
More wiring products: http://www.wiringproducts.com/index1.html
Earl's AN Plumbing, nice stuff: http://www.anplumbing.com/
Site full of Kitfox modifications, read and learn: http://www.sportflight.com/cgi-bin/uploader.pl?action=main&category=Add-Ons/Modifications
Fuel and oil hoses made to order: http://www.bonacoinc.com/index.htm
Excellent Stick Grips with numerous functions, originally made by CH Products but now independent:
http://tostenmanufacturing.com/
Great
Assembly Manuals, lots of homebuilder info: http://avipro.j-t-b.net/assemblymanual/
Custom Aviation Apparel, nice stuff, saw these folks at Oshkosh: http://www.beagleaviation.com/
Nose Art, very talented, saw their
work at Oshkosh in 2006 and had them do the "Goonie Bird" for me: http://www.rtfosterart.com
A very comfortable pilot's cushion, I tried these out at Oshkosh: http://www.therohostore.com/Departments/Comfort-Products/Aviation-Seat-Cushion.aspx
How to repair holes in Aluminum with a propane torch and a brazing rod. I saw this demonstration
at Oshkosh and it does work: http://aluminumbrazingrod.com/