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I’d suggest that you look at what sailors do and perhaps seaplane pilots. On my boat, I have a bag. In many years of sailing, I have never heard of anyone using a box. Nothing in a ditch bag should be water sensitive, which should make a box unnecessary. If you have decided to fly wearing an...

Coincidentally, a new Stevo Kinevo YouTube video today on flying a Cirrus SR22T to the Bahamas and chartering a catamaran with The Moorings: Info on The Moorings: https://www.moorings.com

Hi Dan, Great that you found it interesting. There are internet pages, and indeed a couple of YouTube videos, that show how to solve these problems as you were originally taught. The patent applications for the navigation computers do a good job of explaining what problems they were intended...

This was the subject of a lengthy earlier thread: https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/radio-license-for-bahamas-trip-for-dummies.69400/

Thanks very much. Just want to receive, and the radio has a BNC connector. Of the options, the MFJ-1717 sounds best - it will fit in the window - and it's a pretty minor financial outlay. Just ordered one.

True, although note that, for whatever reason or reasons, he was on a course for Brest. Have a look at where Brest is.

It reads to me like he made a choice between a controlled ditching and weather conditions/visibility that from his perspective had the potential to deteriorate. The Channel Islanders that I know would not be overly intimidated by 5' swells. The Channel has two busy shipping lanes, one going east...

Listening to LiveATC comes off very differently to me. I have no patience for it.

Question... I've been using an Icom handheld to listen to LaGuardia and traffic above in order to learn the jargon, etc. I'm 1.6 miles from LaGuardia, about 70' off the ground, and with nothing taller between the tower and me. The radio is on the sill of a window that I open. I'm getting quite...

The leading brands are Icom and Standard Horizon (a brand name of Yaesu). In terms of being waterproof, good handheld marine radios are all IPX7 or IPX8. Also, they all float. Also, Digital Selective Calling (an important emergency feature) is available on top handhelds at this point. Marine...

Sierra Echo, Don't mean to scare you, but I think that anyone venturing offshore should read this U.K. accident report: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/piper-pa-28-181-cherokee-archer-ii-g-bxrg-12-november-2011 This involved a couple flying from England to the Channel Islands (Alderney) who...

I agree with all of this and would only add that a marine VHF radio is essential. People on boats are not listening to air band. They are listening to marine channel 16. I have the same Personal Locator Beacon and will not fly over water in the NYC area, where I am, without it. A tip about the...

Having spent a good deal of time sailing in the Caribbean, let me suggest that you become completely familiar with what's involved, gear and process, in ditching and getting rescued. I say that regardless of whether you fly over water around the Keys or in the Caribbean. My sense is that most...

You might find this interesting (A Tale of Two Whiz Wheels): http://www.stefanv.com/aviation/flight_computers.html

I've been a bit curious about this and spent some time yesterday tracking down the history. At this point, there are two styles of manual computer, the E6B (which has a slide that fits into the main body of the computer) and the CR, which is circular and has no slide. Philip Dalton, a pilot...

You are not alone. I think that it’s fair to say that Apple was not in charge of designing the nav and memory interface of either the Yaesu or Icom. It becomes clearer when one realizes that the programming of memory is reminiscent of the 1980s/early 1990s. It took me about two hours to figure...

In the nav versions, there’s an interesting difference between the new Icom and the Yaesu. The Yaesu has both VOR and ILS Glideslope. The Icom has the former but not the latter. The question is, why? The Icom is clearly designed to up the ante on the Yaesu 550/750. The decision to omit...

The fact that they aren’t well known in many places is of course why I asked the question, and the question is practical rather than hypothetical :) Anyone else have a view?

Thanks very much, Greg. That could include anything from a DA-20 to a DA-62. Are you cool with that, given the premise of an uncontrolled airport?

Suppose that my plane is a Diamond DA-20. How do you want to hear me identify it? Just tail number? DA-20? Diamond DA-20? Two seat trainer? Two seat trainer, low wing? Something else?