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I'd really like to work up some sympathy for the poor Tracon/Appr/Dep/Center/Tower. But - I just can't muster it up. I've been in the NAS for almost 50 years. And - for almost 50 years - GA has taken it in the ASS without even a bit of lube. Boeing runs over a Cessna, more controlled airspace...

He's going old school. No school like old school.

Can't ski a full day as noted above. I open the lift at 9, and by 1 I'm silly putty. (being old means you know what 'silly putty' is) I went to fly a Citabria the other day, and I did the take off from the back. It was marginal. I realized my fine motor skills needed for safe TW landing are...

No thank you. In this case in AUS, it could result in a PD, as I noted he was not under the shelf for part of his flight around the C. However, if I'm not IN the C or B, or ATA, I'm not talking to anyone. Hard to give me a PD when I'm a 1200 mode C in class E or G. There's a guy sitting at a...

8PG thinks he below the floor of the outer ring of the C. He is not. Several times, right in the final corridor he pops up to 2200 and even 2300(mode C). Bad place to make an alt mistake. Even if he's not on freq, it would be nice if the 'high wing' were not in the ring of the class C, right in...

Sorry, I was out cleaning my Bonanza, didn't pick up soon enough. I'll do better. :biggrin: The Bo is not much of a good starter airplane. Not that it's high workload, but it's fast, and not so forgiving of pilot mistakes. I have owned 7 of them, and find that once the primary training is out...

One of N TX best fly-in. It's busy, keep your head outside. NO acro. There have been personnel issues this year, it is on, but maybe not too many more events. Weather right now is looking great, clear skies, mid-80s, low humidity. No fee, camping allowed, food provided at modest cost. You'll see...

Usually delays in summer at PHX are for brake temps. The turnaround times don't allow the brakes to cool enough. I've heard, but haven't seen it that there are large ducted blowers they can aim at the brakes to get them low enough to taxi and then take off. Apparently there's a brake temp...

Yes I knew. You can reverse charge it. Just put a load on the leads until it is fully discharged. Then best to drain all the acid. Fill with distilled water, and drain that off. Fill with battery acid and charge it as normal with plus to plus and minus to minus. It'll charge but will likely not...

Was your model and SN subject to an AD, or other regulatory requirement, like a recall or SAIB? If so, read the annual report, it should have a ref for the reason for the replacement. If it failed functional test due to battery issue, it would be replaced. Most important, ask for the old ELT...

Yes. When the airport was first built, they graded from the middle to the ends. They decided not to grade it perfectly flat, or perfectly level. It slopes 2.x deg up to the SW and it has a very noticeable crown. On takeoff either direction but more to the SW, the runway 'appears' to grow longer...

"Enable cloaking device." "Yes commander."

So, what do you think we're doing now? Just gonna write the check and fly it away? There's a specialist from ABS on the way to that plane as we speak. Sheesh, you certainly have a low opinion of me, and we haven't but barely communicated. Maybe just step off and let me do what I do?

That's a nice dissertation. But, why did you quote me? Did I write something you disagreed with? Have I made a glaring error in my info?:confused2:

There was a jitney service that would make the trip from Avalon up to the airport, it runs every hour or so. I think it stops running when the airport closes. It's been a few years since I was out there. Very little other options. It's possible they could have begged a ride, or I think there are...

The other issue with Catalina is the runway is modestly crowned. The end of the runway can't be seen from the takeoff roll, going southwest(the general take off direction). I've taken off from there, and worried about the length which made ME pull it off green, which led to poor roll control...

I think the OP is 'under' not in the class B. I used to be based under as well. I made a point to not call, and not try to get clearance into the B, just because it's fairly easy to get a deviation. I've heard other pilots in the B get a request to call this number, and I might burn an extra 3...

OK, I talked to the seller of the C35 in LA. If no one else buys it, I'm going to go buy it myself. This is a SCREAMING deal. Some features that are important: Beech 88" electric prop(hi efficiency), uprated 225HP engine, disk brakes, new tires/tubes, speed slope 1 piece windscreen, P35 wing tip...

I've been in this situation. What I did is on my req for altitude, add "for VMC" at the end of your request. That lets the controller know you can't stay on the vector and alt currently running. The controller give me a left turn, and I said "unable, not VMC". Then followed it up finally with me...

Under $120k S35 is going to be a project plane. However, a C35 just hit BS for under $30k. You should send the guy a deposit on it. I deliver if you want it moved up there. That's a steal for a plane with uprated 225 engine, and a Beech elec prop. The parts are worth far more than $30k. Need to...