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Sounds like a great idea. I think it is a good ideal to be trained in a plane that you will be flying for awhile and every hour will be with a flight instructor in the more complex plane. An Arrow has the performance and range to become a "final" plane, if one wants. You would have to have 25...

I really like my EI CGR-30P and I think that it has increase the safety of the plane significantly, regardless of the age or the cost of the plane. I would just keep your fuel sender units “as is” and just use the fuel flow monitor to tell how much fuel you have. The fuel flow is extremely...

Lycoming recommends aeroshell w15w50 for their new and reman engines if they have the roller tappets. Lycoming engines which need improved load-carrying (i.e. those engine models which require the addition of Lycoming Additive LW 16702) AeroShell Oil W 15W-50 was upgraded in 1986 to include an...

An open question, has anyone ever identified a fouled plug or an ungrounded mag on a back taxi mag check? In my opinion I think it is a bad idea to do a “run-up” test between each back taxi for the following reasons: When you do a run-up after each back taxi, You are stressing the engine in a...

"Make right traffic runway 26" If you are flying straight in for runway 26 and you are on a two mile final. First if he wanted you to fly behind the challenger, I think he would have said make a right 360 and follow the challenger. Second, it seems that the controller did not have complete...

It is the "stand by" with nothing else following that I am having problems with. I understand that once I have communicatetion with my call sighn that I can enter. But should I? Is Atc expecting me to continue into their airspace? If they talking to someone else and need me to stand by in...

So my question is if atc in a class d uses your call sighn and says "stand by" do you remain outside of the class d airspace or do you continue on in because that is what s/he is expecting of you to do?

Let me ask one question, which plane would you be safer in? I believe it is the plane that you practice in and passed your check ride in rather than the other plane. If you passed your check ride in the 206 you will be a safer pilot in the 206 then even in the 172, because you trained for...

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Correct, I am just trying to reduce the work load on ATC (I do not mind calling back up and putting in a new code) Whatever I can do to decrease their workload the better in my opinion, I really value their time and services.

What I have been doing. I call for Flight Following in the air to my finial cross country destination airport, I get a beacon code then after 2 to 3 hours, I cancel it (near a suitable airport for fuel) I fill her up, take off and I call again for flight following to my final destination...

My belief is that you practice what you plan on doing when things get very distracting and busy. That is when you make mistakes. Also, by leaving the gear "down" after take off you will be developing bad habits and your chance,of forgetting to bring the gear "up" during normal operations will...

It depends on what the temperature is on the top part of the engine. If the temperature inside the engine is above the dew point (inside engine case humidity) then you will not have any water form. Some pilots will place a blanket on top of the cowel to try to keep extra heat inside on top...

From the Beechcraft Talk website ... My buddy just called. He and his crew found the aircraft at about 5500'. They were skimming the base of the cloud layer in order to find them. Lowered two guys to check occupants. No survivors. They were vfr direct from Florida. He said they missed clearing...

In this case, instead of having a BRS equipped plane and a paper chart for navigation (which he would have been looking down at or trying to unfold) He would have been much better off with ForeFlight for navigation and it's synthetic vision, it's AHRS and in flight safety alerts, (i.e 500...

Gear down going down, check for green light. Then, I check the green gear light after every time I enter more flaps. Last chance to check to not land on my belly: As soon as I can clearly read the numbers on final with a paved runway, I check for a green light (On grass, as soon as I can see...

Can someone help me? I can get the ADS-B to work with Foreflight combined with the Stratus 2S. The following works great with Foreflight and is up to date: Aviation Routine Weather Reports (METARs) Non-Routine Aviation Weather Reports (SPECIs) Terminal Area Forecasts (TAFs) and their...

Good answers, now get out and fly with it. Practice with what you are going to use. If you want of fly with paper maps, use paper maps. If you use ForeFlight use Foreflight, If you use a GTN-750, use and practice with the GTN-750. You will never really feel comfortable with it, unless you...

Benjamin, I take a different approach. This is the plane that you have been flying and I am sure you know it inside and out. This is the perfect plane to get your training for your IFR ticket you know how it flies. You can get a pre buy to make sure all the AD's are up to date and to...

The Comanche has a light and crisp ailerons control, it is very well balanced and fun plane to fly. I have a friend who has the Comanche 250. He flys at 160kts on about 14 gph. There's a single door on the right hand side of the fuselage which curves some way into the roof area to make...