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I keep a Vertex Standard VXA-300 in my flight bag that comes home with me after every flight (so I can keep it charged). Use it for picking up ATIS and clearances on the ground prior to engine start. For flight in IMC I configure it with a headset adapter and a coax cable for connection to an...

Just looked at the past 2 registration forms for my ACK E04. No entries in the Checksum field.

I could see a cancellation penalty becoming another factor that inclines a pilot towards riskier aeronautical decision making when faced with the choice of either paying a cancellation penalty or flying in marginal weather.

I used clear 3M paint protection film on the front of my fixed gear nose strut and around the holes in the side of the nose gear wheel pant (where the tow bar attaches). I got mine on eBay. If you need longer pieces than you can get from there, you can get film marketed for airplanes from...

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Thanks for the heeds-up. Under what name? I'm not seeing a Culinary Creations near KMGJ or in Montgomery NY.

I went to the Sky Acres restaurant for breakfast today for the first time. My previous trip had been for lunch. It was about 80-90% full from 10:30-11:00 while I was there, but no waiting line. The food was good. Bacon strips were the thick but still crispy. French toast was made from thick...

Did I hear correctly that the first leg was at 15.5? Impressive. What is the climb like getting there? BTW, forgot to say that I am jealous<G>.

I, too, get FF on even short flights as I fly in congested airspace and recognize that no matter how visually vigilant I am, it is too easy to miss traffic or have traffic miss me. Having ATC help, and being able to help them, makes, I think, for a materially safer flight. That said, the...

A couple of corrections. Based on the detailed 2014 Cubcrafters study which compared EI, JPI, and three other probes and their respective engine analyzers (copy attached to this note), the average temperature difference between EI P-100 probes (as I have) and JPI M-5050T bayonet probes was 44...

Mark, great sentiment. Here's one more resource for you that, while it is not directly applicable to your AA1x, does relate to Grummans. It is an article written by Ron Levy (Captain Ron) and published in the AYA Star magazine over 20 years ago and it is still relevant today. The main points...

My Tiger handbook goes down to 40% power at 10000 ft pressure altitude and the highest temperature option. So that's within the operating range its O-360. There is a pilot who frequently posts on the Grumman Gang mail list who flies his Tiger long distances at slow maximum endurance speeds...

I have had this discussion with a couple of the more prominent Grumman shops and their guidance was the same. Neither one had ever seen or heard of the Grumman honeycomb "bathtub" where the seats are located deform in a forced landing in a way that prevented the canopy from opening. And that a...

I am not familiar with the style of inflation bladder in the OP's life belt. Revere makes a similar belt which deploys a horseshoe bladder on inflation. Slide it over your head and it functions the same as a full life vest but is less obtrusive to wear in-flight. Here's an Amazon link. I've...

I've loaned my 530w data card with Garmin NavData to a friend to use while he was waiting for his new replacement to arrive in the mail. No problems. So the card is not linked to any one unit. Based on the way the data upload goes I believe that the Garmin data is linked to the serial number...

Is the "Select Forecast Time" selection (eg. select from 1 to 77 for Ceiling Height) the number of hours after the "Select NBM Cycle" time that the forecast is valid?

My stock 1976 Tiger with a 1400 hr Lycoming factory OH engine does 135 kts at just under 9.6-9.8 gph and 2650 rpm (digital tach) at 5500 ft MSL up to about 8500 ft loaded to about 100-150 lbs below max gross weight. I haven't tracked speed when loaded more heavily, and it doesn't go materially...

The restaurant at 44N is only open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Very good, though. Paula's at KPOU is 7 days a week. Both the Sunset Grill (N07, Lincoln Park) and the Smoke Shack Barbecue and Burger cafe at Greenwood Lake airport (4N1) are a touch closer than Paula's, Danbury, and Oxford...

BTW, a new restaurant has opened at Sky Acres (44N) just east of KPOU. Hangar's Cafe (https://www.hangarscafe.com/). For now only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. I was there for a Sunday lunch. All the tables were full. Food was more ambitious than the standard airport cafe and very good.

My portable ADS-B receiver has 2 antennas. An internal GPS receiver antenna and a removable RF antenna for reception of 978 and 1090 MHz signals (see image below). It sounds like the OP is asking if the RF in connections of 2 ADS-B receivers can be supplied by a single 978/1090 MHz antenna. I...