Recent content by WDD

Ok. I’m 63, so for me buying a retract would be a no go as I don’t want to get rid of it in 7 years. Provably back to a fixed gear Skylane or if you want some more speed a 182 retract version.

A few questions - Age - I ask because insurance will be a problem for a retract if you get to 70. Future speed and load requirements - any spouses / kids in the future? Maybe need a 6 seater? Budget - can you handle the cost of a twin?

Dang. Had no idea Basic Med was as a much of a hot bottom topic as cats vs dogs, high vs low low wing, Cirrus vs rest of the world, etc.

No. Suggesting that Basic Med pilots are generally flying 250 kt turboprops and that they would all crash if they didn’t have at some point in the past a 3rd class is. Hey - I get your point. I don’t agree, and you don’t agree with mine. I feel confident that the data show we’d be fine...

I respectfully disagree. I think this is a straw man here. Basic Med pilots are not a core group of pilots flying FIKA Pilatuses. Even if a few were, they are not but for the grace of god having gotten a 3rd class sometime in the last 15 or so years crashing left and right.

I honestly think this boils down to - GA pilots flying under Basic Med limitations are not quite that special. We may want to think of ourselves as being the chisel jawed top gun let’s light this candle stud, pushing the physical and mental boundaries of human capabilities every time we strap...

FIFY

Except that 1- the time frame of one having to get a 3rd class goes back so far that it’s not relevant. 2 - Sport Pilots flying without a 3rd class are a good susbstitute to show it’s not dangerous 3 - can’t prove a negative. And ironically, it’s never been proven that a 3rd class has...

Nice! I wonder if that is more or less than expected? That is, if 10% of the GA non commercial hours were flown by Basic Med, you’d expect that 10% of GA non commercial accidents would involve Basic Med pilots.

Well….. You can lie to an AME. I doubt if a MD is going to sign off someone who is hearing voices and speaking to people aren’t there during the exam. And we have scores of people who gave had a long time since their last 3rd class, are using Basic Med, and aren’t insane death angles. So yes...

What's downright hilarious is that imagine if Congress could do this one thing: Remove the requirement to have at least one Class 3 to be eligible for Basic Med No increase in dangerous pilots flying airplanes No need for millions to be spent on developing MOSAIC Heck, no need for LSA and...

What's in my mind is about 3 years ago flying VFR with flight following in a Tiger with a GNS 430. The screen went dark because of a malfunctioning auto display dimming piece of hardware. I could get it back for a bit by covering up the light sensor. If it was IMC and I had to fly an an...

Time to sacrifice someone?

Or me from making and using a duplicate part in my basement?

So how can the company not then sell that $1 switch to anyone except Piper?