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Well, let’s hope there aren’t too many pilots on an IFR flight plan operating in VFR conditions that would intentionally fly into terrain because of an ATC error...

After reading through this thread, I definitely see the value of going IFR and just going what the nice ATC person says to do...

You bring up a good point about having an agreed price, but I always feel like I'm at a disadvantage when making an offer if I haven't seen the plane yet. If it's got some issues, but I still want it, it's really hard to say, "I know we agreed to X, but now that I've seen it, I want to pay...

Certainly true - that's why there are usually negotiations involved...one side makes an offer based on his view of value, and the other responds with a counter-offer based on his view of value. This is usually the path to a mutually agreeable solution both sides can be happy with, or am I...

Interesting. I’ve avoided the dealers in favor of private parties...I guess I have the image of the used car salesman dressed in plaid polyester in my head.

I had a 182S as a member in a three-way partnership, but I moved out of the area and sold my share. It was a great plane overall - easy to fly and trouble-free, although (as you say) ours was 135-140 knots, not 160. Normally, you wouldn't expect a huge difference in 10-20 knots, but when the...

The most common payload is my wife and I up front (I'm the big one at 230) plus our 50 pound English bulldog in back. Usually very minimal luggage.

You bring up a good point on pricing, and I admit I'm not sure how to think about that sometimes. On many of the planes I've been interested in, I'll check the big three valuation services (vRef, Aircraft Bluebook, NIAFF) for a rough idea of "fair value"...the more pristine ones I want tend to...

To be clear, I don't really blame the seller - it's his plane to do what he wishes. I just wish he had given me the opportunity to say, "okay, I'll pay $10K more". I probably would have done it and all you guys would have been spared my venting...

[Apologies in advance for the verbose post...] I need to vent a bit...I've been trying to purchase an airplane for over a year, and I've been frustrated at every step of the way. My requirements are basic: take a 450 pound payload 500 miles at 160+ knots in a reasonably modern airplane...

I'm new to the Southport NC area and looking for a place to keep my Bonanza...anyone have any leads on where I might find an available hangar? Best I've found so far is a large 40x50 hangar at KILM, but that's a little more expensive than I want to spend. If there's a pilot in that area with a...

I use a configuration I haven’t idea seen mentioned instead of traditional NAS. I start with a standard Linux computer with a motherboard that lets me have six SATA disks. I use a mix of 4 and 8TB drives for 40TB of storage, but if you opt for the newer 10TB disks, you can get about double...

Okay - I’m completely jealous...I’ve been searching for hangar space for months near KSUT (Cape Fear - NC) with no luck, and I’m sitting on a waiting list that’s likely a decade long.

On my checkride, the DPE made me fly three different types of approaches - an ILS, a VOR and a GPS (there aren’t any NDBs nearby, and the plane had no ADF anyway). The GPS one also involved a circle to land, so it was one of the more challenging of the three approaches. He also had me do a DME...

This thread reminds me of a project we did for a local hospital where we put RFID tags on all the surgical instruments. Among other features, a high power scanner at the exit of all the operating rooms could detect if an instrument were inadvertently left in a patient. We never commercialized it...

It’s been suggested to me that age, health and other factors influence your altitude tolerance. Okay, I agree - so I picked up a small pulse oximeter I can use in the cockpit to check my oxygen levels during long flights at higher altitudes. My question is how to interpret the values. If I...

Just because I haven’t seen it mentioned yet, in addition to bitrate, sensor size is also quite important especially in low-light or wide dynamic range. If you have a way to mount it and you want to see seriously good video, rent something like a Nikon D810 with a pro-grade lens. Instead of...

So is there a definitive list of what's verboten somewhere?

I have a simple question regarding Basic Med... Let's say I have a 3rd class medical, and when it expires, I decide to go Basic Med instead of renewing it. My private physician examines me, signs the form, I do the class online and I'm ready to go. Now let's say it's a year later and I have...

Here’s the issue. Let’s say you have a traditional datacenter filled with some sort of information, and the government wants it. They go get a warrant, but since the data is physically stored on devices in your offices, the warrant needs to be served to you, and your lawyers can fight it. If...