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Sorry that I am responding too late. You've probably already done the trip. For the record, that is the routing I'd have recommended from KBLM. Contact NY Approach in NJ and tell them that you want to fly the Skyline route northbound up the Hudson. They will hand you off to Newark tower near...

That should work fine. There will likely be some traffic (was monitorring 123.05 this evening between 2030 and 2115 and there were at least 4 helicopters and 3 fixed wing sightseeing). Sun will be low in the west so be prepared for compromised visibility westbound. If you're traveling in that...

We stayed at Ocracoke Harbor Inn last summer. They picked us up at the airport and dropped us back off at the end of our visit. Room was clean and comfortable standard motel type. Not much in the way of local "flavor" and on the edge of the town, but everything is walkable. They also rented...

29N in New Jersey just east of Philadelphia has a VOR/GPS approach.

This is the model from MidContinent: https://www.mcico.com/directional-gyros-4/1u262-015-5 Original item is a Mitchell/Edo Aire 52D254M

Mark, doing that (tapping on the waypoint on the chart, expanding the carat menu, and selecting "Direct To") works for the Direct To (on Android), but it also loses the rest of the routing. That doesn't work for the case the OP describes where the plane is on a flight plan and ATC gives a...

If you have a nearby wifi hotspot you may have internet access in your hangar without realizing it. I don't have private wifi at the hangar either, but I am an Xfinity cable customer at home and there is an Xfinity hotspot in range (there are also Optimum and one other wifi hotspots in the area...

Someset (SMQ) is inside the 10 mile ring of a Bedminster TFR, so it is shut down when the TFR is active. Pretty small percentage of the time, but with the focus of the Bedminster visits including golf, they are usually on good weather fall-autumn weekends (like this one). Prime flying times.

I did my instrument training and keep my Tiger at Princeton. The airport is well cared for and in excellent condition. Lots of planes for training, so unlikely to have an issue with unavailability. Both for the 172's and the DA40's. If you really want to go upscale, a Cirrus training school...

I did a Garmin Aviation Virtual Oshkosh session today with a Garmin sales rep to discuss installation of 2 GI-275 instruments in my Tiger. What he told me was that I did not need another AI in the panel as long as both of the GI-275 units were AI capable.

I had a E-04 406 ELT installed to correct a problem with my old 121.5 mHz ELT causing loss of GPS lock. It corrected the problem initially, but after about a year symptoms redeveloped. IAck asked me to check if the included static filter was attached to the base of the ELT antenna. It was...

My DPE also told me in advance (I called him a week in advance) the IFR routing he would be asking me to fly and which approaches we would use. That gave me a chance to practice the same flight with my instructor ahead of time. It helped.

It cost me about 6 labor hours to have my KT-74 installed in the tray left from my KT-76a, have a pressure switch installed in the pitot line and wired to the transponder, and have the KT-74 wired to a GNS-530w. Since then the need for the pressure switch (to change from ground to air mode) has...

In an installation of two '275s as attitude indicator and HSI, it looks like it will be an issue replacing the backup battery on the lower unit. Not so much for 2 G5s.

One thing you might want to consider is how you will interact with a toddler, or a youngster and an infant/toddler in the airplane. The families I've seen fly this way have had one adult in the back with the younger child and the older child in the right front seat (or that seat empty if it is...

I went with the Revere life vest belt type (https://www.amazon.com/Revere-Comfort-Inflatable-Belt-Manual/dp/B003ZKQSQM?th=1&psc=1). I thought it was going to more comfortable to wear (it is comfortable, resting right above the lap portion of the lap/shoulder belt and rotated slightly outboard...

One other thought about birds nesting. With the nest being on top of the cylinders it means that the birds entered through the cooling air inlet openings (or the plane has really bad baffling <G>). But for those of us without closeable cowl flaps, entry through the bottom is a potential issue...

How many hours on the engine? Enough to trigger Lycoming's SB388c valve wobble test (400 hrs with standard metallurgy guides or 1000 hrs with hardened metallurgy guides)? See this link: https://www.lycoming.com/content/service-bulletin-no-388c As I understand it, this is Lycoming's way to...

My wife and I have a couple of 16 inch folding bikes (not Bromptons) that fit through the baggage door and in the baggage compartment of the Tiger. They work ok for transportation alone, but I made the mistake of planning to use them to carry some cargo. During the peak of blueberry season we...

If you choose frames other than thin, flexible titanium, consider selecting the width of the glasses so that the earpieces to lay tight against your temples. Even thin wire frames will not allow headset ear cups to seal well if there is an air gap between the eyeglass frame and your head. On...