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Prior to ADS-B my local area had erratic radar coverage below 4000 feet. So there wasn't any sense asking for flight following if the flight was short and was going to be less than 4000 feet. If the flight is longer than that and you're flying higher than that then flight following is...

Thank you all for your replies. All I know for sure is both gadgets went out at about the same time and both gadgets restored at about the same time. They each behaved a little differently but they are different gadgets. After they restored my flight went on without incident. One Miracle...

Up until your post, I didn't know what that was. Now I do. But I don't think that tells me what happened yesterday.

I doubt that. OAT was 50°F at altitude.

I was flying home yesterday from KDUH Toledo Suburban to Culpeper Virginia KCJR. I was cruising 11500 feet on course when about 12:30 PM the GPS's in my aircraft displayed no position data. I have a garmen GPS 496 and an AERA760. The 496 displayed no position data, But the 760 simply froze. The...

Hahaha! You have a good sense of humor! Don't lose that!

Rene, what are your parents objections to flight training? Are they afraid for your safety or are they concerned about their liability in the worst case scenario?

I fly into a family owned grass airstrip 2E8 in Dexter MI. The owners are the wife and children of the now deceased owner. They have a 2100 ft grass airstrip near Hamburg, about 20 miles north of Ann Arbor. They used to have a large pull behind concrete roller that they pulled behind a farm...

I am just curious here... how many hours do you have so far? Everyone progresses at different rates, and everyone has certain aspects of flying they get right away, and other aspects they have trouble mastering. Sometimes during your training doing some external research can be a big help. I...

In my town there is a custom embroidery place that can sew your design onto any fabric garment, like shirts hats and sweaters. If you have the fabric cut and fitted you can get custom embroidery sewing on it before final installation. My wife once put some custom t-shirts on our seat backs to...

I just read a book called "Healthy to 120". It says the same thing. Stay away from doctors unless you have to see them, and stay away from medicine that isn't FAA approved

You said your school hands these out all the time, but you didn't say if you use them or not. Methylphenidate is a disqualifier for an FAA medical. You need to see if any drugs you are taking are flagged by the FAA. The quick and cheap way to see is simply do an online search for the drug...

Happy 4th everyone.

It is actually MPH or knots.

I find using the E6B in flight rather difficult, especially if bumping around in the cockpit. So I built a TAS table using excel and an electronic E6B. During a flight I just look at the altimeter, outside air temperature, and the airspeed indicator, then find the correct column on the chart...

I have a mix of placards in my 64 Mooney. I used a label maker for some things, but I wanted a better option to relable the electrical switches. I called Swam Electric in Hanover PA. Among other things they make custom electrical panels. I was able to get a custom placard that I designed in...

Do you know what it is programmed to now? There is a correction formula based on actual fuel used vs fuel displayed. New K-factor = fuel displayed x old K-factor / fuel used. K-factor is basically the number of pulses per gallon. New k factor= computed fuel used / actual fuel used) * your...

Have you considered a Piper PA34-200 Seneca? With counter rotating IO-360 200HP naturally aspirated engines it seems a really good match for your mission over open water. Piper made over 900 of them so there are still some around.

Large engine manufacturers use prelubrication pumps in some applications. Caterpillar D399s, some 3516s and 3600 series engines use them. These are all big units that hold a lot of oil. I've never seen one on a 3406 or 3412 They can be driven electrically, pneumatically, or manually by...

This is probably not something you are interested in doing, but I was facing a similar problem but worse. This is what I did. My original1964 OEM engine instrument cluster failed. The only instrument that worked was the ammeter. The tach, manifold pressure, and ET were separate instruments...