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No offense taken. Like I said - I never gave much thought all the years I have been flying until recently. I really feel for the young people desperately trying to build hours and are burried in debt. I am sure they feel tremendous pressure to get to 1500 hours. I hope I have the good sense to...

I never thought much about the part 135 bottom feeder types until recently. I decided to work on my commercial and expect to retire from my day job in a few years. I thought I would like to get an occasional right seat flight even if it is not loggable. This accident where the right seater...

I am fortunate that I live in an area I get the network channels over the air. I bought a $40 antenna and get the network stations for news and some sports. If you don’t get the over the air stuff there are some other options I hear about. I just got tired of the cable / dish bills and don’t...

I can get the current conditions but none of the other weather data. Too bad. I liked that site.

Yea - There is a ton of aviation content on Prime. Between that and YouTube - that is a major reason I got rid of cable.

I had to have my flight reviewed to get approved. The flight reported failed by the automated review because I was not in the class C long enough. I got an email telling me it would reviewed in a few days and I would be notified if I needed to re-fly. A few days later I got the email that...

Yes - they were very good. If you have Amazon Prime the series is available on prime.

After nearly 40 years in my career, I would definitely say that is good advice. I have worked for several companies that have closed or dwindled to nearly nothing through no fault of most of the employees. My advice is to constantly keep learning new skills and how to solve problems and you...

Same here. I have a small pension coming from a company that closed many years ago. It is not much. Everything else is the 401k/IRAs I contributed to. I have been with my current employer about 15 years and they eliminated the pension plan about a year before I started. Not having a defined...

I am amazed any young person stays in a job these days. I created a Linked in Profile in 2010 after a friend got laid off. He asked me to “endorse” the skill sets he listed. I was glad to do anything to help. I completed a minimal profile and I still get regular emails with job openings...

I mentioned in another thread we paid $4,700 for the Lynx + installation. We had a lot of other avionics work done and labor was not broken out for each step separately. I am guessing the Lynx installed, out the door was around $6,000. Depending on what else is in the panel, the screen Lynx...

Did you see this thread? This looks like the lowest cost of compliance out there. https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/uavionics-skybeacon-functional.114278/

Good advice. Also - I would suggest you don’t post anymore about it on line. You don’t owe any of us follow up explanations. Work with the Doc privately and he will guide you on the best way through this.

I have met Ed. He is definitely not a Bot! He has been called a few other things - but not a Bot! ;)

It should definitely be under $7k. We paid $4700 for the Lynx. We had a bunch of other work done - Replace the GNS430 with the IFD, remove an old Bendix King gps, change the order of the avionics, replace the intercom, got the 24 month PStat check. I cant tell what the labor for the...

Not displaying weather on the Garmin is a Garmin “closed shop” policy. The Lynx displays traffic and weather on the Avidyne. It is one of the reasons we migrated away from Garmin. You are right about moving things around in the stack with the screen on the transponder. We moved the #2...

Also look at the Lynx. It is also a "all in one box" transponder with a GPS signal. It has a built in LCD screen that displays all the ADS-B "in" products right on your panel. I had been flying with portable ADS-B in on my iPad for a while but I much prefer traffic and weather on the panel...

Marc - we just went through this analysis and conversion. The very important point was Avidyne was offering a discount on thier box, not a trade in. We got a $2,000 discount on an IFD 440 then got the old 430 back to sell. The discount plus the resale of your old 430 is significant. Plus we...

Yes - they are more expensive but they add another display the size of a 430. If you have a small form factor GPS like the 430 or IFD440, the Lynx is a great way to add another screen to display all the ADS-B in traffic and weather. It frees up the clutter on the navigator. We were spending...

After the incentive the IFD was less than 9K. Then you have the old 430 to sell. We sold ours to the guy in the next hangar and did not ask full retail. I see non-waas 430s listed on EBay for 4-5k. Even if you get 3K for the 430, your under $6,000 for the new IFD440. The WAAS upgrade...