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Dakota's in general are all desirable because like C182's can truly carry 4 real sized adults with full fuel and cargo and have no issue with weight & balance or CG plus climb and cruise performance is great. Finally since not many of them were produced they are desirable planes. The one that...

Fully modernized inside & out including avionics. Looks and flies like a new airplane. https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?s-type=aircraft&listing_id=2309604

Man am I glad I switched AMEs from this guy. What a jerk.

Thanks for the replies the good news is due to the media finally talking about what's happening in PR things have been improving faster and there now a few more flights going out so were optimistic she can get out this coming week. Her building got a supply of diesel for the generator and she...

PLEASE keep replies to my thread strictly focused on helping. Thanks for your understanding.

About 18 outbound flights are supposed to happen today so things are improving. We already have airline tickets but the problem is the backlog and small amount of outbound flights but we're hopeful it will improve.

Update... Martial Law - False. Curfew - True. From reports of friends in PR, facebook, and news media I'm feeling a lot more optimistic about conditions at the airport so I'm hoping she can get out sometime next week via commercial flight. The good news today was that a nearby Walgreens opened...

So my mom (85) lives in Puerto Rico and is stuck in Puerto Rico and I need to consider what options we have to get her out. The airport, tower, and radar facilities are not fully functional presenting chaos for people trying to fly out commercially. Conditions at the airport are very bad and we...

These came out of my 79 Dakota. I added rear shoulder harnesses to my plane last year and I decided to replace the front lap & shoulder belts at the same time so they all were the same color so selling the ones that came off my plane. They are a light gray in color. Asking $150 plus shipping.

That's correct except there are now 3 incidents around this AME that I'm aware of.

This thread is quite OLD now and back in focus because the same AME apparently tried to screw over another pilot recently so someone posted recently about the latest incident with this AME. If you are interested in commenting or passing judgement on who's right/wrong at least READ the entire...

And I find it interesting that there are people that don't bother to read a full thread to get up to speed on the FACTS before they post their opinion. Go figure!

Too bad this guy still is allowed to be an AME. Wonder how many pilots he's screwed over the years.

Ok thanks for clearing it up. I was under the misunderstanding that ALL the CPL hour requirements & XC HAD to be in a complex plane. I have some complex time in the books so will be looking at the CPL now that I know this.

Help me out here... I too have a Dakota and was interested in the CPL but I thought you needed to do all the hours & XC on a High Performance & Complex airplane and since the Dakota doesn't have retract it's my understanding it does not qualify to meet the ratings requirement. Is that not...

I have a Piper Dakota w/ a Century 2000 and I'm IFR cert so use it for approaches all the time. I also have Aspen PFD/MFD and dual 430Ws so the Century 2000 has GPSS via the Aspen. All works great and flies very smooth. Will fly the approach and glideslope on it's own so no complaints from me.

Good to hear. I'll give them a call.

Thanks I'll check around on this option...

Not difficult I agree but in order to properly match the paint I guess you need the right equipment/room/etc... The current shop tried to do it but there's several "runs" and parts feel gritty from dust in the room they used to paint the cowl.

Looking for recommendations of good paint shops in the Midwest (preferably in WI, IL) to paint my top cowl. Unbelievably the shop that has been doing maintenance on my plane screwed up by putting the top cowl on the ground while doing a run-up in very windy conditions and the cowl got blown by...