by Paul McBride | Aug 23, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250904, aircraft engines, Ask Paul, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Lycoming Engines, Opinion, Pilots
Those little “cracks” are actually channels for the oil to travel through as it lubricates the cylinder walls. Read...
by Ben Visser | May 28, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250522, aircraft engines, Aviation News, Continental Motors, flying, General Aviation, Lycoming Engines, Opinion, Pilots, Visser's Voice
What is the best way to preserve or “pickle” aircraft engines that are off the wing waiting for an airframe restoration or for a kit-built aircraft to be completed? Read...
by Paul McBride | Apr 25, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250508, Ask Paul, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Lycoming Engines, Opinion, Pilots, Van's Aircraft
The engine you choose will definitely impact the design of the cowling, engine baffling, etc., which is why your best source of engine choice and installation will be from “someone who has been there and done that.” Read...
by Paul McBride | Oct 15, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20231005, Ask Paul, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Lycoming Engines, Opinion, Pilots
When Joy Hobbs sent in a photo of her grandfather and his co-workers by Lycoming’s XR-7755-3 engine, it attracted a lot of comments from General Aviation News readers. Our Lycoming expert gives us some more insight into the largest aircraft engine ever built....
by Ben Visser | Oct 11, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230921, Aviation Fuel, Aviation News, Continental Motors, faa, flying, GAMI, General Aviation, Lycoming Engines, Opinion, Pilots
One of the most common questions our oils expert receives is from pilots wondering why general aviation is in the same spot regarding unleaded avgas as it was 25 years ago. Read...
by Paul McBride | Aug 6, 2023 | #Aircraft, 20230810, Ask Paul, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Lycoming Engines, Opinion, Pilots
Question for Paul McBride, the General Aviation News engines expert: My grandfather, Russell Leuck, worked at Avco Lycoming Engines in 1943. I found a picture of him with a group of men with the XR-7755 engine. I was wondering if you would possibly have any thoughts...
