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Still running and riding outside as much as possible. Otherwise, I ride my bike on the trainer using Zwift.

In the RV, we use 6V golf cart batteries like you can buy from Sam's Club or Costco. Wire them in serial to make 12V, then wire the sets in parallel to increase the amount of amp hours required. You can wire as many sets together as you like. Get the connecting wires from Ebay for cheap.

My wife has a 3 BR/3.5 Bath home for sale in Camp Verde, AZ on Montezuma Airport (19AZ). This is just South of Sedona on a very nice 3300' paved runway. The house is over 4000 sq ft, has a hangar, workshop, bonus room, study/den and everything you could want. View the listing at...

Powered paragliding is about as cheap as it gets. You don't require a tow, and can take off and land from more places. They don't cost much to buy, don't use a lot of fuel and can be packed up and transported easily. The biggest disadvantage is that you are always flying solo (unless you buy...

A guy I worked with at US Customs got busted for child porn and had to do the perp walk out of the office. Keep in mind, we all had our level 2 (Secret) DHS security clearance to work there! I never liked the guy and I missed the perp walk, but I hope they threw the book at him.

There's a difference between a side stick (Columbia, Lancair) and side yoke (Cirrus). After flying one for a bit, it's no different than flying anything else. I love the side stick in the Columbia. It's very natural feeling. It's nice having that real estate in front of you and not worrying...

OK thanks all. Now I can't find where the person was complaining about the cracks (of course...) but November is the most recent report I've seen. Hopefully I'll be out this spring to check it out!

How is the runway there? I saw a review somewhere that said the runway has a few really big 'bumps' in it - like several inches tall! That's not the kind of thing I want to deal with... Can anyone provide a recent pirep?

As one with a non-WAAS G1K, I don't see it as a big deal at all. You don't have quite as low minimums, but it is still very usable for IFR approaches. There are also plenty of ILS approaches. It would be nice to have WAAS, but thanks to an over-zealous FSDO in the North West who was busy putting...

That capability was already available to you via TCAS though. The only difference is you chose not to get it until it was mandated by the FAA.

Isn't 'just below the class B shelf' still within the Mode C veil? From my understanding, the ADS-B requirement includes the whole Mode C veil...

Doesn't it need to be permanently mounted to qualify?

BUT the Sky Beacon isn't approved for all planes... Also, you don't need to be equipped just to fly into class B and C airports, you also need it to fly THROUGH class C airspace, and INTO the Mode C veil of class B aiports (not to mention the 10K' limit). It may not affect you much, but it...

I'm on 2008. I was thinking of upgrading someday but haven't found much of a reason. I'm definitely not putting all of my financials since 1990 onto the cloud though...

Columbia 300's are around that price now I think. You'll beat 150kts but you can always pull back the power.

Do you speak Hindi? That seems to help a lot...

I'm a recovering lawyer. Got my degree, never sat for the bar exam or practiced. Realized half-way through that I hated it but hey, I was half way done so I figured it was better to finish.

Keeping your pay secret helps HR and management by allowing lowballing some people for whatever reason. Unfortunately, telling your salary to coworkers (or others) creates resentment on their part or yours. For this reason, I never tell anyone what I make and I never ask.

Nice, I'm excited to read it!

When I lived in the Philly area, I used to do it all the time. IMC, approaches to minimums, IMC departures, etc. The G1K in the Columbia is very capable even today, although I never did the upgrade to WAAS... Now that I'm in AZ, I rarely get the chance, so it's under the hood for me.