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What I meant by that is: are you depending on ADS-b from other planes, or your own plane's ADS-b? If your own plane is broadcasting just the 1090ES mhz signal ( like what's in the uAvionix tailBeaconX ), then you wont get weather. If, on the other hand, your own plane is also broadcasting...

GDL-50 uses bluetooth. It's much less taxing on the batteries of the receiving devices (like an Ipad or iphone). I friend of mine recently bought the sentry, but i think it still uses wifi

PIREP on the GDL50: 1) really reliable signals- much better than my stratux 2) doesn’t drain my battery b/c using Bluetooth 3) very short battery life, so have to keep it plugged in all the time (I’m using panel usb power) 4) sticky back needs to be (carefully) wiped down with wet cloth every...

How are you getting your ads-b data? I’m getting the weather just fine, but I only fly planes that have both ads-b frequencies broadcasting, and that is what my garmin is picking up. some more trivia on ads-b: https://txtav.com/en/journey/articles/articles/adsb-out-explained

Contact Flying by Jim Dulin - even with several hundred hours of experience, I learned a lot of useful tricks about landing that have improved my consistency and accuracy - the techniques described have worked for me in gliders, cessnas, pipers, tailwheel aircraft and cirrus aircraft link...

That would be my take, since you said the humidity was very low (at least by MN standards...we are hovering around 50-70% most summer days). Again: i'm not a meteorologist, so I could be wrong.

Looks like it was a great day to do some cloud surfing with a glider plane. The person who referenced the sheppard air link was probably intending to point you toward pages 42-49, where several factors around cloud formation are involved to produce what you saw on the video. You have an...

Ive been cutoff by powered aircraft while in the pattern and flying my glider. So, for some people, it is (sadly) ambiguous. At my glider port, we are told to fly at 800 AGL for gliders, but i still try to fly 1000AGL because it gives me a cushion where i can put away my dive brakes and...

I am in a flying club with a pa28 140, 180 and a 200r. The 140 is slow but it flies beautifully. I can usually lean it out around 6-7 gph. I would recommend that you consider a club and/or partnership if you want your "own plane." A well-run club can be a great experience and wont require...

Perhaps you could have your class start with ND. I have heard of several pilots who were able to to complete landing at all the airports in 1 week. Since there are fewer airports in ND, the starting point could be one airport that most people would enter the state in order to fly to all the...

These are examples of the passport programs: https://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aviationeducation/aviationpassport/passport.html https://sdpilots.com/fly_sd.php https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/travel/air/pilot-info/flywi.aspx https://www.flywashington.org/ Older article about many passport...

A while back, I saw someone post maps of the traveling salesman problem as it pertains to completing various state passport programs like the MN passport program. Does anyone have those maps, or know if there's an online program or website that one could use?

Ive been a CAP member since 2009. I would say my participation is fair to middling and i do vacillate between wanting to help and just wanting to quit (the paperwork to get a plane in the air is really a hindrance). That said, I am always impressed with the polite and focused kids. We are...

I'm holding. Bought at 10, now worth 5-ish (I only bought about 30 shares....so no matter what happens it'll be an interesting lesson in buying based on SPAC hype for me). It's also my only aerospace investment (unless you count my vanguard total stock index funds).

As one of the people who bought into their SPAC, i have to agree with all of the above. One thing that I noticed , however, is that joby-branded electric engines seem to be appearing on other vehicles (there was an experimental desert car with a prop on a mast that the engine nacelle said...

Amelia Earhart's flight cap sold for over $800,000!!!!! Who bought it? Fess up! article on the cap: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/nyregion/amelia-earhart-aviator-helmet.html

Thanks, everyone, for the input! I ordered a GDL50 and tried it out this weekend. It was connected to my phone and tablet simultaneously, and there were no problems. Never dropped the data stream across 2.4 hours of flying. I am very happy and I appreciate the advice and thoughts from my...

But, I want AHRS (because it's cool!)

I am toying with the idea of getting a GDL-50 as a backup. I like that it has bluetooth. That said, does anyone know of any sales/coupons/upcoming sales with any of the aviation supply companies out there? I am looking for a wee bit of a bargin if possible.

Flying can be less expensive if you look into flying a glider. Also, if you dont have a mission in mind (as was stated above), "poking holes in the sky" is a great activity to do in a glider plane. SSA.org to find a club/glider school near you