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You could start having a series of FAA "approved" seminars that would count for Wings program credits, just need someone to join the local FAAST Team to get stuff posted. We do monthly meetings with our pilot's association (www.fullertonpilots.org), which has about 200 members. We get about 60...

If you didn't say anything to the AME and you passed your vision test at the exam, it is most likely just an error from the AME. I've always had corrective lenses limitation, and at one renewal the doc forgot to put it on. I didn't both getting it corrected until the next renewal.

Paint jobs: 1) Quality; 2) Schedule; 3)Price. Pick one, if you're lucky, you might get 1 & 2 or, less likely, 2 & 3. 1 & 3 do not exist in the same universe.

Bryan, If you haven't already, you should join the Cessna Pilots Society (www.cessna-pilots.net) (free). A lot of folks there with a lot of 182 knowledge.

If you want more speed/climb capability, upgrade to Northpoint XP470 next time you do the engine. The T will never have the useful load that a Q has. With the FreshPick MGTOW STC, most Q's will have around 1,300 lbs useful load. I think a T will be 100-120 lbs less useful load.

That is a minor problem compared to the issues the time machine will cause.

Colts are cool. Love the look. Just a fun airplane.

So, Mr. Fusion?

Yours is a '77 model-year Q. 18265176 was the first S/N of the new model year. Just like cars, you can get the next model year before the calendar ticks over. You have the little "shark fin" vents on the back side of the engine cowling, that is the visual giveaway for the P's vs. Q's.

Keep the Q. You know the plane, and getting a different 25 year old plane is nearly the same gamble as getting a different 40 year old plane. The Q has more useful load. You already have the -275s, so I'd make the leap for the 750xi and GFC-500. BTW, your plane is 1977, not a '76, by model...

I mostly use the airport websites to check for details on noise abatement procedures, and any airport fees. By "checking the airport website", I'm including the FBO website. If I'm overnighting and there is an option for a "reservation" on the FBO site, I'll usually do that, in order to help get...

Apparently you've never heard the phrase, "No smoking within 8 hours of flying, and no drinking within 50 feet of an aircraft." Let's not pretend the "Golden Age of Aviation" was much more than a bronze statue.

Advisory/rant on Volvo-- We purchased a 2022 XC-60 T8 for my wife. Electrically, it's been buggy as heck. Three times it went dead after sitting for a few days and had to be jump started due to a hidden power draw somewhere, even when plugged in. They claim to have fixed it, finally, but I...

One of the seemingly silliest kitchen gadgets I've ever gotten as a gift was an egg cooker. One of the really simply ones, around $25 on Amazon. I'm like, I know how to hard boil eggs, why do I want this taking up space in my kitchen? Whatever, I'll try it. It comes with an egg shell piercer...

Senator, are you familiar with what yellow "X"'s mean? ;)

I think we're missing the part of the story here as to whether OP is in a flying career or not. For Basic Med, the question (n) "Substance dependence, failed a drug test ever, or substance abuse or use of illegal substance in the last 2 years" If OP's refusal was for work, and that work...

Had an old Northstar GPS blow a capacitor and a little smoke was coming out of the top of the panel. I was only a few minutes from landing at my home field and had just established radio contact with tower. I was 95% sure I knew the cause and it wasn't going to be a big deal, but I called the...

A few of the engines either didn't fire or shutdown early. Will be interesting to hear if that had any impact on the lack of separation (was something programmed to not separate until X altitude, and it never got high enough?). Looks like they waited as long as possible until "deconstructing it"...

Seriously. This is a "first request". I wouldn't see this as any different than the time the IRS said I filed my taxes late. Uhh...no, I didn't... and here's the certified mail record to prove it... I get it. They screwed up. Tell them they screwed up (in writing, using the form they provided)...

It isn't that rare for people to live out of state, and possibly have a second home in California, and have a plane that might bounce between the locations. There are legal ways to do without incurring California property tax/use tax, but you would generally be wise to consult a tax attorney who...