Speaking of artificial horizons, my turn and bank indicator has been making lots of bearing noise lately, and yesterday while flying I noticed it wasn't working anymore. A little later it started fogging up, which didn't make any sense...and then it got REALLY fogged up. I thought "gee it's probably getting hot if the motor's locked up", so I felt the back of it and it burned my hand! I thought I'd land real quick and unplug it, and then it occurred to me that I could just unplug it in about five seconds, so I did that and went on about my merry way. It was still warm when I landed an hour later, but I did manage to get in 8 landings at four airports in the meantime. I guess I'm looking for a T&B alternative now. Maybe it's time for a little glass in my cockpit...
Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
