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Ride the trams whenever it works for you. The steps you save on Monday will make Friday a whole lot easier.

After the first 5 years or so of emergency trips flying commercial lost a lot of it's allure. That was before I started flying myself. Now it's even less fun.

I bought one from aircraft spruce a month ago for 549.00 seems about the best price for them

Don't know about other states but don't bother in Maryland. I went down to the local Bass Pro shop to get something else and while I was there wandered over to the handgun section. I started looking at the guns and got into a discussion with the salesperson. I explained that due to the large...

When I crashed my plane and was at the trauma center in Atlanta, the new head of surgery there had just come down there from Shock Trauma where she had done her training. When she saw where my home was in Maryland she wore her old Shock Trauma lab coat out when she first met my wife. It made...

When I first starting working from home 12 years ago I would get up , shower and dress for work so I could get my head in the game so to speak. after 4 or 5 years I developed enough work habits to stop doing that, now I roll out of bed and start working and shower at lunch. My work involves...

several years ago the Washington basketball team changed their name from the bullets to the wizards. At the time the owner said it was because bullets was bad because of the high shooting rate in the DC area. Many including myself just thought it was a ploy to sell a lot of new jerseys and...

I've been working for a fortune 5 company from home for the last 12 years. My immediate team of 7 all work from home spread across the US. Of the ~100 people supporting my product ( sales, install, support, engineering ) only about 20 work from a office in Barrington, IL. A lot of our...

Thanks for that post. I've been to the Bahamas in my plane and wanted the option to go back but did not want to have to buy another 4k box.

Looks like I'll need to do some more checking at Osh this year. It was my understanding that even with the GDL-88 you still had to upgrade the transponder to the 330ES. We have a 327 now and it would be nice to not have to upgrade the transponder as well.

Why are you at 1500+ feet on base?

I normally fly a plane with a very good A/p ( Stec 55x). For a IFR flight that is up through a layer and cruise on top then descend through a layer then no A/P is fine. If I'm planning on spending a long time in the clouds then I want at least a wing leveler. If the weather is forecast to be...

Not for nothing but Frederick where AOPA is located is about 50 miles from DC. It's still in Maryland which has some fairly high cost of living but it's a long way out. A 5 bedroom 5000 square foot house built in 2006 is listed for 579,000 to give you a data point. A 3 bedroom 1500 square foot...

I would also consider a 182. It's at the bottom of your speed parameter but it's useful load and big cabin will make your trips a little easier.

In the plane camping areas the bathrooms have banks of outlets. There is also some places you can get your phone charged where the have a little more security. I seem to recall a building just outside the gate in the north 40 where you could get your phone charted, I think for a fee. I'm part...

I was taught at a early age that during the initial roll out for the first two call outs after the start of roll was tach is good and airspeed alive. If the airspeed was dead it's a abort takeoff item. Since that happens in the first 10 or 20 seconds and first several hundred feet it's not a...

Has anyone heard if they will premier the new movie at Osh this year?

I was one of the lucky chosen few and will have my 182 on display there. I've flown my plane in to Dulles for the Plane Pull event but this will be a first for me, taking it over to A&S.