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thanks, thought so just needed confirmation.

I received a SI for glaucoma. Class 3 medical. Certificate is valid for 1 year. If I understand the letter correctly, they are asking for an updated examination before the end of the year to renew. Is it possible to go basic med or am I required to stay in 3rd class and continue yearly glaucoma...

You forgot the walk was up hill both ways.

How many techs are graduating from schools? Probably not enough to fill the demand. It's not just aircraft techs. I was in auto repair for 30+ years. Had to hang it up right in the middle of all the covid shutdowns, my body is telling me it has had enough. Felt bad cause it left the owner...

A friend received a DUI after refusing all tests. Officer's observation was all the judge needed. Wasn't reduced to a lesser charge. Washington state is talking about reducing it to .04%.

Good point, a VW usually isn't loaded hard for long periods, although I did lay the throttle on the floor of a 64 bug for about 300 miles once, about 5 hours.

There is one huge difference between auto engines and aircraft powerplants. Most of the time an auto engine is limping around at minimal throttle. Load one to 65% not a chance it will make 2000 hours. Closer comparison would be a boat. They have an endless supply of coolant and run at 140...

Same here, live in a smaller city. There are 3 schools that I know of to choose from. 2 have time builder CFI's. Went for a first flight with one TB school. CFI about 20, has yet to graduate a single student, not impressed. Haven't started flight training yet just ground school. All I know at...

For myself complex or even HP are out of the question. Won't be financing a plane, but insurance will be an issue. An older low time pilot in this market makes full coverage insurance prohibitive. More capable aircraft than say a 172 are about the same cost, in some cases lower. Original...

Good point, cost of restoring or rebuilding could be higher than resale value. I am more versed on collector cars, very true in that market. There is the buy it and fix up as money allows people. At some point I hope to be able to buy one. Higher the market gets the lower the quality of...

Observation, new aircraft are being manufactured but enough to fill the used market? Every time an aircraft is damaged and unrepairable it's off the used market forever. Newer models are super expensive and beyond the price range of many folks. Could that be part of the reason older aircraft...

Exactly. I owned several automotive gas stations. When there is 25,000 gallons + in the ground and price lowers really can't lower prices until it's sold. I would imagine the volume of av gas sales at some airports would be low and take time to sell off. Would be interesting to know what av gas...

Last week UPS delivered a package. Sent the delivery picture to e mail. One problem it was someone else's house. Called CS they figured out where the packages were and brought them to me. Seems like it would be relatively easy to read an address but guess not for everybody.

KO2's are good, long life decent traction. I worked at a shop that sold tires. They really liked and sold a lot of Hankook, good life and reasonably priced. Never had one come back for any tire related issue. I have KO2's on one truck and Hankook on another both are LT tires, pretty equal...

Might be by now but when they blew it up it wasn't paid off yet.

It kind of grinds me how public money is used to build and maintain a facility then charge taxpayers for attendance/use. Never got a free ticket to a Seahawks game after paying may share for the stadiums [still paying for Kingdome]. If aircraft parking space is the real reason, limit by...

Thanks for the information. Now I know what to look for. Kind of surprising people are risking their life not doing proper maintenance or inspection. Hard to pull out of a problem with 1 wing.

A lot of other models are included in the AD. Essentially any of them without a wing brace.

Thanks, sounds like the similar issue effecting some Pipers.

Have been doing a little research on these. Seems originally, they had some handling issues that were corrected by Cessna. Asking prices on these are appear to be lower than a similar hours/equipped 172. Are they more expensive to own or have other problems? Guess what I am asking is there...