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I generally stay at Hilton properties mainly Hampton Inns. I just can't wait for my special Diamond member parking spot and bottle of water. I'm not to far off from my lifetime diamond membership. Maybe I'll get an extra bottle of water at that point. I've stayed in some really bad places in the...

Some of the PA46 instructors will shut the turbine models down in flight to demonstrate air starts. This has caused some expensive hot starts. More than one accident was caused from demonstrating a turbine engine out with a feathered and idling engine. It takes a bit of time to get them spinning...

I have always marked up the parts and outside labor on my jobs. I always keep the markup low on the line items. If the owner wants to carry in parts I really don't care. Most of the PA46 owners don't want to waste their time sourcing the parts. I kept nearly every part in stock for the PA46...

My wagon is mostly original except I installed a turbo 350 transmission, power brakes, AC, and a new style intake and carb. I bought it in NM in about 99 and had the paint brought back to original colors. I used the cars for the family and out at the airport for customers to drive. Most of the...

My business vehicle is a 2015 Ford F-250 Transit van. It really needs 4 wheel drive here in MA. My fun car is the 1957 Chevy station wagon. It's a great original car that I pull the 46 teardrop camper. I need to drag the 1950 Imperial out to MA this year. I really want a Chrysler 300G.

$3,100 plus expenses for a PA46.

I just saw the airplane and met the owner at Botavia NY recently. 2015 PA46 safety record is not looking good.

I got to see a lot of the country and meet many people again this year working on Malibus. It really is fun no matter how much I complain about the airlines.

The Atlantic at Austin considered it safer for them if I prop started a Malibu on their ramp than install a new starter. It was a three blade so I had to flip the prop up from the pilots side. The P46-310P has impulses the 350p has the shower of sparks system and normally props starts easily but...

A still unfinished/ in progress 172 annual. I need to stay home, get it done then sell it.

I went to the Cattlemans Restaurant when I was there for a Mailbu prebuy. It was good but smelly outside. I flew in on United from Denver. No worry on which gate to use. There's only one.

I just got back to Hartford today after a red eye SFO to IAD last night. Something was going on because my upgrade info didn't make sense. I got seat 1A on the 737. I can't complain, no screaming babies.neverything was on time!

I've spent a few nights there at the Hampton Inn. I liked the museum, many airplanes there like my family owned over the years. It gets a bit smelly around town with a large number of processing plants in town. Nice FBO and they have an airport loaner truck that I used. Just watch out for my...

I couldn't help but be knee deep in flying. My earliest memories were flying with my father and grandfather, they always had planes. My father taught me how to fly along with so many others. He always made it look so easy. I wish I had the time to do more flying these days.

I travel by airline at least once a week. I never get checked. Must be my honest looks. My borescope is a different story. It looks dangerous.

Poison didn't work out well for my friend with his Malibu. The mice just carried the poison into the left wing root and stockpiled a bunch of it. After I removed the poison and then found where it had started to corrode the skin and rib.

If you want to avoid Cessna and get a NAS part, order them from East Coast Hardware supply. I have always ordered my aircraft hardware there. They show the plugs in their book.

The old radios really bring back memories of my grandad's old planes and some of the trades my father took in. Our old family 310 had two Mark 12A radios. It didn't take them that long to warm up.

If you land a Meridian at Spokane they will call you a Jetprop for sure.

If you want a qualified PA46 instructor in your area you should try Joe Casey in Jacksonville TX. He can do the initial and recurrent training. I work a lot with Dick Rochfort too. Both are great instructors.