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HID are the brightest out there so far. LED’s are getting better and better through. Advantage with both HID and LED is that they draw significantly less power than the antique Incandescents. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do the Sporty’s $39.99/mo Platinum membership. It’s month to month. You get full unlimited access to their PP and IR training amongst other courses. Dedicated some time going through the material over a few weeks. Get the certificate to test and CANCEL. That’s the way to do it. Sent from my...

What is the breaking point for time-building with a twin vs single? Like, once you hit minimum hiring thresholds for ME time, is it “throwing away money” to fly more twin time versus flying more single time at much lower cost? I see many cargo firms have a minimum of 20-50hrs of ME. Let’s say...

I have a Lycoming O-360-A1D in my Mooney. In the 70’s there is an NTSB report on my plane that it had carb ice so bad that they dead sticked it into Tucumcari, NM. I was almost killed by carb ice in my old C150. The guy I bought my Mooney off of lost his friend due to an iced up O-200 about a...

Trust me I would fly five hours a day if I could but I can barely do five hours a month. Work, wife, life are all in the way. The operating cost for my Mooney is about $50/hr (just fuel). Add in MY cheap hangar rental and annual I have $3700 in fixed costs. For my 50-60hrs a year in “Time...

What a stickler DPE. I have heard a story about a dude failing his IFR checkride because he didn’t do a brake check at the very beginning. I guess these exams just get tougher the further you move up. Can you image the OP’s DPE conducting a CPL exam? Probably has half degree and 15’ tolerances...

I’m a former owner of a ‘66 F model. Join the C150-152 club. It is priceless. I miss that forum! I fixed the shimmy by installed a McFarlane TL-KT-1 Torque Link kit with my A&P/IA observing. I removed the old bushings by actually tapping them and using a bolt, nut, and two sizes of washers to...