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I would argue that startup, taxiing, doing all your runup checks, setting up your flight plans and navigation radios, getting your clearances, preflight briefing, etc. on the ground is more legitimate log-able time than cruising in a straight line at high altitude for long distances with the...

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." I think in this case it's probably more like apathy, but in any case the result is that IMHO you should take charge of getting the checkride scheduled with a DPE and not expect your CFI to take care of everything...

I'm training in an SR20 too. I started in a Cessna 172 with G1000 which is why my setup is very Cessna-like, but it's also much harder to find SR20 style simulator hardware. The main difference with Perspective is the Garmin Control Unit (GCU), which gives you the alphanumeric keypad for...

The Simionic apps are only $10, which is essentially free in AMU terms :) The cool thing is that you can use it in all sorts of different configurations: 1) PFD or MFD standalone on a single iPad 2) PFD and MFD networked across two iPads 3) connected to an X-Plane or FSX simulator 4) dedicated...

It works the same way it does on a real G1000, by pushing the FPL button and then using the large and small FMS knobs to enter the waypoints. Of course it's tricky to manipulate the knobs using the touch screen, maybe intentionally so that you'll buy the expensive hardware bezel :) But other...

They're looking at it: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/health/death-penalty-nitrogen-executions.html

It's gotten a little more complicated nowadays that a 3.5mm connector could be a TS microphone or line-level input, TRS stereo headphone or line-level output, or a TRRS combination jack such as on smartphones and some laptops. Apple laptops even combine an S/PDIF optical audio output with TRRS...

How are they going to get the call if the user failed to find their product in the first place? :) That's another reason to describe the cable according to what it will be connected to, rather than having to specify details like whether it's got a padding resistor or not. Even calling it a...

The product manufacturer isn't responsible for every search engine that might be used to find their products. I still don't see what bugs you so much about naming a cable for the things that it connects to rather than only by the specifications of the cable and connector itself. Even cables...

Depends on the search engine. Google and Amazon sure, but many online shopping websites have horrible search capabilities. Also the results will typically display just the name of the product, so it would still be much easier to identify the correct product if the intended use was part of the...

The fact is that if you want to record to a smartphone you should buy the smartphone cable and if you want to record to a digital audio recorder you should buy the digital audio recording cable. I do think it would be a little clearer to call it a "digital audio recorder cable" instead of a...

I think the "digital audio" refers to the other side of the cable, where you would almost certainly be connecting a digital audio recorder. You don't get "smartphone" from an aircraft audio panel either :) But theoretically it could be any device with a 3.5mm audio input, and of course the input...

That's right. Basically if it has a separate headphone and microphone jacks then you want the "digital audio cable" and if it has a combined headphone/microphone jack then you'd want the "smartphone audio cable." Laptop computers could go either way. As I said I think it's worth getting a...

OK here's the cheapest recording device I found that has reasonable ratings and the necessary external mic input: http://amzn.com/B073TXQPK7

You mean "recording device"? It depends on your price range, but a quick search turns up this very inexpensive yet highly rated one: http://amzn.com/B079P1S6Z7 edit: actually I take it back, I don't think that one has an external mic input which is a feature you need to have.

If you just want audio I would recommend getting a small digital audio recorder and the appropriate cable to connect into the intercom audio. I use this one: http://amzn.com/B01NCO5PBQ but there are much cheaper ones and you can even do it with just an app running on your phone if you want. I...

I got the Yaesu 750 and the Icom A14. I intentionally avoided anything with NiMH batteries because the self discharge rate is so high. I also didn't want to have to mess with AAs. The lithium ion batteries hold a charge for at least a few months, and theoretically they can last much longer. I...

Also note that I had been checking the website about every five minutes, so it's not like it had been approved for a week before I noticed. I was very surprised the certificate came in the mail so soon afterwards. Nothing like my student pilot certificate which took at least several weeks to...

I had the exact same experience just over a week ago where the same message appeared on the website. I got the letter with the official certificate in the mail two days later. It only took about five months in my case, including a month to turn around a request for additional info on something...