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Flying, American Modeler, and Air Progress were available in my home town drugstore and I started reading them faithfully from about the age of six.

You can be up to one half hour early or two hours late. SFRA flight strips follow the same rules as those for IFR flights.

With a good instructor and a wide runway (at least 50 feet) it could be a great learning experience.

I've used XM for six years and ADS-B for a few months. I've also used both of them on the same flight. I used a Dell Axim x51 PDA until early this year and then switched to a Nexus 7. Two months ago, I got a GDL-39. Conclusions: 1 Even though XM receives data while still on the ground, I...

I've been flying with a Stormscope for at least 20 years, XM for six years, and ADS-B since February. I could have only one, I'd pick Stormscope. Reasons: - Worked for over 20 years with almost no downtime. - Better time resolution -- spots fast-moving or fast-developing storms. - Better...

Primary: Nexus 7 with Garmin Pilot Backup: printout of en route strip chart and approach plates Logistics: printout of FBO and ground transport info; hotel reservation

I flew yesterday with 2.6.4 and it was completely stable. Weather was about 25 F cooler than last week. The continuously-animated NEXRAD is annoying, but power consumption is normal and there were no crashes. I can't tell how many of last week's problems were the very high temperatures and...

Version 2.6.3 arrived Tuesday. I flew with it for 3.4 hours Wednesday. Conditions were very hot at 95 F; close to the maximum operating temperature of the Nexus. It's possible that some of these problems were heat related, not software related. Version 2.6.4 arrived Thursday. I have not yet...

Morgantown, WV (MGW), has a middle eastern restaurant and is right on your way.

We have done a lot of one day flights from VKX to SAF (1,400 nm), in a 172RG, which has about the same cruising speed as a 182, but longer range. I'd recommend an early morning departure so as to arrive in the PHX area before it gets dark, but 3 AM seems a bit drastic. We've always left around 7...

I voted for Martha King because she is a pilot and I have never heard of any of these other people. Who are they?

Jay, In the spirit of your useful post, I am going to try to give back by describing my ADS-B and XM experiences. Getting back to my non-functional GDL-39, I remembered that I had a suitable power supply at home for bench testing, so I installed the Garmin Pilot utility app and checked the...

Thanks, but I'm confused. I thought the firmware update was only needed for the new Nexus. Do you mean that the GDL-39 always required the owner to play Boy Electrician to make it work? Or, did Garmin also mess up the GDL-39 at the same time Google was tinkering with the Nexus? Why can't those...

How do you get the GDL-39 to connect to the Nexus-7 -- the "classic one", not the new Nexus? I push the button, get the blue light to flash, discover the GDL from the Nexus, and informed by the Nexus that the units are paired. However, Garmin pilot still says "connecting" and I never get the...

QED -- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Version 2.6.2 has now arrived. It promises to fix the problems introduced by 2.6.1 and 2.6. My next flight is scheduled for early Saturday morning. Kudos to the developers for getting it working again, but "boo" to whomever authorized sending out a poorly-tested new version last week.

Landing attitude is critical. Make sure the aircraft is in a proper landing attitude before touchdown. Add back pressure if there is any hint of a porpoise. I see a lot of 182s going into a porpoise and terminating with a prop strike or bent firewall. Landing with a little bit of power helps...

I talked with one of the people at Garmin regarding a separate bug, which is that XM weather is broken with the new release. He remarked that Garmin was very shorthanded due to Oshkosh. Bug reports are being sent to the programming people at Digital Cyclone. I've talked to one of the people...

Digital Cyclone just got back to me, and they expect a fix for the bug to be sent out tonight.

Called Garmin support. It's a recognized issue and they gave me the number of the developer's (Digital Cyclone's) shop. There are at least six people who have reported the problem. I don't know whether the developers know about it yet. The problem appears to be that the dates of weather items...