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Perhaps she lost the cylinder and started to panic when the engine acted up, which led her to take the tailwind runway she was (I assume) already aligned with, in a "get down now!" mindset, rather than try to come around and land the other way. Then, tailwind eats up more runway than she...

Ok, thanks all -- I'm sold.

I need a new battery, and along with it I'm looking at maybe getting a BatteryMinder trickle charger/conditioner, and debating whether it's worth it. It looks like it'll run $325--$350 or so, plus a little time to install. I haven't been flying as much recently as I want to, and while I plan to...

No, but depending on where you are, it can matter that while you're talking no one else can be told anything. If the radio traffic is already light, it doesn't really matter (aside from being a bad habit, some would argue). On the other hand, some while ago I was on flight following with SoCal...

So, no, except in airspace where you wouldn't care anyway. Right?

My Cherokee-235 doesn't do any better than that -- probably a bit worse.

So, are you just required to check and be aware where outages are, or are you not allowed to fly through any outage? That seems both vague and ridiculous....

What caused both to fail at the same time? I'd have thought that would be awfully unlikely (thus the reason for having two in the first place).

I don't think a table would be all that helpful for me -- if I'm going to forget a tank change I'm also going to forget to look at the table, so it won't help much. I also don't switch every 30 minutes; I'll do the first switch after 30 minutes and then change every hour after that. When I move...

The only club I know of is based at KTUS. https://www.azflyers.org/index.html I know one guy who flies there, but we haven't talked all that much about it. I know he's been a member for some years, so he must think it's at least ok.

Nope, that's realistic, give or take depending on what equipment changes have been done and how much dirt has accumulated in all the nooks. My POH lists 1450. I had mine weighed a bit over a year ago, and its useful load was down to 1264 --- which was about 100 lbs less than I had it calculated...

Caveat: I have zero multi time and my answer might be different with more experience there, but that said... I'm landing at the first airport I can get to with a reasonably long paved runway. Because I'm chicken. And I'm fine with that. If there are any further surprises in this scenario, they...

You don't fiddle with it any less, of course, but the fiddling is easier with a push-forward, push-back thumb switch on the yoke. It is slower than working the wheel by hand though, if you really need to put a lot of trim change in quickly. I haven't ever had that be an issue, but just FYI...

I have the '73 235 ("Charger") and pretty much agree with what's already been said. I got mine for useful load first, most other considerations second, and it's been a good choice for me. I needed to be able to put 4 adults in it in the Arizona summer, and a 172 wasn't going to do that. I might...

If you never transmit on the new frequency after switching then you have not demonstrated that you still have two-way communication established.

Two questions -- one, why is survey / pipeline inspection more stressful on the aircraft than other flying? Are you doing a lot of tight, higher-G turns? Two, is it purely hours in service on the airframe that contributes, or is calendar age a factor (albeit smaller) also? Is your 1953 airframe...

Not in Santa Rosa, NM (KSXU), just FYI. Just a data point. I learned this after arriving, not having planned well enough to check in advance...

It might be worth a call to Kelly's Aviation, at KRYN. She has a couple of 172s that she rents to some people, but I don't know if she's open to renting to new people or not. I know she's not taking new students any more, and my impression is that she's moving in the direction of doing less...

I haven't seen that in GP, though it's possible it's something you have to turn on. I suspect it doesn't though. Is the idea to help keep you from lining up with the wrong runway?

Looks like a great trip! Have friends in Green Valley? (Just wondering why 14AZ rather than TUS.) :)