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Performance One on the field perhaps. Heath is a good guy, not sure how familiar they are with the type but it sounds up their alley.

Airframe- check the type certificate data sheet for life limits. Small GA may not have them. Bigger aircraft will. Real world- 10k hours is a lot for trainer type ac. Yes you can find gems but everything wears out at some point. Engines- in theory they can be overhauled indefinitely. In...

This. PA32 is good enough for me. If a retract, PA32 RETRACT. Then let them figure it out. And there is infact a cranky controller at HWD, you know, if your readback of every instruction is not exact he makes you say it again. Sounds like this guy. Don't take it personally!

Cost efficient? Easier? Fixed wing through commercial first. Then if you got an extra $50k laying around, you can decide to build fixed wing time to get a job, or get your rotor commercial, and have minimal time in both and be unemployable. Unless you have connections that will get you a gig...

Nice! I've seen 210kts in our T182T. Suffered on the way back with 100kts tops.

Yes, exactly. Photo from the web. I remember it was out there every day for while.

I’ve been flipped 90 degrees when vectored under a 767 turning final. Semi expected but still eye opening none the less. What i didn’t even consider before it happened, was helo wake turbulence. Was holding in position to let a Blackhawk approach across the runway in front of me. It landed...

Approach calls out "traffic, 12 O'clock 1 mile same altitude, I'm not talking to him, advise when you have that traffic". Well, that traffic was damn a damn Zepplin airship(offered tours at the time, about 12 years ago) which could be seen for miles. I said "oh...I have him alright...

No failures myself, just minor issues causing rough running. But I'm in claims, and deal with various engine failures and accidents for a living. Some maintenance shop screw ups, some pure failures, some pilot error, some a combination of both. I've seen some lucky endings where people walk...

if you must, you can do a GTN650, G5, and a JPI engine monitor. The decathlon I flew just had the engine monitor and it helped. I do know of a fully IFR decathlon my flown by a CFI i use for currency. But for simple fun, just fly baby fly, no need for the whizbang.

What he said, times 10. Plenty of clear days in the winter to make these flights.

may be better to go with one of the Texas Skyways conversions- IO520 or IO550(i know, you're a Lyco fan). Unless you're here in the west with mountains and do a lot of high DA flying the turbo may not be worth the headache. I fly a T182T for work, it's great, but wouldn't own one at this...

I’m in claims, there are many more that thankfully turn out ok and never make the news. FBO line guys are no longer aspiring pilot/mechanics who care to think about the difference between Jet A and 100LL, Piper Malibu and Meridian or TBM, they aren’t trained properly and the ones that are leave...

Leatherman.

A/FD if all else fails. Maybe not taught these days but that’s the fall back. Easiest on ForeFlight is to tap on the airfield, then go to “Info” on the top left(may have to hit “details” first”). It should give you the Center or Approach freq. Some remote fields don’t have it listed, then...

182. Cessna still makes it because it’s one of the best GA aircraft of all time. Doesn’t do anything great, but everything good. If you want a real hauler, Cessna 206. Again, Cessna still makes it. That should tell you something.

Spruce Goose baby. Old, but only .1 hours on the tach. Well maintained. Install a GTN750 and ADSB and you’re good to go. Maintenance support may be difficult. May need to buy or create the Type Certificate and make your own parts. Gif

The Soviet Buran. I know of one in a Kazakstan hangar. Needs a little work but you’ll get a killer deal. Problem is you’ll need the AN225 to ferry to the U.S.

SGS 1-23H-15 glider. You’ll never go back to powered flight once you’ve tasted the nectar(cult) that is soaring.

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