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I've been fortunate to have good friends like that. My last BFR was awesome, and I learned a thing or two. A buddy of mine did it, and he would not take a dime from me. Two hours well spent! On the flip side -- I met a guy who was new to the area and happened to be a CFI. I think he was...

My neighbor has an AA1 with that same paint scheme. I thought for a minute he sold it to you. But he has the small N-number on the tail.

Details, details...

I assume you mean that you "just barely made it over" while maintaining 1000' above the clouds. If not, then you should have turned back.

Did I say "get ON the plane?" I meant "get IN the plane!"

What an awesome plane!

If my plane was "purring like a brand-new Cirrus", I would definitely get nervous. In fact, I'd probably pull the chute! ... err, wait... I don't have a chute... CRAP!

27 years. One airplane for 3 years, one for 24 years (still own it), and one for 9 years (still own it).

The shunt isn’t and shouldn’t be grounded!!! All power from the alternator to the bus goes through that wire. Don’t ground either end!!

I need to remember to clean my belly before calling Jack.

I call distance and altitude, but usually add that I'm on a practice approach. Something like, "xx traffic, Cherokee XYZ is 10 north, 1400', inbound practice approach rwy 18". I throw in the practice approach bit just in case someone might make an adjustment for me if needed. If there is a...

Could be a bad shunt. My amp draw went up after my TruTrak autopilot installation last year. I did a lot of troubleshooting -- checked, cleaned and tightened ALL connections. I used a clamp-on DC ammeter to verify that the alternator output was correct and the meter was in error. We finally...