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Why do you say it'll be owned by the airlines? I thought the proposal was for a federally-chartered corporation, like the U.S. Postal Service, that isn't really "owned" by anyone, but does have to cover its own expenses because those would no longer be a federal budget item. I'm not...

PalmPilot said it best. The debate is not about whether we should pay user fees. We do, right now. The question is how user fees should be assessed and collected. Right now, we pay them through fuel taxes. The proposal is that we pay them per flight or per interaction with ATC. The debate should...

Yes, I am sure. The Skycatchers have Garmin SL40 comm radios, but no nav radios, and Garmin G300 GPSs which are not certificated. The Slings have MGL Avionics radios and GPSs. The radios are comm only, and the GPS isn't certificated. I like both planes a lot, but they are light sport...

Thanks for the link. I somehow missed that thread. Usually, the FAA is pretty good about explaining, somewhere, why it's doing things. But even in that earlier and quite lengthy thread on GPS testing, no one had a link to any government explanation at all. I find it quite strange that there...

I regularly get emails from the FAA notifying me that GPS Interference Testing will be done. The email links to a PDF containing the dates, times and locations of the test. Today's email contained this link: https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2015/Jul/NTTR_15-12_GPS_Flight_Advisory.pdf...

I started by getting a Private Pilot certificate, training in 172s. A Private Pilot is permitted to fly sport planes, like the 162, without taking an additional written or practical test. All that's necessary is transition training, because sport planes handle a little differently from bigger...

Drew, I fly the 162 at Vista and like it, and Vista, a lot. You can train for a Sport Pilot certificate, as well as a Private certificate, in the 162, so the only thing you "lose" by starting with Sport training and then going on to Private training, is the cost of the Sport written and...

Nate, Thanks for your explanation and suggestion. It'll be wonderful, if all I need to do is make a simple squelch adjustment. I was fearing an expensive repair job or even the need to buy a new headset. - Lon

I use a David Clark H10-13.4 headset that I purchased new about three years ago. A few months ago, I began hearing an intermittent but loud hissing sound through the headphones. It's been difficult to troubleshoot, because the hiss occurs only when I'm in the air. It doesn't happen while I'm on...

The Pro version also has a "Profile" feature that tells pilots the elevation of terrain along the path of their flight plan. When flying in areas with mountains, I think it's a very useful flight planning feature.