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Checked off another bucket list item this week! I've dreamed of flying a P51D Mustang since I was a little boy. I built many toy models and saved my allowance and babysitting money for months to buy a gas-powered remote-controlled P51 plane that I unfortunately crashed on its maiden flight :mad...

Using eclipse as a reason to go visit family. Flying Atlanta to Cincinnati, which does have a couple of minutes totality, but likely fly or drive to center of totality (likely southern Indiana or mid-Ohio) wherever we are confident of no cloud cover, Just ordered several versions of glasses...

Awesome! Thanks so much for posting this

Pick up Microsoft Flight Simulator or X-Plane 11 and you can learn 75% of what you need to know about G430 or G1000 systems. The real systems have additional screens and features, but plugging in a basic flight plan, navigating to a destination, and flying your first instrument procedures can...

You definitely need to know how to do the planning and the math manually, but you should absolutely learn to use Foreflight as well from the beginning. EFB's provide so much more info in an intelligently concise fashion, which promotes much higher levels of situational awareness and safety...

I love flying the mountains on beautiful days, but I don't take chances when the winds are up or visibility is down. Diamonds are incredible to fly on smooth days, but a 39'6" wingspan and light wing loading makes them very uncomfortable in moderate turbulence. I'm definitely a fair-weather...

I've bought half a dozen over time. Santa Medical devices are cheap and reliable. The one I like best is the SM-110 and is less than $20. The red LED display is really easy to read in brighter sunlight vs some of the dimmer blue displays. SM-110

I always, always have a red head lamp handy (hanging from my center stick). Spare batteries for lamp and headsets within reach. Especially if carrying passengers, I want to be prepared. When flying at night, I almost always have Nearest in the lower corner of the G1000 PFD so I can...

You can even buy it on Amazon. Grand Canyon VFR Chart I've flown about 25 passes over the canyon on many trips back and forth to Vegas. You should really ensure your plane is running well. Losing an engine over the middle of the canyon would be a one-way trip. I like flying multiple...

I know Mooneys have a loyal following for good reason as they are great performing aircraft. It's a bit surprising that they have maintained a single passenger door through the many years of M20's through the Acclaim. I would think the focus on convenience and safety in higher-end GA aircraft...

Wow, thanks Tom. That's fantastic. KHND and KVGT FBO overnite fees have definitely gone up over the past few years for a simple single engine tie-down. I'll be in Vegas the week before Memorial Day. I'll text you.

Thanks Nate. Any suggestions on a route to Grand Junction from Boulder utilizing Rollins Pass? I've taken mountain flying classes and flew a lot in northern California mountains when I lived in Silicon Valley. I've done a fair amount of flying in the mountain states, (Northern/Southern...

I retired from Silicon Valley at the end of 2019. Bought a DA40 Lycoming with just under 1000 hours. Seriously considered SR22T, TTx, and other higher performance, $$$, and maintenance planes. I’m blessed that I can afford a lot more plane than I bought. But I love the simplicity of the DA40...

Just north of E16, south of RHV, watch out for southbound traffic coming over the hills. E16 and surrounding area east of Hwy 101 is a practice area for flight schools at RHV. While outside of SFO Bravo and SJC Charlie, it is busy airspace, with SJC traffic above, and VFR traffic sandwiched...

Only over the highest peaks and most difficult terrain when available. You’re correct, the DA40 is one of the safest aircraft. But it’s still a single piston with a normally aspirated IO360, and I want the option of a nice wide highway if I lose an engine without 10 miles of glide distance...

I’ve had mountain flying instruction and significant experience. I used to live in Northern California and flew regularly to Tahoe, Truckee, and Yosemite. I understand there are other options with I-10,I-40, I-80, etc. If you reread my original message, I said I’ve flown those previously to...

Looking for a new route for my annual trip from Atlanta to Vegas in my non-turbo DA40. In a single, I try to stick close to interstates near higher elevations and rough terrain to have an out in emergencies. I’ve flown the I-10 southern border route through El Paso and Tuscon, the I-40 route...

Do yourself a favor and read Mike Busch's book on engines.

God be with her, her family, and all of the victims. I'll second CLW being difficult to pick out visually even in the daytime. Witness accounts say they went down at high speed. Night disorientation, power loss (for whatever reason), stall, and loss of control?

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