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So did I, no, I am an IFR student like you are, appreciate your answer. By the way, my headset arrived just an hour ago - I am going through different tip sizes at the moment. I can see there is a clip, probably to prevent the weight of the cables to exert pulling force on the head.

If I may ask, which ones did you get, the basic model or Pro Plus or the Link? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

FF has MOS forecast which is great if you fly at lesser airports, I find the whole flow of weather briefing much better organized in FF, much clearer, your experience may vary. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

I am testing them all right now and find ForeFlight superior as an EFB in all categories (flight planning is a standout) however considering price and VFR-only flying I would be leaning towards Garmin Pilot or even FltPlan Go. It is not only the list of features that counts - it is the look/feel...

Maybe, don’t know. But the point is it is difficult to get in a spin, I just started Cirrus training and is is a very stable platform, you practice stalls and airplane behaves in a very predictable manner, it isn’t Cessna where is is hard to keep wings level while practicing stalls. Is King Air...

And so what?? But at least they had this choice. Still like 80% of all GA accidents involve loss of control - these pilots had no chance to “act like airmen” and put the aircraft down in a place of their choice, very often they were coming down like missiles, sometimes even in pieces. So perhaps...

Yes, Cirrus test pilot did recover from a spin, this is what my Cirrus instructor told me however officially the position of the factory is - you don’t try to recover - you pull CAPS, this is in POH. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

But I did use the Acclaim Ultra to compare with the Cirrus interior width. It is 43.5” and 49” respectively. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

I wonder how many flying clubs are interested in twins. I belong to a fairly well-to-do flying club in the Bay Area and there is no twin and they have close to 20 airplanes. I checked another flying club which is nearby and they have 51 airplanes and no twin.

Cirrus is 5.5" wider inside. Could not find cabin volume specs.

To be precise he (aftCG) never used the word 'piston'. But he qualified his statement with 'in the US', so he implies there will be perhaps retractable singles coming .. say out of Europe? Where does he see this vibrant design/production of new GA airplanes coming from beyond the US is beyond...

It wasn't a snark, just stating the obvious, OK, you disagree, fine. Never worked for FAA.

And who forces you to fly certificated aircraft? You can fly an experimental one, plenty of choices on the market, some actually pretty high-end in terms of performance.

To use ForeFlight as a navigator you will need geo-referenced charts, that’s $200 s year, if you don’t need its powerful flight planning tools (for me this is where the value is) you might be better off with the 696, anyway, something to consider, it all depends what kind of flying you do...

Annual crew training is listed at $27,720, so the user Anymouse above was close, twice a year mandated training.

So how much are you willing to pay for a tablet? $40? I paid for my brand new Ipad about $340. If you don’t have Ipad then you can’t even try FF, if you can’t try it (30 day free trial) then you don’t know what you are missing. To each his own but if you are VFR only - indeed this may be an overkill.

If you mean the whole US a “region” than it’s true. You pay $100 for the whole US (you don’t get geo-referenced charts for that) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

I did try it before, found it very clumsy and unrefined comparing to the two top contenders. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

You are probably right. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Btw, if you fly this beast 300 hrs a year which is quite normal use of aircraft to justify private ownership you would be looking at over $300k in fuel and maintenance cost. Among fixed costs hangar cost alone is about $27k. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro