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I'll try to post a few pics here. Never tried it before. There's a bunch more here: http://s1363.photobucket.com/user/rykbrown/library/?sort=9&page=1

I'll do everything I can, but I only have 18 days. If I can't move it buy then, I have to bail on buying the house or risk losing $10k in earnest money. I'm more than willing to mark the plane down to cover the cost of known repairs that need to be made, and to compensate for the high time...

I have no idea. It was only on the field I trained at for a few days before I inquired. But it could have been up for sale elsewhere for all I know. Paint is about an 8/10. Interior 6/10 I'm seeing much older Archer IIs, similar airframe and engine time, for considerably more. Of course, that...

I have a 98 Archer, 6600 TT/1850 SNEW, that I bought in 2014 to finish my PPL, get my IR, and build some hours. All that behind me now, I'm gearing up to get my ME and then buy a twin in a few years. My plan is to rent a twin locally to train and build hours in, so that when I finally buy my own...

I find flying IFR boring, but I enjoy operating IFR. For me, once the hand-flying skills were down, it was about discovering all the additional capabilities of my GPS. (I had no idea it was able to fly SIDs and STARs as well as approaches.) Once I got my ticket, most of my time was spent...

Between my ResQlink, and my nervous nellie wife who demands regular status updates via texts and that I file IFR for everything so that she can track me on Flightaware, I'm pretty well covered. If I was going to be flying over inhospitable terrain, without the aforementioned items, I'd file a...

My first primary PPL instructor was under 24. He bolted for a regional gig around my 5th lesson. My next CFI was a retired airlines guy who was now running a dairy farm. He was okay, but he liked to talk a lot, and on more than one occasion, he'd waste the entire lesson in the classroom. (Really...

Weaknesses that others have covered. Still, it was an interesting twist. I like the idea of Smith being female, and the robot being an alien. I'll continue watching it, mostly because of the West character. I like him. The rest of the cast were placeholders for me. I do see interesting...

Vacuum gauge reads in norm with no change when switching to electric pump

So, I had an AI failure a couple years ago, and replaced the AI with a new one. Then, about a year later, I started seeing a problem with the AI where whenever I climbed above around 8k MSL, the AI started showing a downward pitch that increased as I continued to climb. When I would come back...

That is exactly what I used them for. When I started my IFR training, I was woefully inadequate at precisely holding a heading and altitude, let alone standard-rate turns. The patterns helped a lot.

I remember the "patterns". (I can't remember if it was "A".) It inspired me to come up with my own practice pattern that utilized local VORs, a small practice airstrip, 2 - towered fields, and the untowered field I trained out of. Flying this pattern one time pretty much covered everything one...

After more discussion with my wife, we have decided to keep the hangar in Arlington for the time being. I will also keep a tie-down here in McKinney. I will keep the plane nearby during fair weather, and move it back to the hangar whenever T-storms are forecast. (Both my wife and I work from...

TKI is nice. But, I was just there today asking about getting a tie-down spot again, so I can shuffle my plane back and forth between McKinney and the hangar in Arlington. (I want to be in McKinney, but I'm like 200-something on the waiting list.) They just started a new construction project and...

To answer some questions: > The plane is currently in a hangar in Arlington. > We live in Fairview, (directly under the the approach to RWY 36 at TKI) and likely will stay here for the next 2-3 years. > I will be moving the plane back to TKI, which is about 12 mins away. Now, when I had...

It seems that moving my plane to an airport an hour from my house just so that it would be in a hangar impacted my flying far more than I thought it would. In fact, I haven't flown at all in the 3 months that it's been hangared. So, I've decided to move it back to the airport 12 minutes away and...

When I had my medical, I had a history of a single kidney stone 1.5 years prior. Had to get a KUB xray, and see a urologist to get a letter stating that the retained stones that I had were unlikely to pass. I got a special issuance and from that point I had to get additional KUB and letter each...

Maybe I should focus on something a little less involved. I didn't realize it was that demanding. Maybe I'll just buy a twin and do some Pilots n Paws instead.

Okay, so, I'm 57 yrs old, make a great living working from home, for myself. I can work or not work as I please. In fact, I could retire right now and likely continue to make a good living from royalties for the rest of my days. I've got my own bug smasher, my SEL PPL and IR, and about 600 hrs...

You should definitely buy. I bought my Archer about halfway thru my PPL training. I flew it almost daily during PPL. I flew from my home field to my lessons and back. Logged probably 100 hrs before I even took my PPL checkride. (What the hell, I had a plane!) Flew it XC for 2 yrs after that...