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Great shop! Gardner-Lowe did my new panel two years ago:

The “Target EGT” method makes the most sense to me for a climb with a normally aspirated engine. Pick any one cylinder, then lean in the climb to maintain the EGT you saw at (or near) sea level. That keeps you lean enough for good power while not getting so lean to end up in the famous “red...

The Aspen Pro MAX will play well with the GFC600, but not the GFC500. Some people I know have an Aspen and a GFC500 with an additional Garmin standby display (e.g. G5) driving the autopilot, but it means they have to make heading, altitude, etc. changes on both the Aspen and the Garmin display...

To illustrate this, here is a chart from the Mixture Management presentation I give in Oshkosh each year. It's pretty easy to see how two somewhat unbalanced cylinders on the rich side of peak (right side on the chart, cylinders are represented by the green circles) contribute fairly evenly...

Correct. Which is a good reason to check the mags in cruise at a LOP power setting, e.g. at the top of descent. You will likely find an ignition issue earlier that way, early enough to fly somewhere where maintenance can be done conveniently. A bit off topic, I know... - Martin

Were the rules for solo cross-country flights (§ 61.93) different back then? Or how did he not need a specific endorsement for each flight? Thanks, Martin

Either one will be great. Depending on where you start and end your day, one may be significantly closer - I'd use that as a tie breaker. If you are looking for something else: Seattle has a nice downtown area, too - might be worth strolling around Pike Place Market. - Martin

Thanks for the trip report and pictures - they brought back nice memories. I have been to both Teuge and Balen - the former in an airplane during my PPL (airplane add-on) training in a Cessna 152, and Balen during a summer camp in gliders with our flying club from Germany (EDLF). Both in the...

Same here. He was several pay grades above me, so our encounters were infrequent, but from the few times I interacted with Kelly at our company I know he is wicked smart and also a very nice human being. Hopefully that and his engineering roots will help Boeing return to a path of technical...

Record turnout today for the bike ride to Fisk on a beautiful afternoon. Thanks to all who showed up!

One additional comment to what's already been mentioned: Depending on how much instrument flying you used to do with GPS, this may be an area where some reading and training are appropriate. VORs and ILS still work, of course, but real-world instrument flying is getting pretty hard to do without...

A v-tail (or any Bonanza, really) would be a great airplane for your stated mission. Get the instrument rating in the plane. It will help you with flying cross countries, and it will help you with insurance going forward. Join ABS. Get transition training from an experienced Bonanza...

I'll be in Oshkosh the whole week. Apart from a couple of forum presentations, I am also doing a bicycle ride to Fisk again on Sunday afternoon, to watch the controllers there and the many aircraft arriving at AirVenture. Taking off from the Camp Scholler registration area at 1:00 PM. Everyone...

For anyone on the fence, Sensorcon has a 15%-off special this holiday weekend. Promo code MEMORIAL24. - Martin

That's correct. Once you think of it as a stall speed, this makes more sense. The wings will stall before they can produce so much lift as to exceed the limit load factor, e.g. 3.8g for a normal category airplane. Here's a video with more background on this topic (including the VG Diagram which...

I use the more basic entry-level model from Sensorcom, the Inspector (CO) INS2-CO-01. It does all I want, and the alerting threshold is useful for cockpit needs. From time to time, they run a discount. - Martin

"Unexpected package volume"? No such thing. They know where the packages are. Efficiency in this business is anticipating the demand with high accuracy and then optimizing the infrastructure accordingly. It's not expecting the unexpected. - Martin

You're welcome! ;) - Martin

I want to emphasize how important it is to measure the blood oxygen saturation level. You can't go by feel on this; you have to measure it. A pulse oximeter is a cheap, accurate and easy-to-use tool to do that. Take a reading every few minutes; it may be your only indication if something is...

If by "best economy" you mean "most nautical miles per gallon of fuel burned", then running at peak EGT will not be best economy. You get more miles per gallon if you lean past peak EGT, to the lean side of peak. This will also result in cooler cylinders. If you run at peak EGT at 75% power...