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I feel for you man. Flying has always been my first hobby and i do it passionately. I was held back somewhat because of cost for awhile, but i never lost the desire to fly. Do you have a specific fear related to flying? If so take a pilot buddy and go fly facing that fear head on, you will soon...

There is also a video on youtube of a 172 doing a low pass over a lake and pulling vertical, lots of people standing by watching. Pretty sure its a fake also

You are definitely entitled to your opinion. The fact is i am somewhat conservative on my budget, we're talking about a plane that is worth about 22k and a $4,000 transponder. I just can't justify spending that kind of money on my cockpit when it doesn't increase the value of my airplane. Also...

And there come the bandits....

So I am needing windshield cleaner for my plane. Is there a specific brand I should be buying?

Not to mention the problems with Malasian airlines several years past....

I’ve got just over 160 hours and some of that on 3,000 ft or shorter runways, trees 80 ft from centerline. I learned to fly in western NC and that was right in the hill country. Never been to Gastons but I'm eager to go.

I would feel for the poor guy in the back LOL

Cessna 150 I know her pretty good and I would plan to fly in on a cooler low density altitude day.

So just how hard is it to fly in and out of Gastons? I hear a lot of stories but most people love it. I've watched the youtube videos and i have some experience flying off narrow and short runways. Am i crazy to go on in to Gastons?

I never understood the fear of flying... After all everything that goes up comes down again sooner or later ;)

I did not see your message until today but if you still have the working altimeter I would be interested.

It is unfortunate that there is not more facts for those of us who are fairly inexperienced with ADS-B. For example, I believe I understand the concept, finally but I really don’t know much else about it. We really don’t know if the lower cost uavionics product is something that will last long...

I think the new transponder is definitely the better choice. I was figuring on the cheaper skyBeacon because I would like to sell the 150 and get a larger and faster plane sooner than later. However I do know that also if my transponder goes bad I will still have to spend the money so that would...

Initial climb is definitely not the time most of us prefer such an event. Congratulations on a safe return to the airport!

No I didn’t, the guy said it needs replaced and that I should buy a new one rather than used. I suppose it’s possible that it can be repaired

Another question, today when I was out flying it the altimeter wasn’t even reading the correct field elevation with the proper barometric setting. It was about 1-2 hundred feet off so I had to manually set to field elevation. Later after flying it was reading correct altitude with proper...

My avionics man tells me that due to a leak in the altimeter casing, I will need to replace the altimeter. Now, I understand new equipment is always the best, but I’m all about saving where I can too. I noticed that there are lots of used altimeters for sale online. What are my chances at...

I don’t know but I meant to like the tailbeacon post. The only factor is whether they will swap my skyBeacon for the tailbeacon. I’d hate to be stuck with both. But that’s for me to find out

Thanks guys. I'll probably just rent a plane for the approaches