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Checklist use was something we borrowed from professional crews because of their great safety record. Great idea when you're a 2 man crew, always on IFR and one guy can be heads down at all times. When you're alone, VFR, it's a different game. I'm not saying don't use checklist, but I am saying...

No biggie. Good practice to use for sure, but when you're single pilot, high workflow, lots of traffic, it can sometimes distract from where your eyes need to be - outside. Find a mnemonic that works for you, like GUMPS etc. I personally only use checklist for startup, taxi, runup etc, after...

Normally brokers charge a little more percentage for lower priced aircraft, or pistons, and a little less for turboprops and turbines. I paid 8% for my broker to sell my Aerostar. I've heard jet/turboprop guys pay about 4-6% for above $500K planes. Above a million it probably drops even lower.

I know nothing of the GO-300, but I used to fly behind the Lycoming GO-435 and the GO-480's. They're great engines if you just follow a few simple rules. So the fear of geared engines is totally irrational, in my opinion. That said, there might be something with the Conti geared engines that I...

My experience as an owner on my third twin, is that you can: 1. Never get your money back on mechanical fixes, engine overhauls, mechanical upgrades etc. 2. You can potentially get your money back on panel and interior and paint. People buy everything with their eyes. Simple as that. Airplanes...

Flight is a great movie, but it's not about aviation. It's about addiction.

Single engine period. I occasionally do it when I absolutely have to, but it makes me nervous.

A fixer-upper can make sense for someone like myself at times. No savings, but good earnings and aversion to financing. Although the saying that it's much cheaper to buy the plane that's already done up is true, that's only true if you have the cash outright. If you don't, fixing it up is...

Trump's gonna build it and it ain't gonna cost a dime! :rolleyes:

We have to realize that all, and I mean all, of the certified turboprop engines we today fly behind in GA, were certified in the 50's and 60's. Allison, RR, Honeywell, PT6 etc. Back then, there was no CNC and the turbine blades were made on manual lathes and mills by skilled workers. Today, when...

Shake Shack are pretty new to California, but I did try them the other day. Have to say that was a pretty damn good burger. I think it might have ended up being my new favorite. Their wavy fries tasted good, I'm just not a big fan of the shape. But the burger was amazing...

I'd almost say never, that way I won't get disappointed. :( They're doing final rigging of engines/power this week. Then I go for work abroad again for 2 weeks, then mum comes to visit, so maybe by end of Sept? At this point I've resigned myself to it happening sometime before I die...;)

Might have been. He did say it had a 200CFM leak at some point, which they thought was acceptable. He wanted it down to 100CFM and they said it's almost impossible to get below 120CFM. In the end I think they sealed it to 100CFM. Takes a little vigilance and some painstaking work, but it's...

That's the conclusion I came to as well. A fire breathing big piston twin, especially with the geared engines, like a Duke, Commander 685, 421 etc will cost on par, or perhaps even more, than a Garrett turbine twin to run (Conquest, MU-2, Commanders etc). Here's a comparison someone else made...

The -10's on the 1000 model will do 58gal/hr in total doing 300kts at FL350, so they are pretty thrifty up high.

Europe has that. It's called an EIR, or Enroute Instrument Rating. It's an IFR Light cert. It's about 15-20hrs of instruction and it allows you to launch into IMC, fly in IMC, but does not allow you to do land on an instrument approach, has to be VFR or SVFR. Not sure how useful it would be...

The Hughes/MD Helicopters 500 series is flown from left.

Yeah, the Dash 10's are about $250K each. But these are the 7000hr TBO version (normal is 5000hr or 5400hr), so once you actually break it down per hour, they're probably on par with a Lycoming 540 piston engine per hour. Or at least pretty close. But other than that he's probably got a million...

Think he mainly uses it for personal stuff. He has big family.

Took a little ride in my buddy Steve's Turbo Commander 980 yesterday. He was kind enough to fly me up to see my old antique heep. Camarillo to Stockton and back. FL280. Just before us was a brand new TBM 900/930 on a conforming flight (they do final deliveries at CMA). After takeoff, ATC was...