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I used to think that aside from the obvious view of the ground benefits, there really wasn’t much of significance that would tilt me one way or the other. I fly both, but I’m tall, and find I always have to crank the seat down for decent air to air view from high wing Cessnas. Then came the...

The area originally targeted and searched is drained by the Lewis river. The money that was found was in a sand bar in the Columbia River, upstream of where the Lewis enters, meaning that DB Cooper must have come down much further to the east, in the Washougal river watershed. Regardless, his...

I think there’s an STC for three seatbelts across the back seat.

He’s still a legend in the PNW.

I use both electronic and paper logbooks. Recently I finished a book, and thought I might look at replacing it with a different style hard copy log. Oh brother, it’s amazing how many vendors offer logbooks for sale without displaying pictures of the log pages, or pictures too small to read.

Go with the PT6. They can keep trying to add bigger blowers to stuff more air into a recip, but ultimately you’ve got to get rid of the heat somehow. At FL500 seems like that would be dicey. Or just add a bunch of 5 gallon containers in series with the cooling loop. That “worked,” until it met...

Ditto Jeff’s comments. I’ve flown from the FMG VOR at Reno all the way north through eastern Oregon. Desolate does not even begin to describe that area. And there’s a fair portion of the stretch between Reno and Burns that you cannot get flight following. It’s kind of fun to note the...

Oh, and Comanche 400’s are sweet. I’ve heard of engine heat management issues on extended climbs tho - something maybe to look into if it’s turbocharged.

I use a Zulu 3 and the wife has a Sierra. Both are very comfortable and perform well. I got the Sierra from pigpenracing. He shipped it quickly and the headset was in great condition.

V35 or short body straight tail Bonanza with Tornado Alley turbonormalizer. Cruise at 190+ KTAS.

Piper Malibu

I was in the same situation a few years ago. I chose MyFlightbook, and actually went through the trouble of entering my entire flight history. I’ve been very satisfied. I fly a number of different aircraft, and MyFlightbook helps me manage currency, IFR proficiency, BFRs and Medicals, the whole...

+1 on the response to the comments. I tell my kids to be happy when they encounter a person that comments like that, as it’s far better to learn that someone is an a$$ when you first meet them, rather than having to extract oneself from a building friendship after learning that at a later stage.

Are birds real?

You might try this routing: if you’re coming down over Flathead lake, turn west after a bit south of the south end/Polson area and eventually intercept I 90. Otherwise, just fly to Helena as planned and follow I 90. But you need not go to Spokane if you don’t have to. Half way across the Idaho...

That is so incredible. Good for you, bro.

I picked up a couple of suction cup cup holders from Amazon. I put them on the side windows with the base of the cup holder resting on the door/sidewall edge where it rolls over to the window. That way the suction cup really isn’t carrying any load. Then I use one of those thermos cups that...

Can’t help but wonder if some of Trent’s flying has drawn the ire of some of the people at his FSDO/FAA. Videos showing a lot of low altitude flying, those kind of things, but nothing that would have given them a worthwhile case to pursue. Then along comes this neighbor, complaining of reckless...

Yeah, like Ukraine, in its current situation, with only a handful of operable MiG-29’s, is going to let anyone that walks though the door get stick time in those precious aircraft.

The area around Hood River is basically the crest of the Cascade Mountains, so if there’s any wind at all, expect it to get bumpy. Hood River airport has its own METAR, but for a TAF, they borrow the one from The Dallas, just to the east. Here’s where that Cascade Mountains thing gets relevant...