Search results

  1. LesGawlik

    Cirrus down in Texas

    ADSB will show AP mode and disconnect.
  2. LesGawlik

    This crash will have consequences.

    Gryder says it was due to deterioration of the trim tab/elevator. He makes a pretty good case. It may just be an AD for these older aircraft, especially the ones operated in maritime environments.
  3. LesGawlik

    Came across this today. Beech 18 conversion?

    Obviously, the charm and style of the original is diminished, but I'd take it anyway.
  4. LesGawlik

    Landed on closed runway

    My answer: Get one of each!
  5. LesGawlik

    gns530w terrain card failed

    I have a Jepp subscription. I never saw a means of updating terrain. I update Nav Data every cycle.
  6. LesGawlik

    gns530w terrain card failed

    I didn't even know you could update the terrain cards. I don't know if it's related, but I have had trouble with new data cards. I had two that would not accept data updates from Jepp. Garmin was good about it and sent replacements. The last one finally worked. I knew it wasn't my card...
  7. LesGawlik

    Plane down at middle school football field

    I just hope that if I ever wad up an airplane and people are thinking "WTH was he trying to do here?" I can just tell 'em!
  8. LesGawlik

    Baltic sea bizjet crash 9/4/2022

    Again? Wasn't MH370 enough for them?
  9. LesGawlik

    Additional Landing Light for Cessna 182

    Thank you. I figured it has to be possible. I did it on my Sundowner, and that's much more difficult. The parts are now impossible to find, and you can't run wires through the wings without de-riveting the flap channel or drilling multiple inspection holes. I have wig wag HID lights in the...
  10. LesGawlik

    Additional Landing Light for Cessna 182

    Is it practical to add another landing/taxi light combination on the starboard wing of a Cessna 182E? I added very bright LED lights in both positions on the port side. They're good, but making a right hand turn on a dark taxiway at night leaves something to be desired. I did it on my...
  11. LesGawlik

    Pilot goes DAD on air-dropping passengers

    It is not something that I am going to get all bent out of shape about. I've already seen it all, and depending on what it is, I might even have one of my own.
  12. LesGawlik

    Cirrus down in Texas

    Also, the pressure for an employee to get the brand new wheels on a runway instead of destroying the airframe a mile or two short of the threshold. If his employer thought he could have made it back to the airport, he'd be looking for a new job. I know it's better than being dead, but it's a...
  13. LesGawlik

    Pilot goes DAD on air-dropping passengers

    If I can make it go away by pressing a key, it's not something I'm going to get all upset about.
  14. LesGawlik

    Orlando DA-42 taxi fatality

    It might have been poor wx knowledge on the part of the pilot, but it would have gotten me too. I would not expect a 60+ kt gust. In that wx, I'd be in the hangar.
  15. LesGawlik

    Orlando DA-42 taxi fatality

    60+ mile an hour wind gust on takeoff roll.
  16. LesGawlik

    KWVI Watsonville MId Air, Multiple Fatalities

    ...and it will cost you much more than you thought.
  17. LesGawlik

    Pilot goes DAD on air-dropping passengers

    At nine years old?
  18. LesGawlik

    Pilot goes DAD on air-dropping passengers

    Likewise, I don't understand why "youngish children" like the 4th grader in 8C need to have a smartphone.
  19. LesGawlik

    Pilot goes DAD on air-dropping passengers

    I can't accept the level of feigned indignation that permeates our society. If you don't like the picture, delete it. Don't take to the fainting couch because your retinas were scarred by someone's genitalia.
  20. LesGawlik

    KWVI Watsonville MId Air, Multiple Fatalities

    You obviously have never met my ex-wife.
Back
Top