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I upgraded from a PS 8000BT to a PS 450 then recently to the 450B. The 450B has a dedicated Bluetooth connection for cellphones whereas the 450 did not (don't know about the 450A). That allows my iPad to have a channel all to itself. The 450B also has dedicated inputs for which you can add...

I installed 3 Radio Shack "car phones", complete with phone type handset in my vehicles in the early 80's as I recall, after my Luddite wife got stuck in a snowstorm and had to walk a ways to find a land-line phone. She had refused (up to that point) to let me put a "car phone" in her vehicle...

I used a CK 768 for my radio!!

Nice comparison Martin BUT I already have the FF Performance Plus package and I cannot see an additional $199/year advantage of the Jepp charts over the $299 I already pay. IMHO if I were a commercial or airline pilot flying many hours in IMC for my livelihood I MIGHT think about it. But the...

It isn't the things I did that I regret, it is the things I didn't do that I regret as I approach the end. As Andy Rooney of CBS TV said..." Life is like a roll of toilet paper...it always goes faster toward the end".

I have built many Heathkit ham radio radios that use vacuum tubes and they are still used almost daily. I also have my own tube tester albeit a bit smaller than the Radio Shack version!! Vacuum tubes are still available today BUT they are only (I think) manufactured overseas. Audio purists...

Wonderful!!! Thanks a WHOLE HEAP for the photos!!! Now I can proceed.

I have the same kind of handle in my '69 Arrow and have been told (not verified!) that if you pull the latch all the way open there is a set screw that becomes visible which, when un-screwed, lets the entire handle come out of the door. I am planning an interior re-do this summer and that issue...

I think you will like the panel lighting provided by the strip lights. I like the NuLites and might go back to them for the tach and map/fuel flow gauge if they can be dimmed. I looked into replacing the Piper rocker switches with illuminated ones but that would involve A LOT of work behind the...

One issue with NuLites is that in the PA 28 series (at least my '69 Arrow) the plastic overlay panel already stands off by some amount from the sub-panel thus making the instruments peer out through a "tunnel" and installing the NuLites pushes the instruments back so does that make them more...

guzziguy...is the panel light dimming circuit in your '69 PA 28-180 an emitter follower?

I used the Nulites in my C-172 but in the PA 28 series (at least in my '69 Arrow) the panel light dimming circuitry doesn't play with NuLites.

Removing the upper plastic panel overlay is simple, just a bunch of screws. The bulb sockets "clip" into holes in the sub-panel. The lower overlay is also easy BUT you need to be careful not to accidentally move the landing gear switch! The handle just un-screws. The bulb sockets for the...

iPad mini yoke mounted on X_Naut cooling mount with with FF.

Dawn Patrol...David Niven, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone...

Did you notice "Car 54" ??? Who remembers that TV show???

With all the military jamming "tests" of GPS it would be advisable to have a backup! But I err...they tend to do those "tests" only in the "fly-over" parts of the country.

I treat my airplane operational costs like my car...if I need gas, I put gas in it...if I need to fix something, I fix it or get it fixed, if I see a new "gadget" and can afford it, I get it. I do not keep track of costs...just like for my car. There are FAR FEWER days ahead for me than are...

STec ST-360 altitude alerter, DH alerter and vertical speed controller. I have one in my Arrow.

Press says "call for help!" But listening to the audio shows the pilot just asking Emergency Services for status since he couldn't see the event. Press, as usual, plays it up LARGE.