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When I was training for my CFI (in 1980) a fair amount of the training was how to familiarize myself with an unfamiliar airplane. I only had the opportunity to do that once. A friend let me borrow his C210. I checked myself out in it and flew it for many hours after. This was also long ago...

Holy Cow! If I ever had 5 engine/prop failures, I would almost consider it routine!

That seems very expensive. $103.87 per case?

I really hope I have to deal with all that.....

Exactly what I did. Always got a Second Class, then would let it go to a Third. Was over lapping for almost two years. Checked with my insurance. My agent said I should be good until 80 (69 now). My Primary care doc that I've seen for 34 years had no problem doing Basic Med for me. AOPA...

My opinion is that even if you were able to get a FIKI plane and more experience, you'll still be driving some of your trips. As tempting as it may be, there are many reasons to leave the plane in the hangar sometimes.

I wondered about that.

As you can probably tell, you're asking question(s) that have many different answers. I agree with all the above advice. If a qualified pilot or instructor were to explain it to you face to face in an airplane, it would make sense to you. To explain the huge number of possibilities to your...

I used to and sometimes still do "Pooh Pooh" the getting clicks and likes thing. But I realized there are a lot of people making big money doing exactly that. Monetizing a YT channel can pay big, but it's like a lot of businesses where a lot of money can be made (like being a movie star or...

Do any Lycomings have a threaded dip stick? Not sure, but if not, maybe it's just the dipstick o-ring.

Thank you....and back at ya

That's what it's all about...

I really try hard to weigh my risks. The older I get, the more conservative I've become. I always think about it. I've heard "I don't fly single engine planes (over mountains, water, at night, IFR, etc.etc.)". Sometimes I think, why fly single engine airplanes at all? I've crossed Lake...

If it's been mentioned, I missed it, but wondering if there were cameras rolling on the accident flight and if they were recoverable.

Would be interesting to see the differences in the samples. I have always taken a small amount from those three points every time I change oil thinking I would get the most accurate analysis. But all three in the same bottle.

I may or may not be correct here..... On some (like my radios), it's not only a screw that you tighten and loosen. There is sometimes a cam involved that has to be positioned correctly. So, loosen and then try to find the right position on the cam to allow the radio to come out. (fingers...

And because of that you're here to tell us about it....

There's been a new Sentry firmware update recently. Maybe that would help. It changed a feature in the AHRS display that had been troublesome for me.

Been flying with a Sentry for a few years. The AHRS has always worked, but has just enough delay that it's fairly difficult (for me) to fly the plane by that reference alone. I've tried many times practicing under the hood, during IPC flights and even just VFR. I seem to to do much better with...

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