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Great questions! “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” - well, here (leaning) we have a topic where in my opinion a lot of pilots are happy with recipes which are a bit too simple. If one leans purely based on fuel flow, then you are not accounting for altitude or...

I've used such "secret" waypoints successfully here and there, but in general it makes things easier if your flight plan fixes are well-known to the typical controller. That includes VORs, of course, but also a number of five-letter fixes which are often assigned to route aircraft around busy or...

That's mathematically correct. But airplanes don't jump around in space randomly. With a known approximate starting position and Kalman filter etc., navigating while in contact with two DME stations works just fine in FMS-equipped airplanes. - Martin

That's actually how business jets and airliners used to navigate before GPS - by using two DME stations (DME/DME NAV). That was not that long ago, and it still exists as a backup in pretty much every FMS today. Works great for enroute and terminal, not so much for approaches or oceanic, of...

The most painful check I ever wrote for my Bonanza was to the Iowa DOT for the use tax after I bought the airplane. The $35/year since then are more of a nuisance; that amount doesn't hurt me much financially but it's easy to imagine it costs the State of Iowa more to process my transaction than...

Yes: do nothing, move on. There is no realistic scenario where the lack of an inner marker beacon receiver has any bearing on the outcome of your flights. Heck, in 25 years of IFR flying I have not once needed any marker beacon, let alone the inner marker. - Martin

I like the name - but I can’t join this time.

I last visited this past summer. You can zip through it in a day, but if you really want to see things in detail, you'd need multiple days - or focus on a portion of the museum. Very much worth a visit! - Martin

Brian, What type of airplane are you thinking of when you say the difference between a windmilling prop and idle engine is so small? In a high-performance airplane the difference in rate of descent can be several hundred feet per minute at the same airspeed. I agree with your recommendation...

The caption is wrong - it's not an airliner, and it sure as heck didn't instantly freeze to the pavement on rotation. But the photo is real. - Martin

I think this is where the real difference is - not in what's best for starting, but what's best for confirming normal behavior of your alternator once it comes online. - Martin

Next time, maybe you can take a picture of the GPS screen anytime you cross a waypoint or something else changes. That will help confirm what's going on.

It helps to be 6'3" :cool:

Yes, that is so very helpful. Same with the Bonanza. With too many airplanes, there is really no chance to see what's under the cowling unless you have two people and tools available to remove the whole thing. - Martin

Reminds me of Richard Collins' book "The Next Hour". His point was that no matter how experienced I am and how great my decision making has been in the past, if I don't do a good job planning my next hour of flight, none of the past matters. He was right, of course, and in that sense I can see...

Agreed. Every possible argument has been made in this thread. He's not going to come around on this. I'll move on. Regards, Martin

Here's another "real-world IFR" flight from October, taking me to the Twin Cities (St. Paul Downtown airport) on a "beautiful" day for instrument flying: low ceilings, no icing, and no convection. As usual with ATC closed captions and close ups of the avionics, so you can see exactly how I deal...

Of course that's possible. The mounts from MyGoFlight come to mind; they have a bunch of different mounts (including some that can be attached to the panel) and quick-release adapters for devices (iPads, cameras, ...). Why don't clubs use those? Probably because they cost money, and velcro is...

According to the pilot guide, the GI 275 shows a flight path marker when synthetic vision is enabled and when the ground speed is at least 30 knots.

You are correct, my statement was from the perspective of a plane owner who wants to keep the plane for a while. I've re-read your original post twice; it wasn't clear to me that you were planning on selling it soon after the engine upgrade. If you are going to sell it, then just sell it -...