Search results

Flyers, I have a small O2 bottle for the rare moment I do some high flying. I need to refill it and I heard that industrial companies, welding supply places, etc can do this for a relatively small fee. Rumor has it that airports that fill O2 bottles have a much more significant charge for...

Talk to local flight instructors and DE's. They always have students who are ready to graduate or know many recently certificated pilots who are then looking to purchase an aircraft. Flying clubs usually have a monthly newsletter. Ask them if they will post a classified in there regarding...

Flyers, I noticed the other day when I put my flap handle up to 0 degrees, the flaps came up appropriately to 0 degrees, but the indicator read 10 degrees. The next day I came out to check on the flaps and indicator. I put the flap handle down to 30 degrees. The flaps obeyed, but the...

What tilted the scales for me to GP was I hated FF's sectional chart only as the base map. Garmin has their own cleaner map and offers the sectional as an option. I like to have the choice. The sectional is just too cluttered for most of my flying. TMI. The second thing that tilted the...

Interface with Foreflight?!...hell...I can't get them to to support an interface with Garmin's own 796! Gene

Video editing is the secret. That is the most common question I get, "Are those remote control camera's?" Did you have a live feed to zoom those camera's?"

I have 7, but I only put 4 in the plane. I had a hand-held camera on the ground. So 5 were altogether. As any video editor will tell you, you just can't have enough camera angles and "footage" <-- hey, can we even use that term anymore since we don't use film. We really don't have...

Flyers, Here is a short 4 minute video of one of my student’s first solo’s. He’s a great kid and a lot of fun to train! Also, I've noticed that a lot of flying videos are pretty raw..I wanted to raise the bar a bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLc52ml3SUE It’s short, I promise…...

This happened to me twice... My wife and I were on an IFR / SFR flight plan going from N14 in NJ to Leesburg (KJYO) on the northwest side of the DC SFR area. I was in the thick of the SFR at night enjoying the smooth flight with soft music playing in our Bose A20's when my wife commented...

It is very common for a throttle, prop or mixture cable to stiffen in the winter or any season for that matter. Usually, the cable has to have some lubrication sprayed in under pressure and worked in and out to loosen it. If that doesn't fix the issue, they usually replace the cable...

You said you don't usually fly that airplane...maybe it has a cruise prop? I also agree that if the throttle was stiff, that it is very possible that your muscle memory for your right hand and arm told you subconsciously that it was all-the-way-in when indeed it wasn't. It's hard to...

Yes...this is what I was looking for when I posted the list. I also really appreciated what FlyingRon put up also. My list was just an effort to make my friend (formal student) have a late night laugh and I thought I would share it with this wonderful group. Of course it's not exactly...

Flyers and Students, A friend of mine sent me something called 8 Secrets the Airlines Don't Want You to Know. I, in return drafted him the following, 8 Secrets Flight Instructors Don't Want You to Know. I thought maybe it might be interesting to the members, and would love to hear from other...

Agree Dave...I think the psychological reason for this is simple...we all see ourselves and our own families in those pictures. They are the symbol...the icon of the all-American-family...and even closer to our hearts...the all-American-flying-family. Gene

Sell the lightspeed and buy the Bose A20's. The control box can have batteries even if it's the ship-powered type. Bose sells their own adapter for 50 dollars for when you will need them in a plane that requires the dual plug.

Like when you send your first child off to kindergarten or later on...to college. ;)

I believe the POH on the N model says to retract from 40 to 20 immediately if going around. I would then take the last 10 out once stabilized and clear of obstacles. Gene

No...actually my 2014 version says under Note 2:, "Ground control will issue taxi clearance to parking. That clearance *does not* authorize the aircraft to enter or cross *any runways*. Pilots not familiar with the taxi route should request specific taxi instructions from ATC."

It's the pilot's responsibility to perform the after-landing checklist. It's the controller's responsibility to deal with traffic flow as it presents itself.