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Ask, and ye shall receive (or something like that)! So the trip was originally to be to SRQ, but ended up growing in scope and um, morphing a "bit". The new trip ended up being to KISM (Kissimee, FL south of Orlando) for a few days, and then off to KFXE ----> MYNN (Nassau, Bahamas). I read on...

The seats have never had headrests; I'm told they are the frame design that does not have the headrest support, and there are certainly no visible "holes" in the upper part of the seat where a headrest would go. I've also been told that 1971+ PA-32 seats are basically a drop-in replacement for...

Not sure if I'm posting this to the right area, so if not feel free to move this or tell me where to move it. I have a 1969 PA-32-300 without headrests and am looking to re-do the seats. I want to add headrests during the re-upholstering process and am getting some mixed feedback and blank...

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the input and help on this. I am now MUCH clearer on this topic! :)

Is that the examiner textbook way, or the real world way? Trying to learn the textbook way first before I can be corrupted by how things are actually done. So if I'm approaching like this they're just gonna say "direct VECSU, cleared RNAV 34"? What's a guy to do in that situation? Just left...

Ah! Thank you! To paraphrase and ensure I grasped that correctly -- ATC will always handle getting me to the IAF on that approach?

Couldn't agree more. Been there. Done that. Didn't help...needed a second opinion. That's why I'm here :)

Thanks for the input thus far guys. To further clarify what I'm looking for here, the question is: How should I be flying this approach? 34 is the nice big primary runway here, so when I do my checkride, I can almost guarantee the examiner is going to want to do an approach on that one. The...

So I've been learning to fly approaches by entering the hold, doing a circuit, and then lining up inbound and going in. How am I supposed to fly this approach? Fwiw, the racetrack does not appear on the GNS430 either, which makes things really difficult.

So I'm training for my IR - hoping someone here can help clear my mental block on what I hope is an easy question. I've attached 2 approach plates -- one for Rwy 16 and one for Rwy 34. They are the same physical piece of asphalt (pointing in different directions of course). Can someone tell me...

Thanks for the input everyone, including the forum etiquette! I can handle bumps and my passengers are getting more experienced with it as well, so that shouldn't be much of an issue...wings getting torn off the fuselage by convective activity, that's a different story. I'll revive this as the...

Thank you all for the responses and feedback. Bills comments about thunderstorm activity is concerning; I had been anticipating that I would potentially have to weave around storm cells to get there VFR, but now it sounds like that is not recommended? Regardless of your rating, getting caught...

The airport I'm flying out of is about 100nm north of MSN (didnt list it for security purposes), and I was factoring in about 130kts, which gives me right around 9 hours of flight time. The only time I've ever seen 150kts in my Six was with a goooood tailwind... Edit: I did the same you did...

Nice....well put!

So is it unreasonable (assuming good weather) to do this trip in one day? Depending on winds aloft I was figuring this would be around a 9 hour trip, which is slightly more than double my GRI trip.

So I'm brand new here and just getting a feel for the forum and thought I'd get everyone's input and opinions on this that cared to chime in. I'm thinking of a trip to SRQ in June/July/August this year for a week or so from MSN to hit the beaches in Siesta Key. I have about 150 hours of TT...