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Made my own from a pair of wrap-around safety glasses, a couple short pieces of painter's tape to mask out the clear area, and a rattle can of black lacquer. Total investment about $5. Better than any commercial device I have ever seen, short of a sim with the screen turned off.

Did not need to wait until sunset Saturday for the fog to start freezing. At around 1130 I was about 30 miles north of there picking up icing on the leading edges of my truck. The conditions did not improve after that.

The next time you see a manufacturer bragging about their "military grade" materials, remember the condition of the glareshield in this video. :p

A non-instrument rated private pilot (issued five months ago) taking off in a 1953 PA-22-135 from a "private runway" into freezing fog at night? Insurance was the least of his concerns.

The weather conditions in that area yesterday were pretty bad all day long. I picked up ice on the leading edges of my truck on the way to the airport (to change oil in an airplane, not to fly...) Although I saw the medivac King Air come and go while I was there, I simply cannot believe...

This is Jeopardy! What are the three most frightening words to a "Wheel of Fortune" fan? :D (Edited to meet the format requirements)

As do the speakers in both the Warrior and Sierra I fly frequently. With the Com Panel in the Warrior, top row of buttons sends to speaker, bottom row sends to headsets, knob selscts transmit funtion (Com1, Com2, and Com1/Com2 where left seat uses Com1, right seat uses Com2). The Sierra has a...

Are there actual numbers on your EGT or just a bunch of hash marks and a notation that says "25° per divison"? Being familiar with Pipers, my guess is the latter. The red needle is designed to be moved to "Peak" temp for those conditions on that day. Leaning is performed (either ROP or LOP)...

Your CFI actually forbids you from trimming after you have your pitch set with the yoke? Time for a new CFI. I do see a lot of certificated pilots flailing away at the trim WAYYY too much, not really understanding how to use it correctly. To forbid you from using trim at all, however...

It sure seemed like it... o_O

A student and I sat in a hold for 30 minutes at SWEDD in VMC while approach shuttled three different "important" commuters one after the other into KHLN. When the fourth one checked in on the freq I cancelled IFR, descended 500', and went in VFR with the student still under the hood.

...nor a towered airport without RADAR.

Red.... Because footballs do not have feathers. o_O

I once picked up carb ice at 10,500' in a C-172 at full throttle on the 180hp motor. Took me a little while to notice, but once I realized what was happening (RPM very slowly decreasing), I applied heat and just like advertised, it stumbled for a few LONG seconds then smoothed out. I re-leaned...

Never could stand to listen to Martha for very long.

To be clear, there is no EGT so where it sits on the ROP/LOP scale is anyone's guess.

Notta... Tried it multiple times. Even starting at 2300 RPM in level cruise and pulling back real slow it simply goes from smooth to rough with no increase.

After confirming the STC was actually applied to this aircraft, the next time I flew I tried the leaning procedure given in the "new" POH but it simply did not work as advertised. There never was an increase in RPM. It simply goes from smooth to rough without an increase. Weird thing is, I...

Even if the cause of it restarting is you finally remembering to switch tanks? :p

Crappy aircraft, poor airmanship, or cognitive issues? :D