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Yes - Dan Aziere at Executive Aviation (Danbury - KDXR). He did my complex endorsement in a Piper Arrow II that they own - great CFI, great guy all around. Gave me very thorough ground and flight training for the complex endorsement, and Executive let me rent the Arrow a lot after I got the...

Thanks everyone - this is consistent w what I've heard from others. I'll likely go w Shepphard w Gleim as a supplment.

Going to start studying for the Commercial written in the next few weeks. For Private and Instrument, I primarily used Gleim test prep book with extra practice tests from Sportys online course. I am planning to follow the same route for Commercial, but had heard that the Commercial question...

May I ask, what type of scare did you have in IMC? I’m sure whatever it is has happened to others and could perhaps provide some perspective for you.

No insult taken :). The CDI was set to VLOC mode. also note this happened to me on KBDR RNAV 24 and CDI was appropriately set to GPS. Will keep the group posted.

Yes, good point. I normally tune NAV 2 to identify FAF on the localizer course, but thats done easy enough using GPS. Will tune this to localizer going forward.

Thanks everyone for the thoughts. I am planning to re-fly KAVP ILS 22 in the next couple weeks (in VMC). I'll plan to fly the G5 CDI down to mins and see where I end up. Will also compare this to (1) the 430 CDI and (2) I'll also set up NAV 2 (old steam gauge, but it works) to track the...

Calm wind. I flew the ILS last night - perfectly aligned with the runway visually, but localizer on G5 was a full dot to the left. Had I followed that localizer course and not had visual contact with the runway, I estimate I would have ended up a few hundred feet to the left of the runway once...

I'm not sure I follow...

Curious if others with Garmin G5s are having this issue: I currently have dual G5 PFD and HSI set up and Garmin 430W. Have flown a few dozen approaches with no issues. However, I recently flew a couple approaches in VMC where the final approach course displayed by the G5 CDI did not align with...

I fly a Piper Arrow II (PA 28R 200) - have about 500 hours experience. To date, when I'm not flying solo, I've only ever flown with one passenger in the right seat - which usually puts me about 250lbs below max gross weight. I've never flown with any passengers in the rear seats. In the next...

Thanks everyone for the responses - very helpful and much appreciated. Seneca it is.

I am a 700-hour pilot with most of that time in a Piper Arrow II (200hp, retract, so it's complex but not high performance). Also instrument rated. I've never flown anything more powerful / faster than an Arrow. I will soon be starting multi training in a late '60s Piper Seminole, and once...

I don't know the details as I wasn't present for the inspection, but it was done pretty quickly and A&P told me getting access to the bolts wasn't very challenging. I'd just call your shop and ask their view - most places should have relationships with structural testing firms that can provide...

FWIW, I just had it done. Very simple. Only took a day for my A&P shop to schedule the eddy current (they had to outsource to a third party) - thankfully no cracks found. I don't have the bill yet but A&P said it was only a few hours work + eddy current cost - I'm guessing it will be under...

I hear you, and I'm not ruling out just ripping out the vacuum system altogether. I figured the extra redundancy couldn't hurt, and I did some google image searching of dual G5s to see how others have set up their panel, and it looks like quite a few have kept/relocated the vacuum driven AI...

T Thank you - very helpful. I'll stick to my plan for now. Will ask the installer about a NAV select switch - sounds like the right approach if doable. Thanks again.

I recently purchased a Piper Arrow II with a standard 6-pack, dual VOR/CDI and Garmin 430W (see panel photo attached). I am getting the Garmin G5 Attitude indicator and G5 DG/HSI installed in a couple weeks - these will replace the current vacuum driven AI and DG. I want to have a backup...