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Thanks for the ideas. Is the diamond grinder a wet grinder, or does it make a huge dust mess?

I'm renting a hangar at my local airport and some previous tenant had painted the floor red with crappy paint that's flaking pretty badly. It looks like ass. I don't know if I'll be here 3 years or 25, and I don't own it, so I don't want to spend a lot on it, but I would like to make it a bit...

> But let’s say SF near HWD, LVK, TCY, CCR, VCB LVK is a great airport. Tons of experimental, aerobatics, and fun, interesting aircraft. If you fly aerobatic, the aerobatic area is just over the hill. I got a hangar at LVK a couple months ago after about 9 months on the wait list. So not...

I've flown with both of these navigators a bit, but always with steam gauges. I like the larger screen of the 750, but I'm wondering with the G3X and an ipad, is there much value in having the larger navigator screen? I don't anticipate doing lots of flying in hard IMC. I imagine most...

I think it’s a bad idea in general, but regardless, it will be faster and cheaper to train in a rented 172 than in an owned turboprop. Hourly fuel costs alone for the turboprop are more than wet rental costs for a 172. It doesn’t make financial sense, and it doesn’t make practical training...

Yeah, It’s slated for closure, and I’m not super familiar with all the history, but it does seem that the city wants to make it unappealing to fly there.

Hmm…ok. I’ve actually been in Million Air a handful of times flying corporate (passenger, not pilot) and even landed at BUR a handful of times, but not stayed. I got the sense that BUR would be way more expensive than other options, but I’ll give it a look.

OK, I’m a pretty new owner, and haven’t done that. Thanks.

I haven’t called yet to confirm availability. The website (last updated in 2019) says they are available at $124 a month (<-- edit: confirmed they are avail and still at this price). The Park at VNY is $210 I think, but landing fees at SMO offset that difference. I agree on LA traffic. If...

I’m in LA about 12-15 days a month, and looking for advice on where to keep my airplane for those days. I currently stay in WeHo and keep use transient at KWHP. But will be moving out of the WeHo place in October. Considering getting an apartment in Santa Monica for a year. I doubt I’d get a...

yep. My recent experience (on the other coast)... when you talk to shops, pad cost estimates by 20% and double time estimates.

You're right that rolling shutter causes the artifact, but most digital mirrorless and SLRs actually don't have global shutters. They just have better sensors and processors, so you notice it less. Even high end cine cameras like the Arri Alexa Mini LF (arguably one of the top cameras money can...

I'm not an expert, but I get the sense that the best bang for the buck is putting the feelers out far and wide. Talk to people at your airport, in your club, in the type communities, and enlist all the help in the search you can. I imagine that's what a good broker does... tapping a network, but...

No. Thanks. It was helpful.

Ok thanks. So in that vid he didn’t follow the 118, instead went past SZP/FIM then through the Newhall pass. But sounds like from SoCal’s asking “you gonna follow the 118 or Newhall pass” that both are fine. Thanks.

I’ve flown in & out of Whiteman (KWHP) a bunch of times, but never approached from the west. If I’m coming from Santa Barbara (KSBA) or Santa Inez (KIZA), is there a preferred route or set of waypoints to best stay out of the way of VNY and BUR Rwy8 traffic? Appreciate any advice from folks...

OAK is easy to fly into and the controllers are great. The common landmarks they may point out coming from the east are the charted ones VPDUB (the 580/680 freeway interchange), VPXES (the 580/238 freeway interchange, aka Three Crosses), and Lake Chabot (VPCBT). if there’s other VFR traffic...