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I don’t have cellular, so the only GPS info comes from the onboard GPS via Bluetooth. While this hasn’t been an issue, it’s always in the back of my mind that an electrical failure that takes out my GTN650 would also take out my iPad as backup for navigation. So I keep my iPhone with Garmin...

No advice, but there are a few Facebook groups that might be helpful. There’s East Coast Private Pilots, and I think there’s a New England Pilots group also.

My cousin’s house is that distance from tracks in Roanoke. The rumbling of the train is ok, but the grinding & screeching of the brakes is pretty bad. Makes a bigger difference where the house is located via-a-vis crossings, urban areas, depots, etc.

This is one FAA recommendation that I've never understood. If you are taking off to the east and your on-course heading is to the west, the safest option is to join the downwind just like the other traffic in the pattern, and then just continue to the west (out of the airport environment)...

I like the idea of interviewing old timers and preserving their stories. Probably not a moneymaker but who knows?

Pretty sure it’s MH370

FYI you can also view forecast soundings in Windy.

What skills do you see degrade between flight reviews? Basic plane handling? Or more on the side of flight planning & decision making?

I spent 20+ years in the Federal government, and your points about the contract are spot on. The customer isn't the flying public but the FAA itself, and the performance metrics almost certainly don't have anything to say about politeness or over-the-air demeanor. The good news is that...

Thanks for the replies everyone. Sounds like the consensus is that vinyl is the easiest option. I’ll check out aerographics.

My airplane is certified (AA-5B) but I thought this forum would be a good resource for my question. I recently had the Tiger repainted, and am thinking about adding a graphic element to the tail just to make it more interesting (right now the tail is just white). I see a couple of different...

When my prop passed 2000 hours I asked my A&P if we should think about replacing it. He said “no, you can keep running it until it shows signs of impending failure”. I asked him what those signs might be and he sort of shrugged. Didn’t give me a lot of confidence.

Bristol and Tiverton are both nice and within a 30-40 minute drive of Newport. Congrats to your daughter!

I'll take it as a "win". I got the plane back this week, and the paint looks good (simple design, but its what I wanted). The plastic tail cone ended up being specially fabricated by Vantage Plane Plastics since they were apparently out of stock. The paint shop A&P still maintained that the...

Owned a plane for three years at KFME and KCGS. It really is a non-issue to fly in/out of the SFRA. Just file an SFRA plan and get a transponder code before departure or re-entry. Flying out of the FRZ (eg. CGS) is a little more challenging because you have to (a) get fingerprinted and...

In The shop is in Maryland. I’ll talk to them next week, raise the points made on this thread, and hopefully put things right. I don’t want to publicly shame them until they’re given a chance to respond. The “I can’t release your plane” was a five minute conversation and I didn’t press the...

You're absolutely right - it's ABS not fiberglass. I did recommend Fletch Air - I think they may have started with Fletch and then gone directly to the manufacturer. Thanks.

Fantastic. Out of curiosity did you uncover any “hidden” issues along the way that made you glad to have done such a complete tear down?

Thank you - this is helpful.

Correct it's not an Annual or 100 hour, and yes they are FAA Certified Repair station.