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Said in jest, but I absolutely agree. I've looked at that stupid, expensive bag in the Roomba base many times and wondered why there isn't an option for a reusable container (the reason, of course, is that Roomba makes bank on those bags). A properly constructed insert like this, made of good...

I would just use the snipping tool in Windows to get an image of it, which I could then either print or attach to an email if I wanted my avionics guy to look at it. There is also an Export link at the top of the page which will allow you to download an image and also an equipment list of what...

Max Trescott did a pretty good interview with the pilot on Aviation News Talk. Goes into the prosecution a bit and why sentencing was requested the way it was. Short version is apparently this dude had some fairly serious addiction issues and the pilot involved had some sympathy for that...

You can select the appropriate panel for your aircraft type and then create it. Should give you a good sense of the rough layout.

You can go to hangarflying.com and play around with their panel builder. You'll need to sign up for a (free) account but they have a pretty good selection of panels and avionics to try. It's not something you could use to have a panel cut, but it's a step up from doodling with a pencil.

Agreed, but that wasn't what I was suggesting. Most laser incidents in my experience (and I've dealt with quite a few of them) occur from ground areas relatively near the airport. If you have a sense of roughly where you were at the time of the laser incident relative to the airport, and you...

If you're able to guess a rough location of where it was done, there has been at least one case of some amateur detective work asking for security camera footage (from storage areas and the like) which has led to a conviction.

I have to say that your paint job is holding up remarkably well considering how often you hit the ground.

Never used to file anything, although would often get flight following. Now I'm in the SFRA, so I have to file to get out and then again to get back in. Somehow, I still don't file a flight plan for anything other than the SFRA though. I guess I just don't like the thought of having to screw...

I understand George Braly's reluctance to put G100UL through the ASTM process given potential shenanigans, but at some point is dying on that hill going to become a pyrrhic victory? There's a huge market desperate to make the change to unleaded fuels and if his rivals are using the ASTM thing as...

All of the lines are yellow, although I agree that the pictures make it appear otherwise. In person, they are very obviously the yellow solid-dashed lines that separate movement from non-movement, which is obviously necessary as there's a taxiway between that area and the runway. No white...

Given that it was a flight between Florida and Haiti, I would have given even odds on which end of the flight was the one during which it received gunfire!

Hi guys, Figured I'd run this one by the group for opinions regarding post-run-up taxi technique. The three pictures below are from 16L/34R at Manassas, a class delta airport. I'm new to the airport and trying to figure out how things are done. I thought this was an interesting one. The 16L...

Shouldn't be a problem. Most people use mineral oil to assist with the break-in, but Phillips multi-weight shouldn't be a problem, as long as they weren't putting Camguard or a similar additive into it. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, as they say, so are you having any issues with oil...

Everything in aviation is wildly overpriced. Some of that is the costs of development and certification, but I suspect (and agree with you) that mostly it's because they are charging every penny that a fairly captive market is willing and able to bear. $800 for an LED light? Medicine is even...

The unit itself is currently 14 AMUs. Half that again to get it installed would be my guess, based on recent experience. Edit: 5 isn't 4

Well, if they sell to private equity, expect the prices to double and Jepp to be out of business in ten years saddled with debt from other places.

In fairness, the UK Health and Safety brigade require a hi-viz vest, safety harness, and a spotter in order to make a ham sandwich. I took quite a long break from aviation and when I came back, one of the first things I learned was to permanently leave the beacon switch in the "on" position...

I got an AARP mailer the other day, inviting me to sign up for various things. Dude, I'm still in my forties! At least have the respect to wait until I hit the half-century mark before shilling your wares!

Possibly so, although it's difficult to think of a reason why they would demand people screw around with physical SD cards when it's obviously possible to do this stuff over WiFi or HSDB, as the GI-275 has proven. Ideally, I'd like to see all of the Garmin Avionics share and share-alike...