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BDR — in Stratford/Bridgeport, CT. Take an Uber to Bridgeport or Stratford Metro North Station — each a 10 minute ride. Train to Grand Central is less than an hour. Nice airport.

At some point I will swap out my audio panel...old KMA 20, for a PSE 8000BT. When the work is being done, I may go for the Garmin 175 and remove the vacuum system for either the Aspen E5 or the Garmin G5's...

Thanks for all your advice. I'm going to mount an aera 660 in the plane, utilizing my GDL 50. Will also fly with Foreflight. I have a nav/comm now with King VOR/Glideslope indicators...the plane is IFR capable...but I'm not an IFR flyer. You just saved me all sorts of $$'s.

I’m looking at buying a GPS. I’m a VFR pilot who may eventually go for instrument training. Can anyone tell me how the Garmin 480 Waas compares to the 430 Waas? The 480 seems to be a good gps and goes for about 2-3k less than the 430w.

Good practical advice...I was afraid of what you stated above -- that while still a good unit, the 430's screen and interface would look ancient compared to the newer tech. I will avoid the 430...and go with the gps 175 coupled with a new audio panel and comm radio...

That’s a nice upgrade. Depending on funds, I would like to add either G5’s or the aspen e5…

correct — KN53 nav

Thanks for your response...I added the pertintent avionics to my post up above in my edit. The below is whats in the plane Bendix king KI 209 Glide slope indicator. King KI 208 VOR indicator. KN 63 NAV. MX 170C NAVCOM. 296 Dock Mounted Garmin Gps. Vertical card Compass. Sigtronics intercom...

I’m a VFR pilot with older IFR equipment in my plane. I’m looking to upgrade the panel and am no avionics expert. Current equipment: Bendix king KI 209 Glide slope indicator. King KI 208 VOR indicator. KN 53 NAV. MX 170C NAVCOM. 296 Dock Mounted Garmin Gps. Vertical card Compass. Sigtronics...

I will read your journey link, thanks for sharing.

The plane has adsb, and I will purchase sentry for ForeFlight. The plane is current for IFR flying, has been owned by the same person for around 20 years and I’ve read through all the logs — the history is complete. Engine has about 1k hours on it since rebuild and about 3300 hours on the frame...

Good advice and I’m glad you had the experience. I will most likely make this type of trip once across country in my own machine. We plan on spending planned downtime site seeing — and I’m sure unplanned time site seeing. We will plan a full seven days and weather permitting, we hope it will be enough.

Makes perfect sense. Thanks.

Good advice. Hydration and protein bars are a must. I’m looking to make the trip in April/May…

Thanks — this looks like a fair price and reasonable option. I’m sure I can get a good car upholstery shop to knock the vinyl on the seats. I have no patience for this type of work.

Hope to be able to maintain at least 115 knots — tailwind is our friend and we should be able to avg more. But I’m being conservative.

I believe these seats may have holes pre-drilled for headrests? IF this is the case, I would add headrest and just get seatcovers...